Bruce Keenan wrote:
Also Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from
> New Zealand.

In case anyone is interested, here's a few websites describing how we celebrate Christmas in Norway:

[www.stavanger-web.com]

[christmas-world.freeservers.com]

P.S. to the above - If anyone knows where I can get a hold of a video of "The Butler" mentioned on this website, please let me know!! No matter how many years in a row we watched it, it had us all in stitches! We haven't seen it for years now, and would love to see it again.

[festivals.projects.eun.org]

[odin.dep.no]

I'm not going to look at these too closely myself, as it'll only make me homesick. Here on the prairie of Oklahoma it's difficult to get in the spirit of things right now. I just came home from Christmas shopping, wearing a short sleeve T-shirt.

Wishing you all a pleasant and peaceful Christmas, and ABOVE ALL - a peaceful world, for this coming new year as well as the ones to follow.

Siri