It wouldn’t be Lille Juleaften (“Little Christmas Eve”) without…
Happy 23rd December! Our kids (plus Kiko, the rescue cat) have arrived for Christmas and today we’re enjoying some cozy, quiet time together after a few rather hectic weeks for all of us.
This morning we did a few simple crafts on the sewing machine…
Inspired by Jul med Ernst (a Swedish television programme I love watching every year), I tried making a Christmas star…
Looks rather complicated but actually is quite simple. I used 8 sheets of paper, a pair of scissors and a glue gun.
Straightforward, fast and satisfying!
Kiko has been enjoy his cat milk from our wedding china. So cute!
Very short, dark winter days here so we made sure to get out for a brisk walk in the village before we ate lunch. The sunshine was a bonus, yay!
Today’s lunch was leverpostej med champignon og bacon (“warm liverpâté with mushrooms and bacon”) on ryebread with a glass of dark ale.
Later in the afternoon we enjoyed a small slice of – delicious! – homemade Basque cheesecake (which the kids prepared yesterday) with a cup of Empress Grey tea.
One of our favourite Danish Christmas traditions is playing a game called pakkeleg. Everyone brings along a few small, wrapped gifts for the game. If you throw a Six with the dice, you take a packet from the pile. Play until all the gifts have been taken. But don’t open them yet!
Next you set a timer for somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes, turn it away from you and restart the game. This time round, if you throw a Six, you can “steal” a packet from one of the others. Always fun! The person with the most gifts in the first round might quickly lose them all. Or “steal” them back again!
When the timer goes off, that’s the end of the game and you can open the gifts…
You never know what will be in there!
Kiko got a few gifts too but right now, he’s napping!
Do you have any special “Little Christmas Eve” rituals or family traditions?
Have a fabulous Little Christmas Eve!
Hugs
Diane in Denmark