Norwegians celebrate Christmas like no other. Christmas isn’t a holiday in Norway, it’s a season. They start off the Christmas season by making a minimum of seven cookies. Then, like us, celebrate with Church services, concerts, and plays. Christmas Eve is where most families have a big feast and sometimes end with a visit from Julenisse (Santa Clause). It all comes to an end New Year’s Eve. The Syverson’s (Dad’s side of family) always get together with family for a big meal. We also have a big gathering where we make tons of lefse. Lefse is from Norway and is made mostly of potatoes. Rolled like a pie crust except a lot thinner, lefse in our family is served with butter, cinnamon, and sugar. It’s made on a special flat griddle and rolled with a rolling pin meant only for lefse. Another very important and popular celebrated day in Norway is May seventeenth. May seventeenth 1814 is the day Norway signed a constitution stating how they would from that day on be an independent kingdom. Often celebrated with parades, parties, and food, Norway’s Constitution Day is a day I wouldn’t want to miss out
Norwegians celebrate Christmas like no other. Christmas isn’t a holiday in Norway, it’s a season. They start off the Christmas season by making a minimum of seven cookies. Then, like us, celebrate with Church services, concerts, and plays. Christmas Eve is where most families have a big feast and sometimes end with a visit from Julenisse (Santa Clause). It all comes to an end New Year’s Eve. The Syverson’s (Dad’s side of family) always get together with family for a big meal. We also have a big gathering where we make tons of lefse. Lefse is from Norway and is made mostly of potatoes. Rolled like a pie crust except a lot thinner, lefse in our family is served with butter, cinnamon, and sugar. It’s made on a special flat griddle and rolled with a rolling pin meant only for lefse. Another very important and popular celebrated day in Norway is May seventeenth. May seventeenth 1814 is the day Norway signed a constitution stating how they would from that day on be an independent kingdom. Often celebrated with parades, parties, and food, Norway’s Constitution Day is a day I wouldn’t want to miss out