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[[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 00:59, 29 October 2007 (CDT) | [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 00:59, 29 October 2007 (CDT) | ||
:But who is Virginia? [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] [[User talk:Chris Day|(talk)]] 02:29, 29 October 2007 (CDT) | |||
Well, you're not as "Americanized" as was feared. That's a play on ''Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus'', often read at Christmas in the U.S. [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 04:07, 29 October 2007 (CDT) | |||
:Well that's a relief. Or maybe it's not popular anymore? [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] [[User talk:Chris Day|(talk)]] 23:02, 2 November 2007 (CDT) | |||
Possibly not; I haven't been in the U.S. at Christmastime for years. It's very old--turn of the 20th Century or maybe 19th Century even; was based on an editorial response to a little girl's letter to a New York City (?) paper. If you get a chance, read it. [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 23:13, 2 November 2007 (CDT) | |||
Latest revision as of 22:13, 2 November 2007
Yes, Virginia, there *is* a coddle!
Okay, when I came back from a trip to Dublin many years ago, I told everyone who would listen how much in love I was with coddle. My Irish doorman gave me a she's-lost-her-mind look and claimed never to have heard of it.
Glad there are others suffering from the same delusion.
Aleta Curry 00:59, 29 October 2007 (CDT)
Well, you're not as "Americanized" as was feared. That's a play on Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, often read at Christmas in the U.S. Aleta Curry 04:07, 29 October 2007 (CDT)
- Well that's a relief. Or maybe it's not popular anymore? Chris Day (talk) 23:02, 2 November 2007 (CDT)
Possibly not; I haven't been in the U.S. at Christmastime for years. It's very old--turn of the 20th Century or maybe 19th Century even; was based on an editorial response to a little girl's letter to a New York City (?) paper. If you get a chance, read it. Aleta Curry 23:13, 2 November 2007 (CDT)