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There will be no more updates to this blog.

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Here's a picture from the fields on a little island outside Bergen, Norway. I wish I knew more about the story behind it. The picture is probably from 1918 and the only persons I know are my grandfather in the middle of the picture, my grandmother (in the white dress on the right) and their two little daughters also dressed in white (in front, on the right). (Eventually they also had two more

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On the 2nd January I showed you a wedding picture of a couple from 1913. Today I have received (from Mimregubben) wedding pictures of their three sons. They all married in Bergen, Norway. This couple got married in the 1940s This couple also got married in the 1940s The last couple got married in the early 1950s

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  This beautiful, little bowl belonged to the couple in the wedding picture in the last post. It was a gift to their 25-years wedding anniversary in 1938.  

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  This is my grandparent's wedding picture. They got married in Bergen, Norway 29th March 1913 (almost 100 years ago...) My grandfather died in a German concentration camp in 1942 at the age of 52. My grandmother died in 1977 at the age of 84. They had 5 children and 11 grandchildren (and 9 are still alive).  Regards Mimregubben.  PS. This is the grandmother who owned the

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 This Angel is about 20 years old. It used to sit in my mum's shop window every year. Now I put it on the top of the tree here in Norway, instead of a star. I love it very much. :)   Happy Christmas !  demie

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There's no Christmas feeling without these Santa Clauses.The two middle sized ones are made by my grandfather and has been standing outside our house every Christmas for as long as I can remember. The biggest and the smallest ones are made by me and my sister because we wanted it to be a complete Santa Clause family. I think they were made in the beginning of the 80's and the beginning of the 90

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This is something neither Storesøster nor Lillesøster can do without at Christmas.... a little bird that always has to find its place on the Christmas tree. The bird(s) is "born" in the 1950s and Lillesøster has inherited her bird from an aunt. The bird has celebrated many Christmases sitting in the tree and has now become a bit worn and torn. Still, its presence is vital for the Christmas

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Click here to read today's posting from the Norwegian version of the blog

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Santa Claus is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric aspects and in many western cultures he is said to bring gifts to the children on Christmas Eve.  In the United States Santa Claus was depicted as a plump, jolly, white-bearded man wearing a red coat with white collar and cuffs, white-cuffed red trousers and black leather belt and boots due to a poem written in 1823

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Christmas is less than one week away and it might be a good idea to take a closer look at the ornaments you're going to hang on the tree? Here are some from the good, old days, sent me by Mimregubben....   Do you have a favourite ornament?

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From now on there will be no Christmases without the "church". This church has always been my favourite since I was a child. Although my mum kept it in the living room all year, at Christmas time it became part of the Santa-Claus-village that my parents always put up in December. When my mother died this spring I was the lucky one to inherit it, so from no on there will be no Christmases

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I have lots of old itens that I use for decorating at Christmas time. This towel I bought in a second-hand shop many years ago. And when I put this up for Christmas it means that I'm done with all the cleaning and scrubbing.   Regards Brudeblogg

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This is my Santa-Claus-Family. I've knitted them years and years ago. Somehow they're always outsmarting me and every year I have to find a new place to put them. This year I'll put them next to the fireplace. Hope they don't overheat.... Regards Storesøster

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Here comes Santa Claus...  Today you'll find a Santa-Claus-Parade in the Advent calendar.  Click here for today's Christmas carol

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This is a little songbook containing carols that we use to sing in Norway at Christmas time. A Norwegian brewery had them printed many years ago and they were handed out to children who participated at the "Juletrefest", a Norwegian Christmas Party which is often held at schools, kindergardens or some "social clubs". The main "goal" for the children is to eat as much cake and candy as the

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THE TABLECLOTH -- which it took 3 generations and 45 years to make! My grandfather started making this tablecloth in the middle of the 1950s. When he died shortly after, only 50 years old, my father took over. However, some years later, he also died at the age of 50 - and the tablecloth was still unfinished. 20 years later I decided to finish off what they had started, even though I was a bit

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I can't do without..... ..My great-grandmother's tablecloth. La tovaglia!  Mia nonna (norvegese) ci ricamó il nome di mia madre affinché nessuno altro se la aggiudicasse in caso lei venisse a mancare. E ora ce l`ho io! Sono solo due anni che la uso io (purtroppo) prima stava a casa di mia nonna, e lei ci teneva tantissimo. È per me simbolo del Natale norvegese, old style. My grandmother

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The picture is taken from Wikipedia Or, for me, no Christmas without Elvis Presley. When my children where small I once bought Elvis' Christmas cd and since that time both me and the children need this cd to get into the Christmas spirit. Actually, this cd has to be played at least one time every day in December... My absolute favourite is If every day was like Christmas. Click on the link

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  Today I'll show you some pictures of things to hang on your front door for Christmas. It's always nice to visit friends, especially if they bid you welcome with a pretty decoration.... These decorations are from the 1950/-60s and is sent me by Mimregubben.

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NO CHRISTMAS WITHOUT THE COMICS "For 100 years the "julehefte" (the comics' Christmas edition) has given a sense of joy and "Christmas feeling" to everyone in Norway. It's almost as long as the Christmas tree and Christmas card has been part of the Christmas celebration in this country. Every year the Norwegians buy almost 1.5 millions of the "julehefte" (Norwegian population: about 5 millions)

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Today's picture is showing an old Advent calendar. Santa Claus is carrying a sack on his back with 24 "windows" to open.  The picture is sent me by Mimregubben.

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These pictures I have borrowed from the blog Dronninghuset. The blog is in Norwegian, so if you're lucky enough to be able to read in Norwegian you can find the post here. The pictures are showing some beautiful angel chimes which reminds the writer about her childhood Christmases.... .  

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I In today's Advent calendar you find a little "Santa-Claus-village". It was made by my father in the 1950s as a gift for my aunt. Many years later, in the 1980s she gave it to me as a present. And now I can't picture a Christmas without it....Some of the "inhabitants" in the village...

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  Here comes "Santa Claus" - or actually three of this little fellow.... They come from a shop that used them as window decoration in the 1950s.

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