The Christmas is the 24th of December. We celebrate Christ-

mas to commemorate the birth of Jesus. He was God’s son

and born in a stable near Bethlehem. When he was born a star

showed above the stable and showed the road for three wise

men. They give Jesus many gifts. The one man give gold, the

second give incense, and the last man give myrrh. This is

why we give each other presents at Christmas. Jesus was a

man that died, but he lives again. From morning to evening

there are many Christmas programs at Children’s TV. There

are many famous Christmas programs. ¨Reisen til jul-

estjernen¨ (The Travel to the Christmas Star) and ¨Tre nøtter

til Askepott¨ (Three Nuts for Cinderella), these are some of

the most popular programs. On the Christmas day, many

people go to church. In the church they sing Christmas songs

and the priest talks about Jesus Christ and God, and their

family. Five o’clock the church bells starts ringing, and then

it is Christmas eve.

The 24th of December by Mari Murud Tellebon and

Gina Måntrøen

Norwegian Christmas Traditions

In this issue

24th of December .............. 1

The Christmas Tree ............ 2

Sleig Ride .......................... 2

Skiing ............................... 3

More About Movies ............ 4

A Traditional Dish .............. 5

An Old Christmas Tradition . 6

The Christmas Tree by Martinus Kleffegård Aaeng

The Christmas tree is one of the

most important traditions. Many

people purchase the tree and some

are going in the woods and cut it

down. They either drag it or drive a

snowmobile, and when the tree is

home it gets decorated and dressed

up. And after it’s done, all the

presents are put under to the tree.

When the evening comes, we get

paid for all the work.

Sleigh ride by Kaja S Larsen

It`s two, one or four horse witch go in front of the sleigh. The horses have a harness on.

and on the harness is a bell. On the evening there are flares at the back on the sleigh. The

sleigh drives on ice and snow. This is used in winter. They can used horse and sleigh in

wedding. At Rørosmartnan (a local fair) many horses goes from many place around Røros,

like from Alvdal and even from Sweden.

Skiing is an activity

as many

generations has

done every

Christmas and it is

very funny, you

don’t need to go far,

you can play in the

snow, having relays

and just have fun

with friends. You

can also drive downhill, but that isn’t for small children. Skiing is an Olympic

sport. Lots of the activities in Winter Olympic is skiing. The different skiing-

sports in Winter Olympic is Alpine Skiing, Cross Country Skiing, Freestyle Ski-

ing, Nordic Combined, Ski Jumping and some others. In Alpine Skiing we have

downhill, super-G, slaloms, super combined. Cross country skiing has 12 differ-

ent competitions. 10 km individual start, 15 km pursuit, 30 km mass start and

the 4x5 km relay. Men compete in the sprint, team sprint, 15 km individual start,

30 km pursuit, 50 km mass start and the 4x10 km relay. Ski jumping has three

events, the individual normal hill, the individual large hill and the team event on

the large hill. The women has only one event in ski jumping.

Skiing By Jonas Heggset and Emil Samuaelshaug

More about Christmas movies by Tage Nyrønning and

Isak Gjermundshaug

Dinner for One is a comedy sketch. It

lasts 18 minutes. It originated from West

Germany. The sketch was written by

Laure Wylie. The German title is “Der

90. Geburtstag.” There is a butler, in

Norwegian his name is “Greven” and the

lady’s nam is Grevinnen. The butler trips

on a tiger head and falls. That is the

story, a dumb guy falling on a tiger head.

In Norway it is always shown 23rd of December. The End.

Home Alone 1 is a Christmas comedy

movie.

Directed by Chris Columbus

Produced by John Hughes

Release date November 16, 1990

It lasts 103 minutes. The budget was 18

million dollar$. A boy named Kevin was

left behind when his family was going to

France for Christmas. 2 burglars named

Marv and Harry. They

are very stupid. Kevin

sets up a lot of booby traps. The house in

Home Alone:

A Traditional Christmas Dish By Mari Stormoen and

Thea Nyrønning

Rakfisk is made of trout. In Norway it’s common with trout

and char prepared to rakørret. Raking of fish is partly a way to

prepare it. The fish is salted and put it into a closed butt in the fall

and in the weeks before Christmas is finished. Rakfisk is often

prepared with lefse, potatoes, sour cream and red onion.

Recipe for ‘’rakfisk’’

1. 80 grams salt pr. litre of water (4 litre, ca.).

2. You need a bucket (10 litres), a plate, a stone and a cover to

the bucket.

3. Rinse the fish strictly and be careful so you don’t destroy

the fish inside!

4. Put the fish close to each other (bottom up)

Next level crosswise. Inside each fish you can put 4-5 salt corns.

5. Strew some sugar on top (just a little.)

6. Pour the brine over the fish, put plate on top, then the stone.

In Norway there is an old custom to dress in old clothes and maybe a

mask and then visit homes and beg for something to eat or drink. This

is done in the days between Christmas Day and New Years. This tradi-

tion is from the Middle Age and symbolises the dead who is led by a

creature dressed in animal hide and have horns and dances and make

noise between the houses. In the old days this could be quite scaring

and suddenly show up at dinner parties even though then new who it

was.

The tradition has been different from parish to parish, from town to

town and from generation to generation. Today it is mostly children that

dresses in old clothes and masks and goes around. The tradition here is

then to guess who it is and then you get sweets. Of course also adults

do it, then you mostly get something strong to drink.

This is more like Halloween, but our tradition.

Christmas Goat by Øistein Brennodden