In Norway, we celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve. I was having a cold, and my throat was not the best, so during the night I almost lost my voice entirely.

• 10:30: Got up, showered and put on the nicest clothes for Christmas morning:
  • PJ pants (red), fuzzy socks, slippers, sweater and a Santa hat
• 11:00: Tři oříšky pro Popelku (Three Wishes for Cinderella)
  • Two robins visited the tree right outside our living room, playing around for a good while
  • Breakfast: homemade "sylte" on "lefse" (traditional Norwegian Christmas food)
• 12:30: Reisen til Julestjernen
• 13:55: From All of Us to All of You (Christmas cartoons from Disney)
• 15:00: Put on my dress and make-up
• 15:40: Watched the last episode of The Julekalender (advent calendar TV show)
• 16:00: Sosializing with mom
• 17:00: "Sølvguttene" sings the Christmas in
• 17:20: Traditional Norwegian Christmas dinner
• 18:00: Opening presents
  • Watching the dog play with cardboard boxes and the cat enjoying her Christmas treat
• 19:00: Relaxing, my dad retreats to his room
• 19:30: Starting a game of Stone Age, board game which I gave as a present to my mom/family
• 23:00: Done playing, concidered reatreating to my room
• 23:30: Watching Beat for Beat, Christmas edition while reading a book about growing up in the '90s and chatting with my mom
• 00:30: Reatreated to my room, watched two episodes of Cougar Town and chatted a while on msn
• 02:00: Went to bed

My Christmas presents: From mom and dad:

• 5000 NOK
• Eclipse bed linen
• New Moon (BD)
• Fantasia (DVD)
• Pink cardigan
• French manicure set
• Giraffe figurines
• 3 cocktail glasses (got some of them from before)

Aunt Irene:

• World atlas

John:

• Juice presser

Sigurd:

• Nemi book, signed by the author
• £10 Gift voucher on play.com
• Chocolate

Anki:

• Finding Nemo
• 2 t-shirts:
  • Gremlins
  • Care Bears: This is my grumpy day

Silje:

• Jewellery set (necklace and ear rings)
• Candy