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Dear Leonard!

Congratulations on you nameday ! A lovely name to a "great" man.

love, Marianne

Hi Marianne ~

Can you please explain this, so it can be fully appreciated ? Thanks.

~ Lizzytysh

Hi Lizzy!

I did not know that it was so unusal to celebrate your nameday. But in Sweden we do that. http://www.behindthename.com/namedays/swedish.html

I hope you understand what I mean if you are looking at this site . Yesterday it was Lennart and Leonard , have alook and you understand what I mean.

love,Marianne

Hi Marianne!

I guess Elizabeth isn't a good, Swedish name ~ and I need to be looking at changing mine to Vivianne, so it'll at least by in sync with something! I wasn't aware of this custom, and to the best of my knowledge, we don't have it in the U.S. Do you get the day off work on your name day ? Thanks for the link and the info.

~ Lizzytysh

Elizabeth, Vivianne would be a good name for you. Isn't that out of
Avalon? In Ireland where many of the children are named for saints the children don't celebrate their birthdays but their Saint's Day, so all the kids named Francis, for example, get presents on Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis. That's kind of a name day custom.

That's a great idea, isn't it Lightning, celebrating your name! You know, I think you're right on the Mists of Avalon connection. When I watch it again to unravel some of the complexities, I'll watch for her. It'll depend on which one she was as to whether I want that association! The women really ran full spectrum in it! You've read the book, Linmag. Can you clarify?

~ Elizabeth possibly aka Vivianne

Elizabeth, Vivianne was the Lady of the Lake, the head priestess in the House of Maidens at Avalon. She fought a losing battle to preserve the old religion of worship of Mother Earth against the encroaching of the new religion of the father god.

Thanks for the information, Linmag. I hoped [and was pretty confident] you'd come through. It seemed her name had a positive connotation, but I wasn't sure whether it was because of her character, or the sound of her name, despite her character. I'm glad to hear it was the former. It took me awhile to get past the feeling that they were mispronouncing Vivian .

Yes, I perceived it as a loss, as well. It seemed the consolation she gave herself at the end regarding Mother Mary was more rationale than anything. I'll be watching it again. You said the film was much simpler [in the sense of less complex/] than the book. Don't think I'll be attempting the book. The film was enough to keep up with . Now I approve of the name . Since Elizabeth was nowhere to be found [unless there's a Swedish version of it that I couldn't recognize], I hope I have the option of adopting the one that aligns with my birth date.

Elizabeth aka Vivianne

Lizzytysh:

Elisabet is not all that different from Elizabeth, now is it?

In any case, November 19 would be your name day in Sweden.

ps: If name days were to follow birthdays, my name in Sweden would be Sven! Oh well. Good thing I live in Norway then.
My Norwegian name is Else, which is actually derived from Elisabet(h), I believe. Interesting, don't you think?

Thank you, Elsie!!!

I hadn't spotted Elisabet! I must have really looked over the list too fast! They're not that far apart. It seemed odd to me that my name wouldn't be there, as it's such a common name historically, et al. Oh dear, I guess now I must relinquish Vivianne....so short-lived, the pleasure ~ the upside of it all, however, is seeing that our name origin is the same [which does make sense, looking at it]! Thanks for pointing all that out to me, Elsie [how could I have missed it ~ ]

We could always call you Svenessa, you know. So, is this the first you're aware of the Name Day celebrations? Or do you still celebrate yours in Norway? If so, how do you celebrate?

~ Elizabeth aka Elisabet

Interesting my name is in my birth month. Also Marianne, my husbands last name originally was spelled as yours when his great grandfather came over here from Sweden. They later dropped the double t and s.

Poland also has a name day.

I just checked your link MarianneP, and my nameday is the 14th. of January. This gives you all a little time to gather a smaller amout from each to buy me a nice present.
Let's be democratic and say that the ones that post most must give a larger amount than the ones with the smallest amount of posts. Did you get the hint Lizzy

Thanks for the link mp, it was fun!

hugs from Feli(Cia)

okay Lizzy, if you come to the chatroom on your nameday, we can hold a party for you there. Bring your own fancy glass, I am tired of doing the dishes

Hi Cia ~

My fancy glass stands ready, so you have a night off from the dishes. However, if I'm paying more, I get to drink more, n'est-ce pas? I have a sturdier glass standing by just in case . May we raise our glass to the awful truth...... .

I'm very interested to see where my name falls with Poland's name day, given my 1/2-Polish heritage. Name Day......what a great idea. I love it. Now people also have an option that might better meet their scheduling needs. They can celebrate Leonard's birthday or his nameday [or both] .

~ Lizzytysh

Elizabeth,
If you were Polish your name would be Elzbieta. Your nameday would be the 18th of June, the 4th and the 8th of July, the 5th and 19th of November and maybe more. It is very popular name in Poland. Leonard's nameday is the 6th of November. So, I suggest you having your nameday the day before. We usualy chose our nameday after our birthday. We celebrate both.

Hi Hanna ~

Thanks for that info ! ~ Now I'm looking at the list and wondering why the multiple dates for the same name. Do you have any idea on that? Does it have to do with the name's popularity? That's two now for November. I guess the name really resonates with that month. Leonard's name only gets one date there? I'll consider your thoughtful suggestion on celebrating the day prior to Leonard's day ~ however, we have a saying here that " 'Almost' only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades," which I must also keep in mind . So, who makes the nameday-date decisions?

~ Elizabeth aka Elzbieta aka Elisabet un-aka Vivianne [I still miss that girl ]