Christmas
Christmas is upon us. It is a time rich in traditions, good food and cosiness. Dive into our Christmas theme and read about our many Danish Christmas traditions and Christmas stories.
A fir tree in the living room
Christmas cannot be imagined without a Christmas tree. But the Christmas tree is a relatively new tradition in Denmark. Now the Christmas tree fills our Christmas traditions, songs and stories.
Christmas of the poor
Christmas is characterised by abundance, yet poverty takes up a fair share of our stories about the Christmas season. We have been in the collections and have found some of the Christmas stories.
Peter's Christmas
Read about the cosy Danish Christmas story Peter's Christmas and its muddled path to publication.
Will it be Christmas this year?
We must turn down the heat and save on electricity. Will it even be a "real Christmas" this year? Fear not! We have Christmas lights as well as a merry atmosphere in the collections.
Where do our Christmas traditions come from?
When we celebrate Christmas today, we celebrate the birth of Jesus. But Christmas has been celebrated long before Christianity came to Denmark. Read more about our pre-Christian Christmas traditions.
The Danish TV Christmas calendars on the charts
With senior researcher Henrik Smith-Sivertsen, we delve into the TV Christmas calendars of the past decades and investigate how they have cracked the code for Christmas songs that hit the charts.