Danish Christmas Traditions

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Summary: Danish Christmas traditions involve many unique holiday activities. Learn more about the Christmas traditions in Denmark with this free holiday video.

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Danish Christmas Traditions

Today we are talking about different Christmas traditions from around the world. Now we've moved onto Denmark, where Christmas is supposed to be a time where the mischievous little elf Nisse comes out to play some little mischievous jokes on farmers and children. They're all very well-spirited jokes. However, the children leave out bowls of porridge in hopes of kind of keeping the elf's tricks in check. The little elf wears gray woolen clothes and a little red bonnet and red stockings and white cloths. But he is usually very nice to the children and is said to be very, very helpful to the farmers. In terms of Christmas trees and decorations, they actually are created by parents. The decorations are out of wood and straw, and they actually secretly decorate the tree. The children are not allowed to see the tree or the decorations until Christmas Eve, when they have their dinner. And their dinner usually starts with a bowl of porridge that has a secret almond in it, and whoever finds the almond in the porridge gets a special surprise. So, it's a very fun evening. And actually every night of Advent in Denmark, they light a candle and you invite your guests to come and you have parties. The adults drink wine and the children drink sweet strawberry juice and they get to eat delicious pastries that are covered with powdered sugar and Christmas in Denmark sounds like a whole lot of fun.