Template talk:Christmas
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If anybody wants something to be added or taken away feel free to suggest it here. Remember 14:03, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
- I feel like the Folklore section is very strongly POV in favor of a few English-speaking Western countries... jengod 20:47, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
- Probably true. If you have any related pages that you think should be added that reflect the folklore of Christmas from other regions please suggest them. I don't really know of any so it is hard for me to suggest them myself. Remember 21:21, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Folklore vs Media
I don't think that Frosty the Snowman, the Grinch, Rudolph, and Ebeneezer Scrooge count as Folklore, as they are from specific fictional works with a known author and origin. I would place them under Media, give them a separate section, or remove them from the infobox altogether, as the individual works can be found in the various Media categories. Clement Cherlin 00:50, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
- I have removed them altogether since they are easily accessed through the "fiction" link in media. If someone feels they should be linked in this template, they certainly do not belong under folklore. I have also removed links to Lapland and Rovaniemi since they contain very little, if any, content relevant to Christmas. SlackerMom 14:34, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hello
What about Joulupukki??--Spiby (talk) 19:07, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, sorry. He was hidden behind the "other characters"-section. ☺ Spiby ☻ 19:07, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Template image
Yes, Christmas tree is much better. VVVladimir (talk) 17:10, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Christmas Tradition?
Although the 'NORAD Tracks Santa' is a cute program, I don't think that it has established a position as a Christmas tradition yet. Wkdwzd (talk) 13:06, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
- Tough, its staying.--EveryDayJoe45 (talk) 19:41, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Folklore
I will be adding some more related figures and locations. If you disagree with any, revert them and we'll discuss why here. --EveryDayJoe45 (talk) 22:28, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Should Literature and Film be included under their own section?
This seems to be an ongoing debate. We need consenus. Now, I will voice my personal opinion... I honestly see no reason why these shouldn't be included. People have pointed out to me that the template would be to large. Well, yes, but as I've said before, I've seen many other templates that are larger than average, and I've only seen one occasion where people say it is a problem, and that is the Stephen King template. Somebody said "why not add a porn movie?" Come on, seriously? You seriously believe that someone's going to add that? I think that most people here have enough common sense. Voice your reasoning here. -- Special:Contributions/68.76.156.20 16:56, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
- There are more Christmas films then Stephen King books. So yes, it would make the template too large if every Christmas film, book or music would be included. A link to the categories or list pages is enough. Garion96 (talk) 17:13, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
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- 'Why not...' is rhetorical. Your argument, 'I've seen many other templates...', is unvalid because of the Wiki rule of WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS: just because other templates are like that doesn't mean this one should be. My two arguments are these: a) the template already has a link to both List of Christmas films and Category: Christmas fiction b) the works listed were random, that's why I named up a few Christmas-themed films at random too. --Soetermans | drop me a line | what I'd do now? 17:25, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
