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Norwegians Worldwide Tucson Chapter NORWEGIANS WORLDWIDE TUCSON CHAPTER NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2019 Happy THanksgiving 7 December – Saturday SAVE THE DATE Traditions of JUL past 38th Annual Nordic Fair 2019 Christmas wasn't celebrated in 9:00-3:00 PM Norway until about 1000 or 1100, when Christianity first came to the Sunday Nov 17 – OPEN Streams of the Desert Lutheran area. Before this people celebrated Church HOUSE jul or jòl in the middle of winter. It 5360 E Pima St, Tucson, AZ 85712 was a celebration of the harvest Saturday 7 Dec- Nordic gone and a way of looking forward 15 December – Sunday Fair to the spring. Lots of beer (juleol) 2:00 PM was brewed and drunk in honour of the old pagan Scandinavian gods. Sunday 15 Dec- Club JUL Traditional JUL Party From feeding the birds to trick-or- party Lutheran Church of the Foothills treating, our ancestors knew how to 2020 5102 N Craycroft Rd, Tucson, AZ celebrate jul.- 85718 Eating lutefisk and lefse, making Saturday 11 Jan 2020- All members are requested to sandbakkels and rosettes, and Norsk Folk-at Mona’s participate in our OPEN HOUSE opening gifts on as we greet new guests from all Christmas Eve Danish Bakery over Tucson and Southern instead of Arizona. Please Wear your Christmas Day: BUNADS and show your These are all Norwegian Pride as we greet holiday traditions possible new members. There still practiced in will be Lefse making demon- many Norwegian- strations and Rosemaling American families. demonstrations. But over the years, other immigrant yuletide traditions Erika Randolph with “FREYA’s have fallen by the wayside. Sharing SANG” who will be providing a bundle of grain with the birds, LIVE Scandinavian music- brewing Christmas beer, and Our club will be providing Christmas masquerading are, for Scandinavian cookies and most Norwegian-American families, refreshments. November 2019 lost traditions of past generations. Tucson’s own LEIKARRING folk A Feast for the Birds dancers will be performing Live. A popular Norwegian tradition with 17 November- Sunday 2:00-4:30 Norsk FOLK will be our club an unknown origin is the sharing of members and others that are OPEN HOUSE - Streams of the interested in just getting together at a julenek, or bundle of grain, as a Desert Lutheran Church different Café’s and pubs for a nice Christmas feast for the birds. The first written reference to the 5360 E Pima St, Tucson, AZ 85712 Time togethe once a month. tradition is in 1753, when a steel, and screaming at the yeast to memories of julebukking in North prominent clergyman, Erik “startle” it into action Dakota, during the 1880s and Pontappidan, described it as the 1890s, are found in the archives of Norwegian immigrants continued “Norwegian peasant’s hospitality the Norwegian-American Historical the practice of brewing when they extending to the birds which he Association: “At no other time of the left the old country, and some invites to be his guests by placing year did sociability take over like maintained the folk beliefs of their an unthreshed sheaf of grain on a Christmas. It might border on the Norwegian ancestors, according to pole against the barn door.” hilarious when big and small groups Stokker. But the landscape of home would set out on what was called This custom of providing the birds a brewing changed with the advent of ‘julebukk’ parties. Both men and special meal at Christmas time Prohibition in 1920, banning the women would dress up in all sorts carried over to the new land. But manufacture, sale, and of disguises, like a bunch of while the tradition is still practiced transportation of alcohol, including buffoons. They would pile into widely in both rural and urban areas beer made at home. While bobsleds and drive from one farm to in Norway, it is not widely seen in Prohibition was repealed in 1933, another to do their stunts of the United States. the legislation left out the home- entertaining, dancing, and joking brewing of beer, which remained Christmas Brewing and trying to keep everyone from illegal on a federal level until 1979. Since Viking times, beer has played guessing ‘who’s who.’ Some kind of Christmas Fooling an important role in Norwegian treats were expected at each place, celebrations. And while there may Maybe the most unusual bygone as a slight sign of appreciation.” not seem to be an obvious holiday tradition is to gå julebukk, or connection between brewing beer julebukking, as it is often called in and the religious holiday of America. A julebukk is literally a Christmas, there is a long-standing “Christmas buck”—a male goat. association in Norway, stretching The name’s pre-Christian roots may back to early Christian laws. refer to a goat that was slaughtered for the jól celebration, or the goats King Haakon the Good moved the in Norse mythology that pulled the mid-winter jól festival to coincide chariot for the God Thor. The with the Christian celebration of custom is also known as Christmas Christmas in the 10th century. He fooling, masquerading, or also mandated that every peasant mumming. Imagine Christmas trick- The widespread practice of brew a supply of beer for the or-treating for entire families, or julebukking came to an end in most occasion. Medieval laws upheld the groups of adults, with the disguised, Norwegian-American communities custom and imposed stiff fines on uninvited guests attempting to go in the late 1930s or early ’40s. any landowner who didn’t brew an unrecognized by their hosts. Reasons for its demise, according ample amount for the celebration. to Stokker, include increased The local priests enforced these mobility, causing neighborhoods to laws, going from farm to farm to be less homogeneous; a trend inspect and test the quality of the toward more standardized beer. In time, a farm’s reputation lifestyles; a growing suspicion of within the community rested on the strangers; cars and tractors quality of the beer it produced, and replacing the horse and sleigh (the brewing became an important part traditional mode of transportation of Christmas preparations. for julebukking); and the end of Norwegians were a superstitious Prohibition, which eliminated lot, and brewing was no exception. alcohol as a motivating force They followed careful rituals to behind the custom. ensure the strength and quality of Julaften (Christmas Eve) the beer, including consecrating the brewing vessel with hot steel or a is the day when presents are burning branch, protecting the exchanged and the whole family vessel with a knife or a piece of gets together for the main Christmas meal. Christmas Day is a much quieter affair and often quite Nisse are deeply ingrained in Julegrøt is a Christmas rice private. Norwegian culture and tradition and porridge with an almond hidden to this day, family members inside. Whoever gets the almond, This is followed by romjul. It's one masquerade as “nisse” by putting wins a marzipan pig. Mixed with of my favourite words in Norwegian on a mask and a costume on whipped cream, the porridge can as it's only six letters long yet we Christmas Eve asking the children also be eaten as a dessert. don't have an equivalent word in “Are there any good children here?” English! Simply put, it translates as: Rømmegrøt – of which most children will say: “that time between Christmas and “Yes, I am good”. Families also Rømme is a Norwegian word New Year when no-one is really leave out a bowl of porridge…just in meaning a heavy sour cream made sure what they should be doing.” case they pay a visit to the house! from cream or blend of whole milk Julenisse and cream which is acidified; grøt While Norwegian children are translates as "porridge". Nisse are quite a cute part of most excited about the presents Traditionally, rømmegrøt is a Norwegian culture. for Christmas, it's safe to say delicacy prepared for special that grown-ups look most Nisse come from the Norwegian occasions, including holidays. It is forward to the traditional forest and live in attics and stables considered to be a traditional Christmas meal on Christmas attaching themselves to a particular Norwegian dish. family and caring for their stable Eve. and cattle. They are particularly A big part of Norwegian Christmas kind to household pets, which is traditions is the food, and we why the they are often pictured with usually repeat the same dishes a cat on Christmas cards. every year. Here is a short list of typical meals and food Norwegians have for Christmas. Ribbe is the most popular Christmas dinner. It consists of pork Rømmegrøt is thick and sweet and ribs and is very fatty. In the old is generally drizzled in butter and days, this Christmas meal gave sprinkled with sugar and ground energy for the rest of the winter. cinnamon. Because this is so rich, There are several side dishes to the it is often served in small cups with “Ribbe”. Most common is a small amount of butter topped sauerkraut, red cabbage, patties, with brown sugar, cinnamon and sausages, and potatoes. cream. Lutefisk is dried cod that has been LEFSE soaked in a lye solution for several It’s hard to say when lefse No-one ever sees the Nisse but days to rehydrate it. It is then boiled originated. Maybe the Norse God they are quite mischievous and or baked and served with butter, Odin first had it served to the souls keep everyone on their toes – salt, and pepper. Some people like of the slain warriors who occupy especially at Christmas time. It was it, but one rarely eats it more than Valhalla as a way to fortify them for thought that if the Nisse don’t get once a year.
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