Mo'a Romig-Boyles

Denmark

Now that we have finally settled into our winter routine, I think about our Christmas in Denmark.

My mother joined us.  My father passed away in May of 2011 and since there is only three of us (my husband, mother and I) left here in the States, we wanted to celebrate Christmas with our family in Denmark

We started our adventure in Copenhagen.  The photo above is of my mother and me in one of my favorite restaurants in the world, The Royal Cafe  that is situated on the on the famous walking street in Copenhagen, the  Strøget.

In this photo mother and I tuck into lovely little Danish delights that The Royal Cafe calls Smushi. This was only the first of many delightful Danish Christmas meals.

There is something magical about the way they celebrate Christmas in Denmark. They don't go over the top the way we do here in the States, but have a way of delighting you at every turn with their lovely Christmas traditions, many of whom revolve around food and drink.

We celebrated with very special people. Our grandchildren,their three great grandmothers and two sets of grandparents. Our son and his wife, her sister, husband and one year old son, her brother and his girlfriend.  Here is a photo of Ken and me with our grandchildren Victor and Julie.

I have a new banner, the Dancing Fairy was created by Jette Frölich.  I love her designs and have been collecting some of her decorations.

Happy New Year From Denmark

Happy New Year to you and your family. I sincerely hope that the 2009 will be an improvement over what the world has had to endure in the later part of 2008.

We are still here in Denmark. Last night we had a nice New Years eve party at our son's home with famly and friends.
Here in Denmark as in Iceland individuals set off fire works at midnight.  We stood out in our son's garden and looked at fire works all around us. It was an amazing feeling to turn around 360 degrees to look at the display of lights in the sky.
Every year fiften minutes before midnight the Danish television has a program on called Dinner for One it is very funny and we enjoyed watching it with everyone that knew it so well from years past.
Many of you have made comments and asked questions that I would like to reply to here.

Deirdra Doan said...Oh thank you so much for showing the wonderful photo's. So beautiful...it is like the movie Fanny and Alexander.

Mo'a replies: In the Movie Fanny and Aleander the family dances around the Christmas tree and then they sing a song and dance in line through the house...Deidra we did that also...same song and dancing in a line through the house.



Anne said: What beautiful Christmas pictures! Are the candles on the tree real - I know some countries use real candles - never ceases to amaze me how they do not burn down the tree!

Mo'a replies: Yes Anne, the candles are real as you can see by the photo above.  The tree was cut down just two days before Christmas so it was a very fresh tree.  You may also notice that the Danish Christmas trees are not as dense as our American Christmas trees. 

Britt-Arnhild Lindland ...asked: Are the photos from your son's house. It looks gorgeous.

Mo'a replies:  This lovely home has been in my daughter-in-law's family for many generations.  Her parents live there now. Her father farms the land that his forefathers farmed. It is a lovely home filled with love and laughter.

Christmas in Denmark

Thank you all for your Christmas greetings and for all the wonderful comments you have made on the Jolasveinar posts.
Our Christmas here in Denmark has been wonderful. We have learned so much about the Danish Christmas customs, many of which are very much like the customs of my childhood in Iceland.
We started our adventure at the Christmas market, in Tivoli in Copenhagen.
We were in Copenhagen for two days and then we went north to Aalborg where our family lives.
This photo is from Tivoli...I could do a whole post on Tivoli...perhaps I will do that next year :)
 

I am treasuring the time that I am having with my family here in Denmark...our Little Prince is wonderful and took to us right away. We feel that he knew us already because we Skype (video cam) every weekend, when we are in the States and they here in Denmark.
We went to the woods to pick out the Christmas tree two days before Christmas.
Here is a photo of my son Brian and our Little Victor aka The Little Prince :)

This is the Christmas tree that we went to woods to pick out.It was set up in the living room and decorated with candles, the Danish flags and many lovely decorations including heart bags.

One of the customs that Iceland and Denmark have in common is dancing around the Christmas tree.
Here is Victor and his Amma enjoying this lovely custom.

We had a lovely dinner of Duck and all the good things that go with it. The first course was Sild (Herring) one of my all time favorite dishes. I was happy to hear that the herring comes from Iceland.

 

My three very favorite men...Ken my Husband, Brian my Son and Victor my Grandson...I am a very rich woman indeed.

We did not have snow on Christmas but we did have a white Christmas.

Talk with you soon again...I am on my way to another Christmas party.  I hope you enjoyed seeing and hearing a little bit about our Christmas in Denmark.