12. December Christmas calender

11.December Christmas calender

Take a minute and just enjoy this Christmas movie. Have wonderful day and take care.

10.December Christmas calender

I dag handler dagens luke om at du kan vare den ene for noen. En barndom kan være vanskelig når man ikke har venner. Ekstra vanskelig når omsorgspersonene svikter pga rusavhengighet. Det er ikke sikkert at din venn forteller at han/hun har det vanskelig hjemme. Jeg gjorde det aldri pga at jeg var flau.

Så bli en Blå Kors Barndomsvenn eller frivillig hjelper. Du får garantert noe godt tilbake. Kanskje en venn for livet.

9. December Christmas calender

8. December Christmas Calender

Dagen i dag er til minne om Marias unnfangelse uten arvesynd også kalt vår frue ventedør. I norsk folketradisjon viser primstaven et kronet hode eller en bok. Gravide kunne be til henne denne dagen for å unngå å føde for sent.

Så hvem passer ikke bedre til ære denne dagen enn Celine Dion

7. December Christmas Calender

Alvin and the Chipmunks is one of my favorite. Here is Classic versjon of Christmas dont be late. Just take time to see it ;-)

6. December tribute to Saint Nicholas of Myra

When December 6th comes around, some kids receiving small gifts from Saint Nicholas in our shoes.  It's close to Christmas too, so we can sometimes be tempted to think of Santa Claus at this time.  It's interesting to look a little more closely at one of the favorite Saints of all time and the story behind his generosity and gift-giving.

Nicholas is the national saint of Russia and Greece and different churses. He is the patron saint of judges, murderers, pawnbrokers, thieves, merchants, paupers, scholars, sailors, bakers, travelers, maidens and poor children.  He is also known as the friend and protector of all those in trouble.

Saint Nicholas was born in the Middle East in the fourth century.  He grew up to become the bishop of Myra.  His hometown was Lycia,  near the coast of what is now Turkey.  Legends tell of his love for children, his kindness and the miracles that have been attributed to him. 

The most famous story about Nicholas tells of how he helped three unfortunate young sisters who all had suitors but had no dowries because their father, a poor nobleman, could not raise the money.  Because of this,  they could not marry.The Bishop Nicholas was a shy man and did not like to give money directly , so he thought of a way to give it anonymously.  When the first daughter was ready to marry, the good bishop tossed a bag of gold into the house at night.  Later, when the second daughter prepared to marry, she too received a mysterious bag of gold.  When the third daughter prepared to marry, the poor nobleman and father of the three girls was determined to find out who had been so generous. So he kept watch and saw the bishop drop another bag of gold into the house. 

It has been said that Saint Nicholas climbed on the roof and dropped the third bag of gold down the chimney where it landed in a stocking hung to dry, giving us a reason to hang up Christmas stockings today. When the father saw what had happened, Nicholas begged him to keep the secret, but, of course, the news got out.  From then on, whenever anyone received an unexpected gift, they thanked Nicholas.

Six hundred years later, the Russian Emperor Vladimir visited Constantinople and heard all the wonderful stories about Bishop Nicholas and decided to make him the patron saint of Russia.  The stories even spread to the Laplands - to the people of the reindeer sleds.

The three bags of gold Nicholas gave the sisters  made him the focus of merchants in northern Italy.   Statues and pictures had shown him holding the three bags and when taken as the patron saint of the merchants, the bags became gold balls, representing money lenders and today, pawnbrokers.

This information are from http://frpat.com/nicholas.htm

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Når barna min gikk på den internasjonale skolen i Nederland. Lærte vi litt om den nederlandske versjonen av Sankt Nikolas som feires 5.-6. desember. Kvelden før 6. Desember setter de ut en sko som blir fylt opp av godteri i løpet av natten. Litt historie om Den hellige Nikolas var biskop Myrai Lilleasia og døde midt på 300-tallet Ifølge legendene hjalp han bl.a. fattigfolk med gaver, noe som ligger bak tradisjonen om Nikolas som julenissen med gaver. Sinterklaas har gitt navn til den amerikanske julenissen Santa Claus de nederlandske immigrantene i USApå 1600- og 1700-tallet.

Dagene for feiringen av Sinterklaas faller tidsmessig alltid i adventstiden Selv om dette kirkehistorisk ikke er på grunn av en tilknytning til adventstiden, men rett og slett fordi den hellige Nikolas skal ha dødd den 6. desember, oppleves den festlighetene nok som en førjulsskikk som er med på å berede grunnen for julefeiringen