Post by teleadm on Dec 8, 2017 16:35:13 GMT
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...and everyone else offcourse.
Those kind of foldable beds where rather usual in the Nordic countries, usually made by some local carpenter, at least up until the mid 1960s, when IKEA invaded our homes. I've never seen one in use, only in folk craft museums. I've seen such beds pop up a few times on the Swedish Antiques Roadshow, and they are usually priced rather highly. Before The Pill and condoms many kids were born (some sadly unwanted) so such beds were very usefull for many kids as they grew up. When parents grew to old to have kids they were used as firewood, so not many are left.
If you whistle or hum the Julebal song to a Dane over a certain age, they immediately know the song.
"Nisse" is the name we use in the Scandinavian countries for what in English would be Santa's Elfs. So a loose translation would be Christmas Ball in Elfsland.
The Nordic Santa (Jultomten/Julemanden) never says Ho-Ho-Ho or comes through the chimney, or comes Christmas Day, or is given milk and cookies.
Our Santa comes on Christmas Eve, comes through the door, says "are there any nice kids here?", and is given porridge or ricepudding and a glass of something warm with alcohol in it. There are tales (and I guess some are true) that families who hires a Santa and is late on their round stinks alcohol is is very drunk.
...and everyone else offcourse.
Those kind of foldable beds where rather usual in the Nordic countries, usually made by some local carpenter, at least up until the mid 1960s, when IKEA invaded our homes. I've never seen one in use, only in folk craft museums. I've seen such beds pop up a few times on the Swedish Antiques Roadshow, and they are usually priced rather highly. Before The Pill and condoms many kids were born (some sadly unwanted) so such beds were very usefull for many kids as they grew up. When parents grew to old to have kids they were used as firewood, so not many are left.
If you whistle or hum the Julebal song to a Dane over a certain age, they immediately know the song.
"Nisse" is the name we use in the Scandinavian countries for what in English would be Santa's Elfs. So a loose translation would be Christmas Ball in Elfsland.
The Nordic Santa (Jultomten/Julemanden) never says Ho-Ho-Ho or comes through the chimney, or comes Christmas Day, or is given milk and cookies.
Our Santa comes on Christmas Eve, comes through the door, says "are there any nice kids here?", and is given porridge or ricepudding and a glass of something warm with alcohol in it. There are tales (and I guess some are true) that families who hires a Santa and is late on their round stinks alcohol is is very drunk.