As the snow begins to fall on Copenhagen and the days become continually shorter, we find ourselves more and more desirous of a little 'hygge' in our lives. No folks, that's not a typo, that's the Danish word meaning cosiness, comfort and home-iness. Unfortunately there's no direct translation to English, but that's some of the appeal to the word. It's a concept we mollycoddled Americans never had to develop, since with the exception of Alaska, I doubt there's anywhere in the country that has to contend with 7 hours of sunlight per day.
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| The snow doesn't stop. I love it. |
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| This is the skyline. At 3:30 p.m. |
Not surprisingly, candles have become as much of a household staple as toilet paper and the kitchen even more of a social hub than before. So of course we had to decorate it. Many thanks to DIS and our glorious SRAs for teaching us some traditional Danish crafts.
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| The embodiment of hygge. |
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| The international 'Merry Christmas' cabinet. |
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| The infamous Danish star. |
We also got the added bonus of teaching Danes to make snowflakes, since apparently this is not a craft they are familiar with, and drinking gløgg- Danish mulled wine. Glorious.
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