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Sporting metaphors permeate the English language. In this podcast you can learn about level playing fields, curveballs and sticky wickets. And do you know what a rain check is? Check it out.

—- New Year’s Special —- Hear how people in Canada, Ireland, the USA and UK see in the New Year. There’s talk of socials, resolutions, firecrackers… and about a famous British dinner party that only Germans really care about. Wikipedia article about \'Dinner for One\' Wikipedia holds interesting background information about Germany\'s famous New Year\'s tradition Wikipedia article about Guy Fawkes Night \'Remember, remember the fifth of November!\' - Find out the origins of this famous saying List of objects dropped on New Year\'s Eve Many cities and towns in the United States drop objects on New Year\'s Eve - Check \'em out at Wikipedia The original \"Dinner for One\" Watch the original on YouTube.

—- Christmas Special —- After we received feedback asking for longer RoPeCast episodes, we thought the forthcoming holidays were the right occasion for spending a little bit more time listening to our show. This time we present traditions and peculiarities of Christmas in the English speaking world. Tune in and learn how our guests from many different countries spend their Christmas holidays. Merry Christmas! Christmas worldwide - Wikipedia Entry Find out how people all around the world celebrate christmas Christmas Carols Following this link, you can listen to many of the carols mentioned in the episode \"Merry Christmas\" in more than 50 languages Here you can explore how people all around the globe congratulate each other \"Merry Christmas Mr. Bean\" See how Mr. Bean spends the holidays (Youtube)