The circle of the year has come back to near the beginning, and in the dark of winter the festival of lights has begun. Today, St. Nicholas Day, is the formal beginning of the festival in our household. Today is the day the Julebukk first appears in the house, standing near where the Christmas tree [...]
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Saint Nicholas Day 2010
Posted in Family Tales, tagged Julebukk, Julenissen, Saint Nicholas Day on 2010-12-06 | Leave a Comment »
Julenissen
Posted in House and garden, Pictures, Rochelle Tales, tagged Christmas, holidays, Julenissen, tradition on 2009-12-24 | 1 Comment »
My grandmother brought Julenissen from Norway. I think she bought him during her visit there in 1937 and probably gave him to my mother, with two other nisser, as a Christmas present that year. Every Christmas when I was growing up these three nisser figures appeared on the top of our piano, sometimes standing nearly [...]
Saint Nicholas Day
Posted in House and garden, tagged holidays, Julebukk, Julenissen, Saint Nicholas Day, tradition on 2009-12-06 | 1 Comment »
Saint Nicholas Day has arrived, and with it the beginning of our family’s Jule season. Tradition says that on Saint Nicholas Day the Julenisse arrives, riding the Julebukk, to distribute presents to the children of the household. The Julebukk and the Julenisse are echoes of ancient traditions, probably in existence at least in part long [...]
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