Julaften - Stedry vecer - The Christmas Eve

V pondelok bol Stedry vecer a ako som slubil, prinasam z neho cerstve informacie:-) Prebudil som sa kusok po desiatej. Ta Hildina roleta je super vec, ked chce clovek spat. Na ranajky som si dal kakao, nakolko som sa rozhodol postit uplne. A nevidel som ziadne zlate prasiatko:-(((((( Iba zlateho psa, ale ten je tu kazdy den... Asi o 11 islo na NRK Tri orisky pro Popelku. Nori si uz zvykli, ze tato rozpravka musi byt kazdy rok. Tak som si to aj ja pozrel po niekolkych rokoch. Daboval to len jeden chlap, takze to bolo skoro ako citanie knihy. Zaujimave:-) A v podstate si uz ani velmi nepamatam co som robil cely den. O tretej som isiel so starou mamou do kostola. Uplne tam bolo napraskane. Sme tam prisli pol hodinu pred zaciatkom a uz sa skoro nedalo kam sadnut. Omsa trvala len 45 min. a knaz toho aj tak vela nenarozpraval. O piatej bola u nas slavnostna vecera. Boli sme 7 - ja, Atle, Eva, John, Johnovi rodicia Johanne a Magnus a Magnusov brat Magne. Na Vianoce su oblubene dve jedla. Prve je lutefisk - coz je akasi zhnita treska (neberte to uplne doslovne ale nieco take by to malo byt, vyskusam to a poviem :-P). No my sme mali ako vacsina rodin rebro a vianocne parky. K tomu bola hrachova kasa, kysla a cervena kapusta, brusnicovy dzem, hneda omacka,zemiaky a este lefser - nieco ako arabska placka len vacsie. Ako dezert sme mali zmrzlinu s ovocnym salatom. Akoze ono to bolo vyborne ale oproti kaprovi a kapustnici a pupackom to posobi dost jednoducho. Vsetci sme vsak boli najedeni. Potom sme si na chvilu sadli do obyvacky a zacali rozbalovat darceky. Dostal som mnoho darcekov s motivom Trysilu - Johanne mi ustrikovala palciaky so starym Trysilskym motivom, dostal som salku Trysil a aj mikinu Trysil. Potom sme este asi do 11 sedeli pri kave. Ja som sa pobral spat ale oni debatovali este do pol tretej. Na druhy den to bol dobry pocit, ze konecne si mozem dat ranajky:-) Mal som ist vyskusat k Tomasovi Lutefisk na veceru, ale zavolal, ze su vsetci chori a ze ma nechcu nakazit. Takze sa to odklada na niekedy inokedy. Co uz. Napiekol som muffiny a potom siel na bezky na trat oproti domu. O stvrtej sme boli pozvany na middag k Johanne. V podstate sme si zopakovali to iste jedlo ako vcera. Potom sme sa poniektori ponorili do polhodinoveho slofika:-))). Chvilku sme posedeli pri TV, podakovali sa a sli domov. Na druhy den nam cez noc trocha nasnezilo. Tak som si vyskusal frezu. To bolo skoro ako jazdit na motorke:-))) Same packy a gombiky.... Ale inak to bol oddychovy den pri TV. Vecer sme isli na veceru k Evinej sestre Marit. Tu som sa stretol po prvy krat aj s jej jedinym bratom Knutom. Po navsteve som si akurat pozrel Casino Royale a siel spat. Tak takto som stravil tieto sviatocne dni.

On monday was The Christmas Eve. As I promised I am here with fresh info:-) I woke up a bit after 10:00. I drank cacao because I decided to fast properly. Then I watched Cinderella - a czech film which is, as I found out, tradition not only in Slovakia but in Norway as well. It was dubbed by only one man who dubbed it like book reading. Interesting.:-P But I do not actually remember what I was doing the whole day. Together with John's mom I went to the afternoon service at local church. It was really crowded there. The service lasted only 45 min.. Then we all met by table at 5 o'clock. There were 7 of us - Atle, Eva, John, me, John's parents Johanne and Magnus and Magnus' brother Magne. There are two typical Christmas meals. The first one is lutefisk - mouldy cod ( do not take it literally but it is something like that. I will try it later and tell you :-D) But we had, as the majority of families, rib and Christmas sausages. Together with peas porridge, sauerkraut, lingonberry jam, brown condiment, potatoes. Dessert was ice-cream with fruit salad. It was delicious but not as good as Slovakian Christmas food. We were really full after eating all. Then we sat in the living room and after a while began to unwrap presents. I got many gifts with Trysil topic - gloves, a tea cup, jacket... We drank cofee til 23:00 and then I went to sleep. But the others went on until 2:30. It was a good feeling the next day, when I could eat breakfast:-P. I should have visited Thomas that evening to try out lutefisk but they were ill. So I will eat it another time. I baked muffins and went cross-country skiing. We ate dinner by Johanne. It was the same as last day - ribs and sausages. Then we watched TV and went home. This morning it snowed again. I tried out that machine which shovels the snow away. It was like riding a motorbike:-) All these buttons and things... But it was more or less a day of relax. In the evening we went to eat the dinner by Eva's sister Marit. There I met Eva's brother Knut for the first time. After this visit I watched Casino Royale and went to sleep. So this is how my Christmas days looked like.