{"id":171,"date":"2009-11-29T23:11:31","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T03:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=171"},"modified":"2009-11-29T23:11:31","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T03:11:31","slug":"thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"
First of all, I apologize for the italic font-apparently my computer won’t let me change it at the moment.\u00a0 <\/address>\n
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I drudged up an interesting article in the archives of Aftenposten online written by a Norwegian who was curious about the American Thanksgiving tradition.\u00a0 Siri, en sytten \u00e5r gammel jente<\/strong> (a 17 year old girl), thought maybe she was jealous of Americans having so many fun helligdager<\/strong> (holidays, such as Valentines Day and Halloween), so she did a little research.\u00a0 During her research, Siri discovered that there was actually an historical reason for the existence of this helligdag.\u00a0 <\/strong>As most of us know, Thanksgiving was a tradition that started in the 1600s after the pilgrims arrived to the United States.\u00a0 The exact date of the first Thanksgiving is unknown, but it is known that Thanksgiving began as a religious holiday to give thanks to
\nGod for the harvest.\u00a0 Over time, Thanksgiving has become a secular holiday that most Americans celebrate.\u00a0 <\/address>\n
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Siri made an interesting comparison to her own country, Norway; Norway has a similar holiday-h\u00f8sttakkefest<\/strong>.\u00a0 Since 1899, the State Church of Norway has celebrated h\u00f8sttakkefest <\/strong>(literally fall-thanks-party) by welcoming fruit, vegetables, and flowers on the altar to represent and give thanks for the good avdeling <\/strong>(crop).\u00a0 H\u00f8sttakkefest<\/strong> is not as recognized a holiday as it once was due to the decreased number of Norwegians who driver med jordbruk<\/strong> (farm).\u00a0 Those churches who celebrate the helligdag <\/strong>pick a day in oktober<\/strong> that is suitable to bonder og kondisjoner<\/strong> (farmers and conditions).\u00a0 <\/address>\n
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A typical amerikansk h\u00f8sttakkefest <\/strong>(American Thanksgiving) consists of kalkun<\/strong> (turkey) med brunsaus<\/strong> (with brown sauce or gravy), flere slags poteter<\/strong> (several kinds of potatoes) slik som (such as) potetmos (mashed potatoes), and\u00a0s\u00f8tpoteter <\/strong>(sweet potatoes) eller kanskje<\/strong> (or maybe) au gratin.\u00a0 We also eat traneb\u00e6r<\/strong> (cranberries), usually in a relish or saus, <\/strong>stuffing, og andre gr\u00f8nnsaker<\/strong> (and other vegetables) or salat<\/strong> (salad).\u00a0 Til dessert spiser vi<\/strong> (for dessert we eat) gresskarpai <\/strong>(pumpkin pie), pekanpai<\/strong> (pecan pie), eller en annen slags pai<\/strong> (or another kind of pie)-this year my dad made s\u00f8tpotetpai<\/strong> (sweet potato pie).\u00a0 Thanksgiving is definitely the best helligdag <\/strong>for food-good eats.\u00a0 I think it will always be around in the U.S., but as for Norway, it sounds like the tradition is dying.\u00a0 Enlighten me!<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First of all, I apologize for the italic font-apparently my computer won’t let me change it at the moment.\u00a0 I drudged up an interesting article in the archives of Aftenposten online written by a Norwegian who was curious about the American Thanksgiving tradition.\u00a0 Siri, en sytten \u00e5r gammel jente (a 17 year old girl), thought…<\/p>\n

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