Merry Christmas from Belgium to all my DU friends
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Je te souhaite un bon voyage ainsi qu'à ta famille.
J'espère que ton épouse se porte mieux. 
You are the Best!
Thank you 
I'm not sure I'm the best, but I really do enjoy DU and DUers
Your nickname always reminds me one of my favorite comic book series : Lucky Luke. Very funny
But you only have the name in common : the Dalton brothers are the stupidest outlaws ever !
Floriduh.
I'm not giving up. 
And thank you for all your wonderful contributions to our DU community! Your perspective is invaluable! We're so glad you decided to join us! 
I'm very happy to have joined DU.
I have been on countless fora. DU is my favourite 
Nice Pic, thank you
If I remember well, we have a similar climate. Temperate and rainy
Other cartoons will be posted very soon
It always does my heart good the see you post here. It gives me hope that the rest of the world knows that trump does NOT represent this country that we love.
The US are on one side and Trump on the other. Nothing in common and he certainly doesn't represent any of the true American spirit.
I'll be thinking of you when I dive into that box later this evening.
Belgian chocolate, the best chocolate in the world
How are you ?
From your lips to the sky, my dear
and also many people from all around the world.
All Americans were nice and educated. The only "problem" I met once, was a hard time to convince a lady. She was nice and polite but a little bit stubborn and angry because she had to go to a Belgian notary for the house she bought. She found it was unfair because her mother was notary.
I took me hours to explain her that it was a mandatory, that her mother was not entitled and plus, the law forbids a notary to act when a relative is concerned.
Not really an "ugly nasty" American as you see
By the way, all those who jump into these stupid cliches should better take a look around them. As if, all Europeans were educated and nice ! We do have our fair bunch of dumbs here too. As it is everywhere.
Well, I fume about cliches but I'm going to use one too LOL : you will meet nice people and bad people everywhere, no matter what is their origin, culture, religion...
There are good, bad, and stupid people everywhere. Merry Christmas to you too, and I hope it's not too cold in Belgium. It's 22 F(-6 C) where I'm at. 
It is more or less the same here : around 5°C.
C'est avec grand plaisir
Je me permets une petite correction :
Merci pour le bon travail que tu faites[/b / Merci pour le bon travail que tu fais
Ou bien :
Merci pour le bon travail que VOUS faites.
I'm sorry, I should have explained a bit more. And plus, all the sentence went in bold...
"Tu" is singular and used to adress anybody in a casual way. Those you can adress in this form are family members, friends, kids, persons on social networks,...
"Vous" is a plural form but used also to adress formally somebody : someone not related to you, your boss, an old person, a pupil to a teacher, etc.
I agree, it is not always easy to know what is the right form. As French was not complicated enough...
I meant if you chose the "tu" form, you conjugate the verb at the 2nd singular person.
"faites" is correct if you chose the "vous" form, it is the 2nd plural person.
So please, use the "tu" form. The "vous" keeps a distance and is a little cold/ Not at all what I want 
I got it now.
I thought you didn't like the pronoun "tu" , and you changed the verb to match the better pronoun, "vous". I thought as an American I had overstepped my bounds and I should speak to you with formal pronouns!
But it was the other way around. Yes right, I didn't conjugate the verb correctly for tu.
je fais
tu fais
il/elle fait
nous faisons
vous faites
So even if I am using "vous" as formal and singular, I would use plural verb?
Especially when learners are not from a Latin-derived language.
Yes, even when the "vous" is used as formal and singular, the verb is conjugated at the2nd person plural.
I had forgotten that....but is tricky since you are using it as singular but use plural verb...
Also I originally had "vous" in that sentence to you, but then changed it as I thought perhaps I was being too informal, so I changed it to "tu".... but didn't think about the verb...
So when you offered a correction that is where my head went with it! I always agonize over the vous and tu as I don't want to put foot wrong. Thank you for giving me a list of when to use tu vs vous....
MERCI BEAUCOUP!!
Nowdays, the distinction still exists but it is not as strong as in the past.
Merci beaucoup.
Joyeux Noel!
I would be very rude to make fun of your French which is not as bad as you think
Or jump in and make fun of my English
I find my way but I'm sure I'm sometimes hurting pretty good the grammar rules.
Your English is impeccable.
It is a great idea to internationalize greetings by mixing languages
Passez de bonnes vacances au bord l'eau
How do you wich vacations in English ? "I wish you a good vacation ? "
I'm so jealous right now. (see reply #62)
From your lips to any influential ear.
My son lives in London, he is here for a few days. He thinks Brexit will probably not happen.
Wish this mess will be a good lesson to anyone who thinks populists and extremists can govern or solve complex problems with simplistic answers or magic chanting...
Nice pic
It was great yes. A family peaceful time. This year it was on sunday but now that kids are adult and have their life, it depends on in-law families.
A few days before Christmas Eve, generally the weekend before, a diner is organized by the local officials and many associations. Any person of goodwill can help
Every year it is a success and a great time.
We all just wrapped up our Christmas day a few minutes ago so I am just checking in before going to bed. It's has been nice, but looking forward to going back home tomorrow. Wishing you a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year!
We had a nice Christmas family time. We have chosen for many years, to make it simple, focusing on being together and spending a nice joyful time.
Well, I keep a special menu, I like Christmas decoration but I avoid as much as I can the frenzy consumerism which have not much to do with Christmas spirit.
Many are on the same track and Holiday time are more in the joy spirit as it was long ago.
A few years ago, it went so far that a law emerged to forbid Christmas ads before november 15...
I remember how weird it was to see Christmas ads in early september...
We rarely have a White Christmas here. Too temperate climate.
We've been moving snow all weekend long. It just keeps coming. ❄️🌨☃. It looks like there is a chance of sun peeking out today which will be lovely!
It is one of my favorite time as long as it is not a consumption binge
It is beautiful
🎄🎅🎄🤶 ....
Thank you
Are you currently in Belgium ?
Boy, I wish
I'm in my little cubbyhole, here in the Los Angeles area.
Toons are a way to show you are that not alone and that we distinguish very well between Americans and Trump.
Ritual music, religious, liturgical,...have something special.
It brings calm, elevate the thoughts.
I often say being atheist but is to simplify. I still can't exactly define what I am. I don't adhere to a particular religion but I don't reject all in them.
It took me years and still I'm nowhere...
