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Merry Christmas All

julekalender, nisser, nisseøl

We have a tiny 'nisse' living in our loft.

We feed him cookies or rice porridge and 'nisseøl'* so he won't do tricks. Or tease us.

We tried that before. He plastered our whole interior in toilet paper once. Or actually twice. Because one of us had a cold and none of us had fed him for days. Now we remember to feed him. I hope. Because until now the kids has gotten tiny presents of gratitude from the 'nisse' in their stockings.

My kids also have 2 'julekalendere'*** (count down calenders) each. One containing little pieces of chocolate and one with toys. (They chose those themselves.) AND they share one from the 'julekalender'** tv show.

Also their grandmothers (yes both of them) give them advent presents each sunday of advent.

SO. They get a lot of presents. And stuff. Happy december.

From Wikipedia:

*Nisseøl (literally elf beer) is a dark, sweet hvidtøl (white beer) which is sold around Christmas time in Denmark. The name come from the nisser (mythical creatures of Scandinavian folklore) who are often depicted on the beer labels. It is not to be confused with julebryg, which is a much stronger Danish Christmas beer.

Kids drink nisseøl too!

From Wikipedia:

**In Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Finland there is also a tradition of having a so-called Julekalender (Swedish: Julkalender, Finnish: Joulukalenteri, Icelandic: Jóladagatal; the local word for an advent calendar) in the form of a television show starting on the first of December, and ending on Christmas Eve. The first Julekalender aired in Denmark was Historier fra hele verden in 1962. Over the years, there have been several different kinds of julekalender; some directed at children, some at both children and adults, and even some directed at adults alone.

***Hand-made Advent calendars as craft projects:

Hand made Advent calendars have become popular projects with craftpersons and artisans of all types. Today, we see hand made creations made from various media including fabric, felt, paper, chipboard, small boxes, etc.The concept of the Advent Calendar has broadened to include "Countdown Calendars".

Corperate companies have taken over the market of the calenders as you can see by the count down calenders my kids has chosen!

Merry Christmas Everybody

 
 
  

JUL

 
Dear Santa,

here is the beginning of my wishlist for Christmas:

Moomin blanket

Moomin posters 

Masking Tape

Poster

Cardigan 

Sincerely,

Kristina

December Second

Thrifted Christmas figurines and a handmade pom pom

+ adding new colors to the old advent wrath

What My Kids Do

Calvin making a Dinosaur World and Lupina painting. As usual. We go through serious amounts of paint, canvases and glue for the glue-gun!

Next up is preparing for December. I have a Christmas category and a set on Flickr for inspiration - and to remember what I've got tucked away in boxes at the attic!

I'll probably make my pom pom wreath again. Maybe ad some other colors. I know I'll make some new soft trees. I want to try and make some of these Anne Black figurines again. We made some in 2006 out of Hobby Clay and some in 2005 out of salt dough, using cookie cutters. I want to try again! But I want to find some clay with a more glossy finish. And then there's the homemade presents...  
 

Sunday Gifts

 

 

Every Sunday in December my Mom gives the kids Advent presents. She finds gorgeous little Christmas ornaments, decorations, softies and the likes. The plan is for them to have a whole Christmas collection, when they're all grown up. Something they'll remember. Here are some of them.

  

Oh...and check out my Hammer-Time pants! 

December Decor Vol. Two

 

Old Medusa Christmas decor

 

Old stars

December Decor Vol. One

 

Little deer

 

Aunty Cookie cards from 2006

Oh Those Crafty Kids

My kids made some Christmas decorations for their Dad yesterday and I am very jealous. They are so pretty. And they made them all by them selves. I'm amazed. Really.

Today we went to the Christmas Fair at Gisselfeld. It was very pretty, very crowded and very rainy. Not that Christmassy!