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:eureka: Аг-гааааа! So the оригинал was really very close to the version I've heard in English. May I take a guess that украли ("they have stolen") was сп*здили ("they have f*cking stolen") in the...

Doomer, LOL! I have heard an R-rated version of this joke in English, with a more мат-ish ending: "Dear Santa Claus, thank you very much for the boots, hats, and coat, but the c*cksucking...

Ё-моё! As St. Lucy might have said: "Oh, my eyes!!"

;-)

Since наша Ханна has already crossed the lines of good taste and moral decency by posting a disco-blinking animated .gif, I might as...

I totally remembered that you're Jewish and here's the Hannukah card to prove it! -- Notice that this is presumably from a non-Jew to a Jewish friend. This strikes me as a "very American" card....

A few more cultural observations about the cards that Hanna posted:

The Scandinavian tradition of "St. Lucia", represented by a young girl wearing a crown of candles, is in some ways rather...

BappaBa -- спасибо большое за объяснение об исторических формах русских солдатов!

А разве так удивительно, что иностранец мог бы ошибочно принимать красные погоны/эполлеты у солдата за символ коммунизма?

(But you make a good point -- I should have written "the soldier is...

Wow, this is really a card "for all occasions":

http://s58.radikal.ru/i162/1012/36/beaaf4fcb2e9.jpg

Съ Новымъ годомъ!

Съ днёмъ святого Валентина!

Съ именинами святого Патрика!!

Thanks for starting this thread, Hanna!

The "Art Nouveau" card is interesting -- it says "Merry Christmas and a Happy Upcoming/Approaching New Year". Nowadays, as far as I know, Russian Orthodox...