Finally was also in Halden a little bit of snow. I was already looking forward to white Christmas but the weather report says that it will be plus degrees tomorrow. So all the white will disappear and everything outside will get muddy. What do you think? Is a muddy Christmas not wonderful?
The last school day ended with kind of a show (Juleavslutning). Some students were performing a show-dance (which was not really good (and this is very polite said)), some schoolbands performed some songs and some students got a diplom for a good mark in a math test. Honestly: I saw already better shows. At least I could see once more or less all the students from my school, ca. 800.
A picture of the julegata (Christmas shopping street) in Halden. The decoration isn't very big but it is a christmassy atmosphere there.
Today I was with Thorvald, Tormod and friends of them in the forest to looking for a Christmas tree. It is one of the only when not the only tradition in my hostfamily where just men participate. All the others are already pensioned and in this year was it the 40th time they did this. We drove to this one place where we met the other men and then we drove with this tractor in the forest.
We found two very nice Christmas trees.
The tradition is: 1. Finding a Christmas tree. 2. Drinking coffee which is cooked over the fire. 3. Going on this one hill and singing a Norwegian Christmas song there. 4. Going back and see each other in the next year again. I think it is a very special and nice tradition. The coffee was surprisingly good. Maybe it is just because of a rule one of the guys told me: "I skogen smaker alt godt." => "In the forest everything tastes good."
The picnic is every year at the same place by the big old tree. The tree is several hundred years old.
On this hill they sing everytime a Christmas song. The owner of the forest called this hill Holmkollen because his family name is Holm.
I wish everyone who reads this merry Christmas and happy New Year. Thank you for reading my blog.
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