{"id":2298,"date":"2016-12-24T11:22:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T11:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2016-12-24T11:23:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T11:23:00","slug":"norwegian-christmas-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norwegian-christmas-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Christmas TV"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Norway is a country of many juletradisjoner<\/b> (Christmas traditions). For decades, TV-titting<\/b> [TEH VEH teetting] (\u201dthe watching of television\u201d) has been an important part of jula<\/b> (Christmas) for lots of norske familier<\/b> (Norwegian families). N\u00e5r hele familien samles<\/b> (when the whole family is gathered) foran fjernsynet<\/b> (in front of the television set), accompanied by some tasty julesnop<\/b> (Christmas candy), everybody is able to kose seg<\/b><\/a> (have a good time). Here are three Xmas time \u201dtv staples\u201d in Norway:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Even if it\u2019s not so exotic for American learners, many Norwegian children are really looking forward to watching Disney-tegnefilm<\/b> (Disney cartoons) on julaften<\/b> (Christmas Eve)! \ud83d\ude42 The traditional show is called \u201dDonald Duck og vennene hans\u201d<\/b> (Donald Duck and his friends). Of course, those friends include Mikke Mus <\/b>(Mickey Mouse), Snipp og Snapp <\/b>(Chip and Dale), Langbein <\/b>(Goofy), and Pluto<\/b>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Every evening from December 1st<\/sup><\/span> to julaften<\/b>, a 24-episode julekalender<\/b> (Advent calendar) is shown by a couple of Norwegian TV-kanaler <\/b>(tv channels), including the \u201dnational station\u201d NRK<\/b> (= Norsk RiksKringkasting<\/b> = Broadcasting of the Norwegian Realm). \u00a0 <\/span>This year Norwegian barn og voksne<\/b> (children and adults) have been mesmerized by Sn\u00f8fall<\/b><\/a> (\u201dSnow Fall\u201d), which is a fantasy story about Selma, ei lita jente fra \u00d8stlandet<\/b> (a small girl from Eastern Norway). Selma\u2019s parents have died, and she\u2019s living a really dull life together with her dog and the strict woman Ruth. Then one day she finds a magical passage that leads her to the wonderful world of julenissen<\/b> (Father Christmas)\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 A really special tv tradition is \u2026 Tre n\u00f8tter til Askepott <\/b>(Three Nuts for Cinderella)! <\/b>\ud83d\ude42 It\u2019s a Czech version of the Cinderella story, which was filmed in 1973. I have no idea how it happened, but for some reason it has become a fast julefilm<\/b> (fixed\u00a0Xmas movie) for really many Norwegians. The film is about poor Askepott who is in love with prinsen<\/b> (the prince), who is supposed to marry a real princess\u2026 Of course, a little magic helps the two lovers, and alt g\u00e5r bra til slutt<\/b> (everything finally ends well)! \ud83d\ude42 You can watch the film \u2013 with the original Norwegian voice-over! \u2013 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Norway is a country of many juletradisjoner (Christmas traditions). For decades, TV-titting [TEH VEH teetting] (\u201dthe watching of television\u201d) has been an important part of jula (Christmas) for lots of norske familier (Norwegian families). N\u00e5r hele familien samles (when the whole family is gathered) foran fjernsynet (in front of the television set), accompanied by some…<\/p>\n

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