{"id":3501,"date":"2016-11-28T15:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=3501"},"modified":"2025-12-18T19:44:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:44:20","slug":"books-on-monday-norwegian-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/books-on-monday-norwegian-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Books on monday: Norwegian Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few books to help you celebrate a Norwegian Christmas<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3506\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/books-on-monday-norwegian-christmas\/banner-1032571_640\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/banner-1032571_640.jpg?fit=640%2C62&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,62\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"banner-1032571_640\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/banner-1032571_640.jpg?fit=640%2C62&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3506\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/banner-1032571_640.jpg?resize=454%2C44&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"banner-1032571_640\" width=\"454\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/banner-1032571_640.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/banner-1032571_640.jpg?resize=300%2C29&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"a-section a-spacing-none\">\n<h4 id=\"title\" class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4oVHp6B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\">Keeping Christmas: Yuletide Traditions in Norway and <\/span><\/strong><\/a><strong><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\">t<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3KZUiP5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\">he New Land<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"byline\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature\">by <span class=\"author notFaded\" data-width=\"\"><span class=\"a-declarative\" data-action=\"a-popover\" data-a-popover=\"{&quot;closeButtonLabel&quot;:&quot;Close Author Dialog Popover&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;contributor-info-B001HCVYKA&quot;,&quot;position&quot;:&quot;triggerBottom&quot;,&quot;popoverLabel&quot;:&quot;Author Dialog Popover&quot;,&quot;allowLinkDefault&quot;:&quot;true&quot;}\">Kathleen Stokker <i class=\"a-icon a-icon-popover\"><\/i> <\/span><span class=\"contribution\"><span class=\"a-color-secondary\">(Author)<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"a-section a-spacing-micro bylineHidden feature\">\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">The modern Norwegian-American Christmas is a warm and regenerative family holiday for millions of Americans whose ancestors came from Norway\u2014celebrated with family feasts of lutefisk, lefse, r\u00f8mmegr\u00f8t, rull, and fruit soup, observed in homes where trees are decorated with straw ornaments, flags, and heart-shaped baskets. It is the time to carry on customs whose origins have been lost in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Kathleen Stokker&#8217;s Keeping Christmas: Yuletide Traditions in Norway and the New Land brings home the stories of Christmas customs in both countries. Norwegian immigrants carried with them the folk traditions, developed over centuries, that shaped their identities, and they held those practices especially dear at Christmas time, remembering family members left behind. But in the U.S., they and their descendants met the newly evolving traditions of the highly commercial American Christmas, a powerful homogenizing force in a nation of immigrants. And the celebration of Christmas in Norway continued to evolve as well, as the holiday\u2014influenced in the twentieth century by U.S. practices\u2014became more child-centered and more commercial. 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