My christmas

Dear Friends,

I did say I was going to share some pictures from my christmas.
We have had a really nice christmas the traditional way. 

The house is ready, we clean and decorate all over.

This red Nisse sits on the mantlepiece every christmas since the children were small.

Our Christmastree is great !  Franz goes out to cut it himself.  He searches for the best one !

Julenissen comes to Norwegian homes on Christmas eve.  This one in particular speaks german, and his reindeers are always making trouble outside.  And Franz is never there !

Christmas morning we have a nice long breakfast with traditional food.

And on boxing day the whole extended family gets together for a big christmas party.  We even dance around the christmastree singing christmas songs.

So all in all nothing new has happened.  Everything has been like its been for many many years.  And thats really great.  Thats exactly what we wanted for christmas.  Just to be together and enjoy.

Warm christmas greetings from Birgit


 

Merry Christmas

Happy Christmas everyone !

Up here in the north, Christmas is the nicest and most important tradition of all.
The light is turning on December 22.nd.  The daylight is returning, its going to be lighter every day until mid summer.  

The blue hour. Photo: Finn Jørgensen

 

The daylight starts late, and stops early around christmastime.  We have the "Blue hour" every afternoon, when the light is disappearing, and everything looks blue.   I just want to share with you some picuteres from this time.  Some pictures I have borrowed from some friends.

The low winter sun.  Photo: Miriam Sørsvang

 I look foreward to celebrate our christmas with Franz, our children, our parents and relatives.

Iceroses on an old window.  Photo: Eli Kaldahl

I hope the weather will stay cold.  So we can enjoy the winter.  I might share some pictures with you too, if I find inspiration to turn on the computer.  And with this I want to wish you a very happy and peaceful Christmas.

Love from Birgit