Ripped from the headlines!
Our typical Friday evening routine involves no cooking either before or after Adam’s bathtime. Around 8.00 I walk over to Pizzeria Ž and bring back a large pie. While I’m waiting for the pizza to be ready, I can catch up on my reading of Slovenske Novice, the country’s premier source of news about shark attacks, additions to the Guinness Book of World Records, theories about why Dr. Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman were genetically doomed due to height differences, and good old fashioned Page 3-style T&A. Last night as they were whipping up my štiri siri (emmental, gorgonzola, parmesan, and mozzarella), I read this interesting bit of international news. For non-local readers, I humbly offer a rough translation:
Santaclausery
In the Danish capital today the World Congress of Santas concluded. On Bellevue Beach, located near Copenhagen, more than 100 Santas and their helpers from over ten nations gathered to test themselves in clambering down chimneys and climbing slippery, snowy slopes. Interestingly and entertainingly, one of the warmhearted fat men, from Washington, USA, is legally named Santa Claus, which is English for Božiček.
Stop the presses. You can see why Slovenske Novice is the biggest-selling “news”paper in Slovenia. The caption below the photo reads, for those easily confused by flags, “This Santa swam to Denmark from neighboring Sweden.”
Corrections to my seat-of-the-pants translation from local readers are more than welcome.
