{"id":1517,"date":"2012-12-24T12:34:02","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T12:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2014-08-22T18:39:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:39:58","slug":"god-norwegian-jul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/god-norwegian-jul\/","title":{"rendered":"God Norwegian Jul!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hurra<\/strong>\u00a0(hooray), it\u2019s\u00a0jul<\/strong>\u00a0[yule] again! In Norway,\u00a0julefeiringa<\/strong>\u00a0(the Christmas celebration) reaches its zenith on December 24th. People leave their jobs early this day (around 12 o\u2019 clock), and schools and kindergartens are closed. Everybody is getting prepared for the Great Evening, the\u00a0julaften\u00a0<\/strong>[YOOLaftn] or\u00a0julekveld<\/strong>\u00a0[YOOL-eh-kvel] (Christmas Eve).<\/p>\n

The whole day people are busy with the last\u00a0forberedelser<\/strong>\u00a0(preparations). The Christmas dinner has to be prepared, and it\u2019s the last chance to wrap that\u00a0julegave<\/strong>\u00a0(Christmas gift) you totally forgot about\u2026 Those family members who aren\u2019t busy \u2013 that would be\u00a0barna<\/strong>\u00a0(the children), I guess \ud83d\ude09 \u2013 enjoy themselves watching\u00a0tv<\/strong>\u00a0[TEH-veh]. Norwegian Television have some shows that they broadcast every year on December 24th. One of the staples is\u00a0Tre n\u00f8tter til Askepott<\/strong>\u00a0(Three Nuts for Cinderella<\/em>), a fairy-tale filmed in Germany and Czechoslovakia in 1973. Will the princess get her prince this year?<\/p>\n

Some families\u00a0g\u00e5r i kirka<\/strong>\u00a0[gore ee CHEERkah\/SHEERkah] (go to church) to hear\u00a0julegudstjenesta<\/strong>\u00a0[the Christmas sermon].<\/p>\n

Even non-religious Norwegian families, however, gather for the\u00a0julemiddag\u00a0<\/strong>(Christmas dinner). Most Norwegian families eat either\u00a0ribbe<\/strong>\u00a0(pork ribs) or\u00a0pinnekj\u00f8tt<\/strong>\u00a0[PINneh-chot].\u00a0Pinnekj\u00f8tt<\/strong>\u00a0is a kind of mutton. The meat is typically eaten with\u00a0poteter<\/strong>\u00a0(potatoes),\u00a0k\u00e5lrabistappe<\/strong>\u00a0(rutabaga pur\u00e9e) or\u00a0surk\u00e5l<\/strong>\u00a0(red sauerkraut). A few families eat\u00a0lutefisk<\/strong>\u00a0[LOOtehfisk], which is basically dried fish! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

For children, the fun part of the eating is the\u00a0dessert<\/strong>. This is usually\u00a0riskrem<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 rice porridge mixed with cream. Some families hide a\u00a0mandel\u00a0<\/strong>(almond) in the dessert, and the one who finds it receives a\u00a0mandelgave\u00a0<\/strong>(almond gift). It\u2019s often a\u00a0marsipangris<\/strong>\u00a0(marzipan pig). (Other families play the \u201dalmond game\u201d when eating\u00a0risgr\u00f8t<\/strong>, rice porridge, on December 23rd or during the daytime of December 24th.)<\/p>\n

At last it\u2019s time for the\u00a0julegaver<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Each family gathers around\u00a0juletreet<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0stua<\/strong>\u00a0(the living room). The tree, which is most often a\u00a0gran<\/strong>\u00a0(spruce \u2013 in Western Norway it may also be a\u00a0furu<\/strong>, pine \ud83d\ude42 ) carries electric\u00a0lys<\/strong>\u00a0(candles), and decorations like\u00a0kuler<\/strong>\u00a0(balls),\u00a0stjerner<\/strong>\u00a0(stars) and\u00a0hjerter<\/strong>\u00a0(hearts). In\u00a0toppen<\/strong>\u00a0(the top) there is a huge\u00a0stjerne<\/strong>. Below the tree the parcels are waiting, ready to be unwrapped and spread\u00a0glede<\/strong>\u00a0(joy) to the giver and the recipient alike!<\/p>\n

With these words I\u2019d like to wish all our readers a very<\/p>\n

God jul!<\/strong><\/p>\n

May all of your wishes come true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hurra\u00a0(hooray), it\u2019s\u00a0jul\u00a0[yule] again! In Norway,\u00a0julefeiringa\u00a0(the Christmas celebration) reaches its zenith on December 24th. People leave their jobs early this day (around 12 o\u2019 clock), and schools and kindergartens are closed. Everybody is getting prepared for the Great Evening, the\u00a0julaften\u00a0[YOOLaftn] or\u00a0julekveld\u00a0[YOOL-eh-kvel] (Christmas Eve). The whole day people are busy with the last\u00a0forberedelser\u00a0(preparations). The Christmas dinner has…<\/p>\n

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