# Just a Christmas quickie...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-christmas-quickie/46853>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 22, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-christmas-quickie/46853 "2000-12-22T15:17:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-christmas-quickie/46853/1 "2000-12-22T15:17:58Z")

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Sorry to tease, how do you say Merry Christmas in Dutch? My father can’t remember and being half-Dutch I would like to know.

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-christmas-quickie/46853/2 "2000-12-22T15:49:46Z")

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Ya know, **Poysyn** , this is _not_ what I was expecting when I see a thread started by you with “quickie” in the subject.

Grrr… 😉

(To answer you, no clue, sorry.)

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**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-christmas-quickie/46853/3 "2000-12-22T16:38:44Z")

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idunno, mebby sumthin’ like:

Guthappinen Birthenskjold

with gobs of umlouts and whatknots sprinkled above like powdered sugar on a Birthenskjold cookie. 🙂

_Se non e vero, e ben trovato_