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What are the top three seasonal decor items for Jul i Danmark?

Tak!

@wannabemystiker Juletræ, kalenderlys, adventskrans.

@saederup
Tak, Lone!

Are julehjerte still fairly common? That's the one tradition that has lasted with my family for over the hundred years they've be in the US.

@wannabemystiker Yes, they're still very much used. I think @MThaastrup made a modern version recently.

@saederup @wannabemystiker I actually made several old-fashioned ones, and made two modern ones 😁

@saederup @wannabemystiker Kræmmerhuse are also very traditional (also made this year)

@wannabemystiker They're actually older than the hearts; many traditional Danish ornaments were made to contain small amounts of Christmas treats (nuts, dried fruits, sweets, biscuits), and a paper cone is obviously one of the simplest ways of making such a container.

The "woven" paper hearts are just a development of that, really.

My grandfather taught me to make these hybrids between the woven hearts and the classic cones - a bit fiddly, but I like the pattern it gives.

@MThaastrup

@SorenMRiis
How far back do you think Kræmmerhusene go? 200 or 300 years, maybe?

@MThaastrup

@wannabemystiker @SorenMRiis The oldest known one is from 1866. It goes back further for sure, though. Paper is fragile.

@MThaastrup @wannabemystiker @SorenMRiis

So they're not really older than julehjerter then, wikipedia tells me the oldest julehjerte is from 1872.

In fact, they probably became widespread at the same time:

"Kindergartens helped spread the Christmas hearts around 1910: Braiding punched-out glossy paper had been part of the German educator Fröbel's groundbreaking early childhood pedagogy to strengthen children's creative abilities, patience, fine motor skills and self-discipline. The glossy paper could be folded and cut to make Christmas hearts and kræmmerhuse."

@EvilCartyen @wannabemystiker @SorenMRiis As a Christmas tree decoration, agreed. But kræmmerhuse has been made and been used for candy way sooner.

It was probably just basic grey paper or cardboard, though

@MThaastrup @wannabemystiker @SorenMRiis

I freely admit that I know nothing about that :) I thought Christmas trees became popular around the same time, but it seems like they were a bit earlier than that.

@EvilCartyen @wannabemystiker @SorenMRiis I just watched "Jul i Gammelby"😂.

Bruce, do you know about the Danish tradition with advent calendars as television shows? They've been around since the 60s, a mix of new ones and reruns. One episode every day from the 1st to the 24th of December. They're a big part of the Danish cultural heritage.

Some of them are classics, like "Jul i Gammelby", that was filmed in Den Gamle By in Aarhus in the 70s

@MThaastrup
"Bruce, do you know about the Danish tradition with advent calendars as television shows? "

I did not know that! I will look on the DRTV website and/or Youtube and see what I can find.

Tak for all Jul info, Mette!