Dansk (english below):
Så blev det (endelig) december! Og hvis december er lig med sne, julelys og kakao så er det i sandhed blevet december her.
Som skrevet i sidste blogindlæg, så faldt der i weekenden 20 cm. sne. så vi fik fundet kælkene frem og drukker masser af kakao.
Da min søster og hendes familie besøgte os, kom de med både et kalenderlys og julekalendere til os alle. Så i weekenden blev der også tid til at lave en kalenderdekoration og selvfølgelig få tændt vores adventskrans (i år købt på Amazon😊). Desuden er julekalenderen udvalgt (blandt dem man kan se i udlandet fra DRTV), så nu kan december og julehyggen bare komme an.
I søndags (1. søndag i advent) havde jeg fornøjelsen af at spille til gudstjenesten i kirken (igen). Der var selvfølgelig jule-/adventssange på programmet. Desuden blev både Mary og jeg spurgt om vi ville spille med til "speciel music" indslaget også - hvilket vi jo selvfølgelig sagde ja til😁.
Det kan ses/høres her: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIvpdcr3tL4
Musikken starter ved 9:40 og "Special Music" ved 30:40.
Nu glæder vi os til en skøn, om end meget anderledes, december måned end vi er vant til. Normalt er kalenderen jo fyldt med masser af traditioner som div. advents- og julemarkeder, koncerter med flere af Marys kor, julefrokoster, konfekt og alt muligt at andet godt. I år føler vi, at december i hvert fald er startet i et andet gear end normalt. Lad os se om det også forbliver sådan.
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English (translated through google translate):
So it was (finally) December! And if December equals snow, Christmas lights and cocoa, then it has truly become December here.
As written in the last blog post, 20 cm. of snow fell over the weekend. so we managed to find the sleds and drink lots of cocoa.
When my sister and her family visited us, they brought both a calendar candle and Christmas calendars for all of us. So this weekend there was also time to make a calendar decoration and of course light our Advent wreath (this year bought on Amazon😊). In addition, the Christmas calendar has been selected (among those that you can see abroad from DRTV), so now December and the Christmas cheer can just arrive.
Last Sunday (1st Sunday in Advent) I had the pleasure of playing at the church service (again). Of course, there were Christmas/Advent songs on the program. In addition, both Mary and I were asked if we wanted to play for the "special music" feature as well - which we of course said yes to😁.
It can be seen/heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIvpdcr3tL4
The music starts at 9:40 and "Special Music" at 30:40.
Now we are looking forward to a wonderful, and very different, December than we are used to. Normally the calendar is filled with lots of traditions such as various Advent and Christmas markets, concerts with several of Mary's choirs, Christmas parties, confectionery and all sorts of other good things. This year we feel that December has at least started in a different gear than usual. Let's see if it stays that way.
