XXV (Voice)

[sancta_sedes]

Um... d-do many of you c-celebrate name days? I've n-noticed a lot of people c-celebrate their b-birthdays, but I haven't s-seen mention of name days.... I wonder if y-you're really considered a y-year older when you a-arrive only a f-few months before.... I was wondering if p-people did... wh-when they might be? I know the A-Archbishops will be on

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[gavemyword]

What's the difference?

[sancta_sedes]

Between a b-birthday and a n-name day?

[gavemyword]

Yeah.

[sancta_sedes]

A b-birthday is the day you were born.... One's n-name day is the feast day of the s-saint they were named after. At least... that's what it is in m-my world. I was thinking m-maybe other people had something similar to a n-name day, a day to c-celebrate your name?

[gavemyword]

Ah, I see. We don't have anything like that where I'm from... Sounds like a strange thing to celebrate.

[...] What're saints?

[sancta_sedes]

I g-guess....

I-important people who s-served God.

[gavemyword]

And everyone's name after one?

[sancta_sedes]

M-more or less.

[gavemyword]

That's weird.

[sancta_sedes]

Is it? It s-seems normal to me.

[gavemyword]

Guess it depends on what you're used to. Sounds strange as hell to me, but I've heard worse...

How do you decide those dates anyway?

[sancta_sedes]

Th-there's a calendar that has all the f-feast days. U-usually it's the date they d-died, or a d-date that something s-special happened.