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God Jul!

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While my last post was about homesickness, it's very exciting and interesting to experience different traditions during the holiday season. It's mine and my husband's first Christmas together as a married couple and without Skype and though I'm a little saddened by not getting to be with my own family, I think it's very exciting to be here in Norway with my husband and my in-laws. I think Christmas here will be quite cozy because well, it already looks Christmas-y here and we're already basically at the north pole!  Welcome to the North Pole!  Since my husband has lived a bachelor life for so long, he hasn't really had too many Christmas decorations. That has changed thanks to me! :-) Within the past month or so I've taken notice to many interesting Christmas decorations and have tried to find the most Norwegian looking decorations as possible. :-)  The first thing I began to notice was pigs. Really, pigs are everywhere. In Norwegian they...