Talk:Santa Claus parade
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I need information on how far around the world the Santa Claus Parade tradition extends. silsor 02:00, Nov 21, 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Kennedy assassination
The article says: "the assassination of President Kennedy a few weeks previously". Surely this should be "days", not "weeks"? Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, which is less than a week before Thanksgiving Day.
[edit] Christmas Pageants?
Aren't Christmas Pageants the things in churches with people acting as Mary and Joseph and so forth? As in this? IMFromKathlene 05:09, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- Not under the common use of the term. See Adelaide Christmas Pageant.--cj | talk 10:50, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- But look here, here, here, and on Wikipedia Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo (South Park episode) and A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas. All are showing use of "Christmas Pageant" as a play about the nativity with large casts and churches. It seems every Children's book about Christmas used that term as well, at least they did when I was growing up. People looking for a Christmas Pageant and the description of what that is are going to come to this page and be kind of confused and/or alienated. I can't find anything on Wikipedia describing the kind of play I am thinking of and it seems widespread enough to deserve its own entry. It may be the area I live in (New Mexico, USA) but the common use I'm familiar with is that of the nativity play at churches and schools and the like-- Jesus instead of Santa. IMFromKathlene 21:34, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
- It seems there are in fact two uses of the word. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever convinced me. I'm not sure if it is a language difference (between British/Commonwealth/Australian and American English) or whether one of the uses is a corruption/derivation of the original. I know that the meaning you describe is what I would usually call a nativity play. I'm not sure how to proceed, but one possible option is to turn Christmas pageant into disamiguation page directing readers to both here and the as yet uncreated article nativity play. A note could also be placed at the beginning of this article to inform users of the alternate usage. Thoughts?--cj | talk 18:02, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
- As a minimum we need a note. It's not just a Commonwealth vs. American English question either; in Canada, a Christmas pageant is a form of Nativity play. What this page describes is called a Santa Claus parade. - Eron Talk 03:57, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- I turned it into a disambig page, but it's the first time I've made one so I'm not sure if it's totally correct. Feel free to edit it. IMFromKathlene 00:24, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
- It seems there are in fact two uses of the word. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever convinced me. I'm not sure if it is a language difference (between British/Commonwealth/Australian and American English) or whether one of the uses is a corruption/derivation of the original. I know that the meaning you describe is what I would usually call a nativity play. I'm not sure how to proceed, but one possible option is to turn Christmas pageant into disamiguation page directing readers to both here and the as yet uncreated article nativity play. A note could also be placed at the beginning of this article to inform users of the alternate usage. Thoughts?--cj | talk 18:02, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
- But look here, here, here, and on Wikipedia Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo (South Park episode) and A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas. All are showing use of "Christmas Pageant" as a play about the nativity with large casts and churches. It seems every Children's book about Christmas used that term as well, at least they did when I was growing up. People looking for a Christmas Pageant and the description of what that is are going to come to this page and be kind of confused and/or alienated. I can't find anything on Wikipedia describing the kind of play I am thinking of and it seems widespread enough to deserve its own entry. It may be the area I live in (New Mexico, USA) but the common use I'm familiar with is that of the nativity play at churches and schools and the like-- Jesus instead of Santa. IMFromKathlene 21:34, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
