girlyswot

Yay! Happy reformation day! And while I think some parts of this country has a rather exceptional amount of protestant doom and gloom, I'm quite happy we're not catholic. And of course, when the reformation game, the king grabbed the opportunity to confiscate the papal properties and make it a state church. I don't really mind that either. :-) Celebrating Martin Luther's 95 theses makes much more sense than celebrating Halloween. I told the kids it's OK to "go Halloween" as they call it, as long as they'll go julebukk as well. Besides, here they don't say trick or treat, they say "søtt og godt, stort og smått" (sweet and good, big and small), which admittedly is begging but at least isn't threats. Julebukk (yule billy-goat) is an ancient tradition, and quite fun. A bit like carol singers, but you dress up and should not be recognizable. Grown-ups bring their own glass and get a dram, kids get sweets/biscuits/fruit. And of course, you have to sing.