twas the few days before Christmas....

  ....and The Rasmussen Family were all very busy.

At work the Christmas "hygge" (cosiness) really got going. We organised delicious lunches, each person bringing something to contribute to it. We bought silly gifts for each other and played games to win the presents. We even got silly hats to wear. (You pressed the button and it sang "We wish you a Merry Christmas" while dancing on the top of your head.) All in all a great week at work with wonderful colleagues.

Friday was busy! After work it was home to get the Christmas tree decorated. What a job that was!!! Getting those stupid lights untangled took me ages. This year I WILL pack them down nicely!!

 

Sara was coming home late Friday evening and she had requested that I make rice pudding for her arrival. I HATE making rice pudding! But Friday evening found me in the kitchen anyway, making rice pudding - the things you do for your children!

Finally at about 10.30pm Sara arrived home along with Chirstian (her boyfriend), his little sister Mette and bagfuls of washing! 

We had some rice pudding and ended the evening watching The Griswold`s Christmas Vacation, a film we watch every year after putting up the Christmas tree. It was really late when we got to bed.

Saturday morning and we were up around 10am. I made brunch - it was delicious, even if I say so myself! Then we all headed to one of the neighbouring towns to do Chrsitmas shopping. 

Late afternoon and we were all home again. We ate dinner together and then the kids (or young ones) all headed into Tivoli. I spent the evening packing in presents and doing Sara´s washing. Seven wash loads I got done over the weekend! Everything washed and dried for Christian to take back with him in the car, as Sara will be taking the train back later on in the week.

Sunday just before lunch Christian and Mette left for home. There was a snowstorm on the way and they were afraid that they wouldn´t get home. It took them double the length of time to get home because of the snow.

It snowed all day and we had about 20cm of snow! It was wonderful. Sara took the train into her cousin. She was going to stay the night with her. 

Late afternoon and we got the house cleaned up again. Our house has never been sooo messy since moving in. Wonder why?!! (give you a hint, her name starts with S!)

So last night Laura and Mia came over for our wee tradition of exchanging gifts. We had a great evening together. 
 

 Laura and I got to sing loads of Christmas Carols and we even did a wee dance to some of them!

  We exchanged gifts.....

I got this huge gift from Laura (and this was after getting some other gifts). I wondered what it was....

 Then when I saw what it was I had such a laugh....

 When we moved in there was a horrible lampshade in our hallway. It was something we joked so much about and we left it up for such a long time. It was one of the last things to get changed in the house. Laura managed to get her hands on it and I got it back again!!! LOVELY!! :-)

 Kristian served us all evening. He did a great job! He made us hot chocolate with fresh cream, then later in the evening he served tea and cake with home made Lemon sauce. (Not made by him, but Laura - she makes the best lemon sauce!!)

Now it´s Christmas Eve. The shops are closed and it´s the big day for celebrating here in Denmark. We are heading down to Kristian´s brothers house. There will be 14 of the family gathered together. I am so looking forward to it. Good food and company!

We are now just about to go and visit my old lady friend and wish her a Happy Christmas. We have a bag full of surprises for her. I can´t wait to surprise her!

Happy Christmas to you all.   

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders; and he will be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace"