Christmas in Norway Staff “On the seven seas and in harbours throughout the world Christmas trees are set up on the mastheads of Norwegian ships when Christmas approaches. And on board ship, as in Norwegian homes all over the world, Christmas is celebrated Norwegian style — which means that it is celebrated a little differently

My christmas norchic I`m a 13 year old girl, who lives in a tiny village, with ca. 250 people in western Norway. I read what stood about christmas in norway on your pages, and it didn`t really go with the way I celebrate it.. anyway, here`s how I and my family celebrate christmas; we start

Mail-x-mas calendar Lille Jul We are a group of people in Norway who have a e-mail-christmas calender. It works like this: Someone is apointed (in this case by himself) calendar-santa. His job is to mail out a new christmas-fact or story every day from the first to the 24th of desember. Than the people on

My Norwegean Christmas TingeLing I want to tell you about my Christmas in Norway. I’m sure it all has been mentioned before in other articles, but I want to share anyway. I live on the west coast of Norway. Most people start thinking of Christmas in mid-November. It is time to start buying Christmas gifts

Childhood Memories Of Christmas Drlingbrt1 I just wanted to say Thank You to Norchic and wish her the very happiest of Christmas’ and a bright and shiny New Year. The things that she wrote about brought the memories of my most treasured Christmases flooding back. I have never been to Norway, but my great-grandmother was

Candles for the dead talizman Dear Christmas-lovers out there. My Christmas is not very different from the ones described in the other articles on Norwegian Christmas, though I don’t think it’s fair to say that urban people fake their celebration, whereas country folk do it the traditional way. You can probably find people who buy

Christmas in Lillehammer geir http://www.julebyen.com Christmas in Lillehammer with pure white snow in former Winter Olympic city of Norway

The winter christmas of Norway Santa’s helper Norway is really the homeland of gnomes,trolls and santa’s little helpers (nisser) so it’s kinda weird. Anyway I want to tell you guys about the Norwegian christmas and it’s traditions. In the first sunday of december we start lightning candles (total of four, where one for each week

Christmas chantalleke Hello! I noticed that there’s nothing at the Dutch Christmas page. So I’d like to add some things. Greetings: Merry Christmas: Prettige Kerstdagen Happy Newyear: Gelukkig Nieuwjaar Season’s greetings: prettige feestdagen Merry Christmas and a happy new year: prettige kerstdagen en een gelukkig nieuwjaar. In The Netherlands, Christmas is getting more and more

Our Christmas marjan The country where I come from called The Netherlands Christmas is getting a bigger event every year. Usually family and friends come together to eat ech others ears of figurally speaking. And they also give each other presents who are getting more exspensive every year. I think that Christmas is not about

Christmastime in Netherlands folkian The St. Nicholas season in the Netherlands (Holland) as dictated by S. Nooijen. Each year in Mid-November, the arrival of St. Nicholas is broadcast on live television. He arrives to the Netherlands on a steamboat coming from Spain. St. Nicholas brings his white horse and is surrounded by people dressed as

Kerst or Sinterklaas sphandor I don’t really like Christmas. Maybe because it is presented as a Christian feast and I am an atheist (last year me and some friends sent our families and friends ‘happy wintersolstice cards), maybe because I think Christmas trees look kind of sad, maybe because of the hypocrite ‘be nice, it’s

Santa Claus is coming to town!! adje What about Christmas??? Christmas is growing bigger the last few years. However, there are still two spiritual happenings in Holland. First of all “Sinterklaas.” He is a holy man who gives presents to little children on the 5th of December. Second of all there is Christmas on the

Sintbernardkennel V/D Elizieeshof Bep van dijk Hello! I am Bep from Holland and I wish all a happy Christmas

Fig tart . 2 pkts of figs 1 pkt Walnuts 2 cups flour 1/2 cup sugar 3 eggs 1 lemon rind 1 juice of lemon Cut walnuts into chunks and mix with figs. Add the flour sugar, and the eggs. Put mixture into a greased pan and put in the oven for around 20 minutes