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2. Christmas in Norway - Wikipedia

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   The First and Second Day of Christmas (December 25 and 26) are holidays, and all businesses are closed. December 25 is usually considered a very private holiday, when one sees only family. On December 26, it is fairly common to invite close friends over to help eat up what is left of the food from Christmas Eve.

3. Pleated Christmas hearts - Wikipedia

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   The oldest pleated Christmas heart (from 1873) is preserved at the National Museum of Norway, in Oslo. But it was still some 40 years before the pleated Christmas hearts became more widespread. The oldest depiction of a Christmas tree decorated with pleated hearts dates from 1901 from the Danish manor house Søllestedgaard.

4. Yule goat - Wikipedia

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   Yule goat. A Yule goat on a Christmas tree. The Yule goat is a Scandinavian and Northern European Yule and Christmas symbol and tradition. Its origin is from Germanic paganism and has existed in many variants during Scandinavian history. Modern representations of the Yule goat are typically made of straw.

5. Nisse (folklore) - Wikipedia

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   A tomtenisse made of salt dough.A common Scandinavian Christmas decoration, 2004. Little girl tomte gnome, Skansen, Stockholm, Sweden, 2012. Modern vision of a nisse, 2007. A nisse (Danish:, Norwegian: [ˈnɪ̂sːə]), tomte (Swedish: [ˈtɔ̂mːtɛ]), tomtenisse, or tonttu (Finnish:) is a mythological creature from Nordic folklore today typically associated with the winter solstice and the ...

6. Trafalgar Square Christmas tree - Wikipedia

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   The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is typically a 50- to 60-year-old Norway spruce, generally over 20 metres tall. [2] The tree is cut in Norway some time in November during a ceremony attended by the British Ambassador to Norway, Mayor of Oslo, and Lord Mayor of Westminster. [2] After the tree is cut, it is shipped to the UK by boat across ...

7. Observance of Christmas by country - Wikipedia

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   Status of observance. Map of countries where Christmas is a formal public holiday either on December 24/25 or January 6/7. Colour shading indicates "Days of rest". Note: Slovenia does have two days of rest, but the 26th is not a Christmas-related public holiday (Independence and Unity Day). Many national governments recognize Christmas as an ...