Rainbow Arch
The Christmas tree came to Norway in the mid-1800s. It was originally a German custom, but the people who was traveling ,took it home to Norway.
Today many use both fir and pine Christmas tree, but in the beginning it was most common to use spruce. The Christmas tree should be a symbol of eternal life.
.. Christmas Calendars Advent is the wait until Christmas when we do all the preparations. In this time we have often an Advent calendar is something we have to count down the days. This practice came to the North in about 1920. It is said that it came from Germany. Before it was common with a small plastic figure every day, then went over to the chocolate, some stock own calendar as small gifts wrapped by either small well or small things that fit and hang like small gifts.here is a few ideas for you..coming up
Here is my home made calendar...
what i do i just get a bunch of small gifts either snack or small toys,even useful things as pencils . flashlights
or any other small things,then i just hang them up ,as you can see i made my calendar from different rug and fabric,very kewl,
.On the 13th of December.Lucia is celebrated Originally the day was dedicated to St. Lucia of Syracuse, but the Norwegian holiday seems to have little to do with her person. According to folk tradition, this date marked the longest night of the year - an artifact of the medieval calendar. It was thus a time when Man and beast needed extra nourishment. Originally, only men celebrated this festival, with much food and drink. Documents from the late eighteenth century, however, tell of young girls, dressed in white with crowns of candles in their hair, serving the master and mistress. Lucia morning is celebrated in practically every Norwegian home, and every community, office, school or club chooses a Lucia, who - dressed in a white gown and with a crown of candles in her hair - brings a tray of coffee, traditionally shaped saffron rolls, and ginger biscuits. Lucia sometimes serves glögg, a mulled wine. She is generally accompanied other girls and boys of white, the girls wearing glitter in their hair and the boys wearing tall paper cones with stars on them. All sing the traditional Lucia carols.
