One of the things I learned about Norway, is the folks really like the outdoors! They love the clean, fresh air, the farm life and simple living. Another Norwegian tradition, with an unknown origin (although they have ideas about it) is the sharing of the julenek, or the sharing of grain, as a Christmas…
Category: Christmas Special Writing Prompts
Nordic Christmas Traditions: Let’s Take the Sauna and Ice Plunge!
What could be more Nordic than the sauna and the ice plunge? The oldest known saunas were found in Finland. They were simple pits dug into the slope of ground and used as a dwelling in winter. Brrrrrrr……. They added a little fireplace with stones….and by throwing water on the stones produced steam, which gave…
Nordic Christmas Traditions: Fika (the Swedish Coffee Break)
I’m including a Nordic Christmas Tradition with the WeekendCoffeeShare today! So come on in and sit awhile, while we enjoy a fika! The Nordic lifestyle is one to be envied! Purity and simplicity are essential elements! In Sweden, Fika is translated as “coffee and cake break.” It is an essential part of the culture! It…
Nordic Christmas Traditions: Broom Hiding
The Winter months in Norway are dark and long……………..What better way to spend the dark, dark hours of the night, but to focus on winter stories! Many of these stories include mischievous sprits, elves, trolls or witches…….. In the Nordic countries it is said that witches roam the land during the darkest month of December….
Nordic Christmas Traditions:The Oldest Stave Church in Norway (Still In Use Today)
Have you seen my hubby’s walk to Undredal? The easiest way to get to the village of Undredal (population 100) is walking the three miles from a goat farm over the mountains to the other side, to the village. It was an awesome hike and only two men (one was my hubby) and the guide,…
Nordic Christmas Traditions: The Nordic Christmas Goat (Yule Goat)
I love learning the traditions that have been passed down through the centuries to get to the beliefs we celebrate today, don’t you? Since, I have been posting my Norwegian travels, I thought it might be fun to share some Christmas Nordic traditions. We’ve been visiting goat farms and have seen the goats for ourselves!…
The Nordic Christmas Calendar
Since I’ve been posting about Norway for a while now, imagine how happy I was to learn that the Jacquie Lawson 2020 Digital Christmas Calendar featured Norway this year! I have been getting her calendars and cards for several years and sharing them as well! As far as I’m concerned her digital goods are the…
If We Were Having Coffee On a Tuesday, We’d Be At the Mill
I haven’t done a Weekend Coffee Share for a while because my weekends seem to be hectic! But, today I am doing a Tuesday Coffee Share, so pull up a seat at the remains of the Roswell Manufacturing Company and we’ll have a cuppa and enjoy the beautiful weather! To learn more about what we…
Christmas Special Writing Prompts: Days 9, 10, 11
Well, I got a little behind this weekend! I was shopping and watching football, basketball and Season 2 of The Crown, oh my! Got all my runs in too! But, let’s get on to the writing! Oh gee, I would be embarrassed to write a letter to Santa! It would have to be a more…
Christmas Special Writing Prompt: December 8
Gosh, I don’t think there is just one part to like, Christmas is the entire package! I like the busy-ness of the season, the preparing of the food, the decorating of the house, tree and outdoors, the buying of presents and wrapping. It is getting ready for the Christ Child to renew your heart…… prepare…
Christmas Special Writing Prompt: December 7
I have always wanted to go to Quebec City, Canada at Christmas or for the Winter Carnival at the end of January. I love everything about the city! It is easy to get to from the US. The decorations at any time of year are fabulous. I can practice speaking French. We have been there…
Christmas Special Writing Prompt: December 6
My Christmas decorating starts right after Thanksgiving! This year we even got the tree the day before Thanksgiving because my daughter was here with her big SUV, to lug the tree home, and she was here to decorate it as well! We collect Christmas ornaments from our travels during the year and put them in…
Christmas Special Writing Prompt: December 5
Yes, my husband and I both send out our own Christmas cards. When we got married my husband was in the military and had a Christmas list of hundreds! This list was built from a twenty-four year career, so I didn’t know many of these people. So we established lists of yours, mine and ours,…
Christmas Special Writing Prompt: December 4
It begins to feel like Christmas to me as soon as I see a Christmas commercial on TV. That starts right after Halloween! However, as it gets into Thanksgiving and we watch Macy’s Christmas parade and there is football, football and more football and more commercials, it seems I steadily get more Christmasy! Then the…
Christmas Special Writing Prompts: One, Two and Three
I just found this in my email and it looked very interesting, so I think I shall participate! Every day of December we will get a Christmas writing prompt so here goes! I will be doing three today to catch up! How did I spend last Christmas? It must have been a quiet day because…
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