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children go to bed in an undecorated house, and awake to a Christmas tree, lights, pine boughs and ribbons everywhere. On the hutch is a julekubbe (yulelog) with candles. The Christmas elf has been busy through the night.
Norwegians also make heart-shaped baskets to hang on the tree and shops sell strings of Norwegian tlags for decoration.
In late afternoon, the family enjoys the first of many special Christmas feasts. In addition to the ludefisk, there might be Surkaal (sweet and sour cabbage) and skinke, (roast pork). For dessert, it is traditional to serve riskrem med rod fruktsaus (rice cream with red fruit sauce).
Gene’s mother always had special holiday cakes, julekake and krumkaker, as well as a large variety of cookies to serve.
It is traditional in Norway to decorate with hav and straw, perhaps harking back to the straw-filled room of the middle ages. A sheaf of oats is hung on a post for the birds. Nor does the family forget the Christmas elf. sending out a bowl ot porridge to the barn for him.
Gene said that the cold weather always increased his uncles' consumption of aquavit the strong, clear drink made from potatoes and served icy cold. The Selland brothers had a "bump" of aquavit to ward off the cold and a “holler" was aquavit mixed with coffee. After serving, the bottle was immediately returned to the freezer or the
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