Nordic Christmas calendars

Last week I helped out at an event here at the school where all the nordic Christmas tv calendars premiered.  There were a few hundred kids with their parents who came to see the December 1st episodes. In one room the Finnish and Norwegian calendars played and in another room the Swedish and Danish. During the night popcorn, hotdogs and gingerbread were served and a letter corner was set up for the kids to send personal letters or pictures to the tv channels of all the different countries.

The director of the Finnish christmas calendar personally attended the event and I think the calendar this year is a funny story and definitely worth watching. The Swedish calendar is a good idea with involving education in the calendar and telling the history of Christmas. The Danish Christmas calendar seemed very adventurous and had the perfect christmas mystery plot. The Norwegian calendar has received a lot of criticism from the Norwegians who prefer the traditional Christmas calendars about the blue and red Christmas elves in the mountains. But apparently the new calendar was not a disappointment even though it was a break from the traditions.

Finnish Calendar: Kadonneiden lahjojen tapaus Watch here

Danish Calendar: Absalons Hemmelighed (2006) Watch here

Norwegian Calendar: Julekongen Watch here

 Swedish Calendar: Tusen år till Julafton Watch here