Christmas Tree Lighting

On December 1st. Mormor, Stella, mom and I went up to Lynge church for the beginning of a Christmas celebration. We were at church for a while, and we saw some of our friends. There were pretty Christmas decorations and small candels burning bright. This is the church my parents got married in. The church was build in 1100 and Greenland explorer Knud Rasmussen's dad was priest at Lynge church from 1896-1918.

After church, we went outside to where the priest lives, and got a tourch. We were all bundeled up. After a few minutes, we started walking. It wasn't as pretty as the last time for Halloween, because it wasn't yet dark. We walked from the church up through Lynge to the first Christmas tree. We heard music until everyone caught up. There were about 200 or so people. Once everyone came, we counted down from 10... Ti, ni, otte, syv, seks, fem, fire, tre, to, en. The tree was lit with beautiful white lights.

We continued walking to the next tree. It was a ways across the street at the elders home. The same thing happened, but now, a few more people came. Ti, ni, otte, syv...

After the second tree was lit, we continued on to the last tree. This tree is SUPER tall! It stands on Lynge Bytov/town square. For this lighting, we had to wait a little bit longer. Almost all of the Lynge residents came. There were as many æbelskiver and gløgg as you could eat and drink. The mayor and the priest both came to talk. We all saw friends and had fun. This is a Lynge tradition. I like it! Once more, we counted down from 10. Wow! It was so beautiful! I always feel that when you get a Christmas tree and decorate it, it gives happyness and coziness as well as the Christmas feeling.

After the tree was lit, we counted down again! GUESS WHAT?!

BAM! Baby you're a firework, come and let your colors burst, make 'em go ah, ah, ah, as you shoot ascross the sky! Yep! Fireworks in little Lynge! They were SO beautiful! I was pretty supprised that they actually had fireworks!

 

It turned out to be a great evening! Now, I'm in my warm, fuzzy Cristmas mood!

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