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[kittydesade]

С праздником! serves as an all-purpose holiday greeting. The following specific holiday greetings are also used:

С Новым годом! Happy New Year!
С Рождеством (Христовым)! Merry Christmas!
С днём рождения! Happy Birthday!

In Dialogue 3 a guest says С наступающим! on arriving at a New Year's party. She is greeting everyone with the approaching New Year (it is still before midnight).

You can also say С прошедшим! for a belated holiday. Or birthday. ;)

To reply You too or The same to you say И вас тоже (также)! or И тебя тоже (также)!

The reason for the use of the instrumental and accusative cases becomes evident if you look at the entire phrase, even though it is generally shortened as noted above:

Поздравляю вас (тебя) с праздником! I greet you with the holiday!

Составьте короткие диалоги.
Образец: Новый год --
С Новым годом! И тебя тоже!

1. День благодарения
С Днём благодарения! И вас тоже!
2. Пасха
С Пасхой! И вас тоже!
Note: This is not really used. The proper greeting/address as per Behemoth is: Христос воскрес! (maybe Христос воскресе! - old style) and the correct answer is Воистину воскрес! (воскресе).

3. Новый год
С Новым годом! И тебя тоже!
4. Рождество
С Рождеством! И тебя тоже!
5. Ханука
С Ханукей! И вас тоже!
6. День независимости
С Днём независимости! И тебя тоже!
7. день рождения
С днём рождения! Спасибо!
8. праздник
С праздником! Спасибо, и вас тоже!

Hrmph. I give that exercise all the side-eye. All of it.







And if you know anything about Squier Strats (which I'm not sure anyone on my flist does?) you'll notice it's missing the tremolo/whammy bar. Which is on purpose. Because that's a little more know-how than I really want to tackle right now. I suspect I'll be able to put one on with the help of the Guitar Mama if I really need to, but at the same time, it's an $80 guitar. Pfft.



Now with pic of what an original Squier strat body looks like, with whammy bar!

An $80 Strat-type guitar with a damn good sound. We plugged it in last night. It was so awesome.


I made a new icon. Now you too can enjoy the hilarity of David Warner and the banana.

So, yeah, that's my new guitar up there. Well, new to me, which is what matters. I have an amp I can use for a bit, and a cord, and now all I need is a strap and a new set of strings, probably a backup set of strings for both guitars, and a set of noise canceling headphones. In reverse order of importance, because it's strung and I have the cord and everything, but not annoying everyone requires headphones.

Dragon*Con is bearing down on me like, well. Like a dragon. I'm quietly freaking out about just about everything. Whether I'll look good in my costumes, whether my costumes will look good, whether I'll be able to walk around for a few hours in my Silk Spectre stripper boots, whether Bruce Boxleitner will even notice me in black spandex and 30 ft of blue EL wire, whether he'll cancel at the last minute, will I survive the gauntlet of hours and hours running around maybe or maybe not getting enough to eat, etc. And most of these are semi-foolish worries, but still. Fortunately I've done this often enough to know that most of these are also customary worries, and to be able to smack them upside the head and go leave me alone, brainweasels. Fuck off.

I do, however, need to get my bangs trimmed before Dragon*Con. Because they are of the long and the past couple of times I've been the one trimming them, and I haven't yet mastered the art of trimming them consistently in a straight line. Sometimes I can. Other times, not so much.

Right. REALLY going to get monofilament thread today. Or if I can't find that, at least a couple charms to dangle from my hairpins. Because they are awesome and deserve danglies. Also, because my guitar picks will need something else.