"Jul" is an old Nordic word for feast. In Denmark, Christmas dinner is traditionally on Christmas Eve. It is often roast goose, duck, or pork and potatoes, with cooked red cabbage as an accompaniment. A traditional appetizer or dessert is rice pudding with fruit sauce. One "lucky almond" is hidden in the dish of pudding, to be found by one lucky person.
After dinner family and friends join hands to go around the Christmas tree, singing Christmas carols and folk songs.
In our family, we always end with "Jeg Gik mig over sø og land," blowing out the candles (lights) as Grandpa Sorensen pulls the plug! Grandma's aebelskiver, or Danish pancake balls, were always a favorite on "Little Christmas Eve" (Dec. 23), or sometimes on New Year's Eve.
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 Traditional Danish
wedding, anniversary
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Christmas trees in Denmark are often decorated
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 Open-faced sandwiches,
a Danish specialty |
 Traditional Danish fare |
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