Santa Claus "nisse"

I will use the Norwegian name "nisse" in my text. "Santa Claus" and "Father Christmas" is not the ones this page is about. This page is about our Norwegian "nisse" and that's why I will call him "nisse".  I hope it's okey to you :o)
"Nisse" means one Santa Claus and "nisser" means several.

In Norway we only had nisser with red stocking caps, but in December 1999 we also got nisser with blue stocking caps. Every year from 1st to 24th December we have special programs on the TV for the children. In 1999 came a new program called "Jul i Blåfjell" (means "Christmas in The Blue Mountain"). The blue ones lives in The Blue Mountain. They are very kind and are worried about what we people do with the nature. Since December 1999 the childrens in Norway love to wear blue stocking caps. You can also buy nisser with both red and blue stocking caps in stores. Here you can see a picture of Ida and her doll, Rose, taken October 2000.

The older days they tought a nisse was a little man living in the cowhouse. He used to take care of the animals in the cowhouse. The people on the farm had to have a good relationship to the nisse. They used to give him porridge on the Christmas Eve. 

Our nisse I live in a housing estate and not on a farm. We live on the top of the housing estate and have the wood behind our house. When it's getting dark on the Chrstmas Eve, the nisse use to come from the wood. We always look through the window and are waiting to see him. (In many places the Dad never meets the nisse, but not in our house...) Our nisse is very old and you can see him on this picture. Our children have been older and the year 2001 was the last year our nisse came to our house.

To get gifts from the nisse i a tradition we got in Scandinavia in the 1900 century.

I love to decorate my house with nisser and other tings before Christmas. My Christmas-city is the first thing i put on its place (I've made a page with my Christmas-city).

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