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No. 595     Julaften / Christmas eve   Fre / Fri, Dec 24. 1999
Jul / Christmas
From the 4.15-service in Rossabø church

Here in Norway Christmas eve is a day off for many of us.  Shops in Haugesund closed at 1PM, and then we started christmas. This day is actually considered as the main christmas day by many of us. In the afternoon we go to church before the family gatherings with the christmas dinner and christmas gifts. We keep on until bedtime. Many people keep the tradition with reading the gospel of christmasday before eating the dinner to remind us why we have christmas.

Lets see some pictures from this day
(some archive pictures from christmas 98)

Men (known as late christmas present buyers) hurrying through the streets.

This years last christmas tree sale!
At 11AM, they had just finished removing all the christmas trees for sale. Then a late buyer was helped out! 

At 1PM the shops closed. 
This goldsmith shop had 1 woman customer, and 6 men when this picture was shot. This is the day of quick decisions and expensive gifts.

In the early afternoon, there are christmas day services at institutions and  homes for elderly. This pictures is from Vardafjell sykehjem 1998.
 

Rossabø church at 3P
At 3, many of the churches have their first service. Many people go to church this day, and it is common in towns with 2 services, or even 3 some places, to help out everybody wanting to participate.


After church time families are gathered in the thousand homes. We start with dinner. The most popular meals for christmas dinner are:

Ribbe (Pork Rib)
served with carrot, red cabbage, sprouts, pork sausage, meatbaals of minced fat and lean pork and potatoes. Many peoples favourite. 

Pinnekjøtt 
Wind dried and salted sheep rib. Swelling in water for a day, and then damp boiled for hours. Delicious, and served with potatoes and mashed swedes.

Turkey
You all know how that look and taste!

Lutefisk
Some of us use it, but it is not very common here on Haugalandet! 

The gifts
And after dinner, dish washing and a rest, it's time for the gifts. We put all of them under the tree (little David experiences his first christmas), and are gathered in the living room, where we, in different ways, give each other the gifts. Often one of us is the "father christmas"  reading the labels and handing the gift over. 

We keep on until bedtime. For many of us, this is the real family day. 
 

With this old Christmas card from 1939 (by Bjarne Halvorsen), showing a dream christmas in Haugesund, 

I wish you all a Merry christmas




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Weather
Dec 06: Rain and low, dark clouds. Evening temp: 9C (Sunday -4)
Dec 07: Changing, mostly overcast, one hail shower, some rain.
Dec 08: Changing, rain most of the day
Dec 09: Heavy clouds, heavy showers. It is wet now!
Dec 10: Overcast, some rain
Dec 11: Fine day, blue sky, cold
Dec 12: Fine before noon (-4C), some snow 12A-2P, later overcast
Dec 13: Overcast, more before noon. Clear sky at 6PM
Dec 14: Beautiful, cold and clear winter day
Dec 15: Fine day, but overcast in the afternoon
Dec 16: Overcast, grey, rain
Dec 17: Overcast, some rain, hard storm, very rough. 
Dec 18: Overcast, hail before noon, heavy snowfall and wind after 3P
Dec 19: Sunday: Fine before noon, wet, heavy snowfall after noon.
Dec 20: Monday: Rain all day. Extremely wet and slippery roads with ice
Dec 21: Tuesday: Wind, some rain, mild. Still much ice on some roads
Dec 22: Wednesday: Strong breeze, showers, mild. No more snow.
Dec 24: Christmas eve: Overcast, wind, some showers. Best to stay indoor.
Dec 25: Rough southern wind and showers in the morning
Dec 26: Overcast, showers, wind
Dec 27: Dark clouds, heavy showers, wind
Weather forecast

(Todays picture are shot: 5PM )

 
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