Christmas eve started out really wet and miserable weather wise. Just by leaving the house to get in to the car you’d get soaked. Luckily it was nice inside the house. Nice decorations was put up the food that was cooking left the house smelling really nice. The TV was on and tuned in to… Continue reading White Christmas
Category: Christmas
Christmas is coming (from 2014)
Posted this last year, but I still like to listen to these songs to get in the spirit of Christmas. Christmas is coming, the gifts on the calendar is fewer every day, the shops are full of people with lots of shopping bags. Most of them look stressed. As a very big fan of christmas… Continue reading Christmas is coming (from 2014)
St. Lucy’s day
Yesterday was St Lucy’s day. Here is some of the things Wikipedia has to say about the day: Saint Lucy’s Day is on 13 December, in Advent. Her feast once coincided with the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year before calendar reforms, so her feast day has become a festival of light.[1][2] St. Lucy’s… Continue reading St. Lucy’s day
Christmas time
Christmas is coming and preparations are well on way. Last sunday was first sunday of advent and the traditional lighting of the christmas tree was on. I was there and soaked up the christmas spirit. So far I’ve gotten a christmas calendar from my parents, just like last year. Played two christmas concerts, started looking for presents… Continue reading Christmas time
Celeberating Christmas
Another Christmas has past. Bringing plenty of good food, nice gifts and a lot of time with family. We had two large family parties at my parents house this Christmas, so I moved in there to help prepare food and stuff for the parties and to avoid having to get transportation back and forth all… Continue reading Celeberating Christmas
Last weekend before Chrstmas
This weekend has been a great pre-Christmas weekend. Was really tired on friday so I fell asleep early and woke well rested on saturday. I started the day by tidying and cleaning my apartment before a good friend, her husband and little daughter came to visit. As she lived in Bergen it was a long… Continue reading Last weekend before Chrstmas
Traditions part 2
Yesterday me and my brother went Christmas shopping. This is something we do together every year. When we were younger it was to pull our recourses so that we could get the people we bought presents for a better gift than we could afford by ourselves. Now we do it mostly because it is a… Continue reading Traditions part 2
Traditions
As most of you might have noticed Christmas is fast approaching. And a huge part of Christmas for my family is traditions. Apart from the obvious traditions like how we celebrate Christmas eve and Christmas day, we have a lot of traditions in the time leading up to Christmas. This weekend has been about some… Continue reading Traditions
Gingerbread town
Went to see the gingerbread town in Stavanger. There are 155 contributions the local newspaper pays 200 NOK to a magazine sold by people with problems like drugs or alcohol abuse. You can vote for your favorite house and they’ll announce the winner on the 24th of December.
Winter Wonderland
The wind has stoped and there is snow and sun. What a better combination to set to in the right spirit for christmas. yesterday I babysat for my cousin’s son and as I walked home in the middle of the night (de to som delays in air traffic) I enjoyed the snow. Even if it… Continue reading Winter Wonderland
The thoughts and life of me 