Ah, little Christmas elves...

Merry Christmas everyone!!!! I've decided to post up one of my favourite Jule songs that the kids sing every day. It's probably the most popular kids christmas song here. What I like is there is no Santa to be found in this song:) Santa comes on the 24th, of course, but nisse seem to dominate the rest of the season. Here it is, in Danish and English:

På Loftet Sidder Nissen
(In The Attic Sits The Nisse)



På loftet sidder nissen med sin julegrød,
(In the attic sits the nisse with his Christmas pudding)
sin julegrød, så god og sød,
(his Christmas pudding, so good and sweet,)
han nikker, og han spiser, og han er så glad
(he hods, and he eats, and he is so glad)
for julegrød er hans bedste mad.
(for Christmas pudding is his favourite food.)


Men rundt omkring står alle de små rotter,
(But all the little rats stand around,)
og de skotter, og de skotter:
(and they peak, and they peak:)
"Vi vil så gerne ha' lidt julegodter,"
("We want to have some Christmas goodies,")
og de danser, danser rundt i ring.
(And they are dancing, dancing around in a ring.)



Men nissefar han truer med sin store ske:
(But Nissefar, he threatens with his big spoon:)
"Vil I nu se at kom' af sted,
("Will you go away now,)
for jeg vil ha' min julegrød i ro og fred,
(for I want to have my Christmas pudding in peace and quiet,)
og ingen, ingen vil jeg dele med."
(And none, none will I share.")
Men rotterne de hopper, og de danser,
(But the rats, they are hopping, and they are dancing,)
og de svinser, og de svanser,
(and they are swinging, and they are swinging,)
de kikker efter grøden, og de standser,
(they are peeking after the pudding, and they are swinging,)
og de står om nissen tæt i ring.
(and they stand around the nisse close in a ring.)




Men nissefar han er en lille hidsigprop,
(But Nissefar, he is a little hot-headed,)
og med sin krop han gør et hop:
(and with his body he does a hop:)
"Jeg henter katten, hvis I ikke holder op,
("I'll fetch the cat, if you don't stop,)
når katten kommer, skal det nok bli' stop."
(when the cat comes, it will certainly become stopped.")
Så bliver alle rotterne så bange,
(Then all of the rats become so afraid,)
åh, så bange, åh, så bange,
(Oh, so scared, oh, so afraid,)
de vender sig og danser et par gange,
(they turn and dance a couple of times,)
og en, to, tre, så er de væk!
(and one, two, three, then are they gone!)

Cute eh?

David is currently making æbleskiver and handing them out to our neighbours. I didn't know that that was his plan, but now that I've found out, I better go help him out. They are so surprised:) Isn't David so sweet?

Merry Christmas!!

Heather and David:)