That's a very cool tradition. I didn't know anything about it; thanks for letting me know! In the US, a lump of coal has a far different meaning. It's what Santa leaves instead of gifts in the Christmas stockings of bad little boys and girls. So in the US, getting a lump of coal isn't such a good thing.
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Date: 2007-03-13 05:14 pm (UTC)