Christmas
Eve
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Participating in Norwegian Christmas Eve traditions:
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Viewing a 1986 Czech production of Cinderella that has been dubbed over in Norwegian with one man doing the voice of all the characters. This live-action movie is always shown on TV in Norway at 11 a.m. on Christmas Eve.
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Eating rice pudding, which is traditionally served around 12 p.m. on Christmas Eve in Norway (following the showing of Cinderella). There was a peeled almond hidden in each pot, so the two people who found the almond in their bowl of rice pudding won a chocolate marzipan bar. If you found the almond in your bowl, you had to hide it until everyone was finished eating, and then we discovered who had won.
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Sharing Christmas Eve dinner with friends on the veranda in the beautiful summer weather
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Attending a Christmas Eve service...BYOC (Bring Your Own Candle)
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| Photo by the Dedes |
Christmas
Day
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Following the end of the Bills game on Twitter
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Opening presents under our “tree” sent to us by our family, including 5 new T-shirts which is good because clothing wears out fast here!
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Gathering for a community Christmas service, during which we sang Christmas songs in English, Dutch, German, Spanish, Korean, and Tok Pisin
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Planning to drink hot chocolate while watching a Christmas movie in the afternoon, but having to forgo both until the evening because it was so hot during the day, and the electricity went out for quite a while
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Watching a Christmas lights show that was created by a newly-arrived family here
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