Christmas bun
There is of course a type of pastry made espesially for Christmas. A Christmas bun, “Julebolle”. It is difficult to make pastry, and the recipes below will lead to another type of bun than the one at the photo.
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Cristmas cookies
One type of the very tasty Christmas cookies are named “Jødekager”, -Jewish cookies.
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Recipe from My Danish Kitchen
Nisser
The story about nisser are kept alive in many ways, by word of mouth or as here, by stories told in books. Nisser are popular and welcome, but only in December and until Christmas – December 24.
Nisser
Christmas cookies
There are several different types of Christmas cookies, one of them is Vanilla wreaths.
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Nisser
Nisser have arrived. They can be seen everywhere in December, but right after Christmas they disappear as fast as they came.
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Christmas tree
In the start of December, you can get any size of Christmas tree, a small one to put on a table, or a large one, which may be so high that you have to cut the top in order to make it fit into the living room. You can also choose between different types of spruce. If you wait to buy just before Christmas though, you’ll have to take what is left, and that will probably be a tree with personality, crooked, with missing branches.
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Wikipedia about Christmas tree
Cut your own tree (Danish)
History (Danish)
Christmas preparations
First thing to do at December 1, is to light the calendar candle with the 24 numbers on. One for each day, until Christmas.
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Christmas already?
Christmas preparations have started, – in the stores. Almost every child expect to have at least one advent calender, and the shops are getting ready for the big sale.
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Sankt Hans evening
At the evening of June 23, midsummer are celebrated with bonfires all over Denmark. On top of the fire, there will be a witch, ready to fly all the way to Bloksbjerg in Germany.
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History online : The fire was regarded as evil deprecating, and should preferably be lit with “wild” fire – fire that was made from scratch. In folk tradition there is a general perception that witches are especially active in the magical holy evenings, for example by collecting ingredients for their magic activities, or by traveling to witch meetings, either at Troms Church, or at Bloksbjerg in the Harz Mountains. The fire should frighten them and prevent them from stopping for a rest. In addition, there is also a social custom, where you could meet and celebrate.
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Celebrating Constitution day and women’s suffrage
This year, June 5 is not only celebrated because of Constitution Day, but also because 100 years have passed since women got the vote in Denmark. GOOGLE asked Danish Mette Ehlers to illustrate this on their DK frontpage.
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Photos: historical reconstruction of the day in 1915
Danish village
The Danish designer Jacob Jensen (89) who created the Margrethe bowl, died on May 15, 2015. He was living in the beautiful little village Virksund in Jutland.
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Happy Easter
Copenhagen on February 16
Copenhagen February 16, 2015. FOTO: Kenneth Nguyen / Københavns kommune facebook. 
Google made this in memory of the victims of the attack in Copenhagen.
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