NYBROGÅRD DORMITORY NEWSLETTER December 2018 Christmas markets p.4 News on the sheep p.5 Christmas traditions around the world p.8 It’s Christmas time again! The last month of the year is here, bringing gifts, festive cal- We hope that you will all enjoy this year's last issue of Ny- endars and hopefully also a lot of fun with friends and fami- broTidende as the next issue will be published in February. ly! We also look forward to entering the new year together Although it's a wonderful time for all of us, many have ex- with you! ams in December. So remember to be considerate of each We wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year! other and help each other get into the Christmas spirit. See you in the new year :) Resident Council news For the full repair it costs 11,800 kr. But we KælderCaféen can not pay the would like to cover some of the amount our- 11,800 kr. even though they want to C) Repair of our ice machine selves. pay as much as they can. It is ques- The other the week, our ice machine broke The bill covers: tioned whether a repair of 11,800 kr. was the down which makes ice cubes in the bar. It - Replacement of an engine and a tray inside best decision and whether there were any has now been fixed, but the bill is quite a the ice machine. alternatives. mouthful. - Complete cleaning. Upcoming: Council meeting & We would therefore like to apply for DKK - Working hours for the person who made Residents’ meeting: 7,000 to cover the bill as we currently do the repair Basement cafe . Monday, December 3rd not have the money. NYBRO TIDENDE DECEMBER 2018 The Personal Page The Board Administration Clubs Frederik, N29 (chairman) Treasurer Canoe club Gardening club Søren, T43 (vice-chairman) Kasper Hansen, R66 This could be you. Lea, L6 N/A (alternate) [email protected] Art club Brewers club The Residents’ Council Secretary Maja, J16 Jakob, B51 Chairman: : Keegan, O2 Josephine B56 [email protected] ”Brættet” Board games Exercise room AB-odd: Needed Jonas, R52 Kim, E21 AB-even: Lisa, B60 Accountants Bicycle workshop Cinema club Kristoffer, L10 Steffen, L06 CD-odd: Casper, C27 NybroTidende Agnes Jensen, O4 Nybro Cake festival FC Nybro CD-even: Marie, D60 Clara Schou, K55 This could be you. This could be you. Patrick Aagaard, M63 EF-odd: Victor, E33 Frederik Holgersen, H2 Music practice room FC Nybro Chicks [email protected] Andreas L31 This could be you. EF-even: Needed Secretariat/subleasing Dog club GH-odd: Needed Office hours: Monday 19:00-20:00 Lærke, H56 and Thursday 20:00-21:00, GH-even: Needed GH-basement. Phone: 21 48 54 55 JK-odd: Needed Service Complaints committee Key bearers Table tennis/hockey JK-even: Johannes, K46 Office hours: Tuesday Kasper CD-basement (alt.) Lukas, J32 19:30-20:00, GH basement. Phone.: 26 81 15 01 LM-odd: Nikolaj, M51 E-mail: [email protected] Peter Jon Bicycle workshop Phone: 21 48 54 55 Phone: 61 91 97 92 LM-basement LM-even: Needed The price for Network office key service is: Folding chairs NO-odd: Niklas, O51 Office hours: Monday 20:00-21:00 9:00-21:00: DKK 50 in the GH-basement. 21:00-9:00: DKK 100 NO-even: Needed E-mail: [email protected] Trailer Phone: 21 48 54 55 Lars Kaj (insp.) PR-odd: Needed TV/Antenna Draught beer system PR-even: Kasper, R66 [email protected] Kasper, R66 ST-odd: Ditlev, T37 KælderCaféen Søren T43(Alt.) Environmental Group Opening hours: Fridays 21:00-03:00 ST-even: Marianne, T46 Troels, O07 One Saturday each month 21:00-05:00 [email protected] (announced separately). Chairman: Bertil, O4 Apartments: Deputy chairman: Kasper, p16 C, D and G: Keegan O2 Member: Clara, K55 Secretary: Agnes O04 H and L: (Stefen L6) Residents’ Council Rep.: This could be you. Alternate: Emma, R64 M, O and S: Frederik, O3 Treasurer: Kasper, R66 Local facilities NOTE! Inspector Laundromat Items for the agenda must be Lars Kaj Opening hours: 8:00-19:00 sent to the secretary at least [email protected] Phone: 45 87 04 73 Convenience store and Pizzeria ten days before the meeting Office hours Phone: 51 14 12 19 nybro.dk > English > For Resi- Monday: 16:00-18:00 Weekdays: 15:00-21:00 dents > Resident Council > Tuesday-Friday: 07:30-09:00 Sat-Sun: 13:00-21:00 ”Add item to the agenda”. First weekday of month: 17:00-18:00 May-August: open until 22:00 every day. Page 2 NYBRO TIDENDE DECEMBER 2018 DIY Christmas decorations Christmas crafts days are common in more challenging, you can easily google most primary schools during Decem- all kinds of decorations made with fab- ber, but why not enjoy such a day of rics, by knitting, by crocheting or using fun with the kitchen? felt. But if you want something that everyone would be able to contribute If you entice your fellow residents with to, then it is probably a very good idea waffles, Danish donuts and mulled to go with the more traditional decora- wine, then you will probably get quite a tions. few people to join you. It can be a nice day You can find lots of glue, where people who just scissors and colourful paper want to eat and talk in Panduro Hobby. They like- can have fun, but it ly have some books or cata- can also be something logues with instructions, but for those who love be- Panduro Hobby may get ex- ing creative and filling pensive if you need a lot. their kitchen with Therefore, it's also a good Christmas decorations. idea to go to Flying Tiger or Søstrene Grene if you want paper, scissors and You can easily find lots of things to do. glue on a budget. You can probably also Traditional paper garlands, paper go to either one of the big supermar- cones, ball ornaments (possibly with kets or a toy store to see if you can find lights), Christmas stars and Christmas anything for cheap. hearts are just a few of many ideas. If - Agnes, O-4 you want to try to create something Page 3 NYBRO TIDENDE DECEMBER 2018 The year 2019 or 1440? We all know that the coming year is 2019. troduced in Denmark in 1700. addition, the Muslim year is 10 days shorter However, such is not the case in other cal- than our calendar, as the 12 months are Other calendars endars all over the world. In one of these, based on the phases of the Moon and not In other parts of the world there are other the new year is 1440. And which calendar the Sun. The holidays therefore begin ap- systems which tell what day and year it cur- is that? You can read much more about it prox. 10 days earlier each year than the rently is. For example, the Buddhists do not here! year before in relation to the seasons. 1440 use the BC and AD system, their system is thus corresponds to the year 2019. And on The calendar we use is called the Gregorian based on the year of the death of Buddha, September 1, 2019 the year will change to calendar. This calendar, in fact, consists of which is 545 BC. The year 545 BC is consid- 1441! many different calendars which came be- ered year 0 in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, fore it. For example, Romulus introduced while India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar consid- And now to the place where fireworks origi- the so-called Roman calendar. It consisted ers it year 1. The Buddhist calendar is based nate, namely China! Here, until 1912, a of 304 days or 10 months, the 10th month on a Hindu calendar. moon calendar was used, which starts with of which has actually given name to the the year 2637 BC. According to the old cal- The Hinduists have three calendar systems. coming month: December! - as "decem" endar, there is a shift of the Chinese New One of these is the Shaka calendar, which means 10. However, it was found that a Year from year to year, which means that it starts with the year 78 AD, and became a "real" year is the time it takes for Earth to will take place in January or early February. national calendar in India in 1957 AD. There revolve around the Sun, which is approx. And on New Year's Eve in China? On this is also the Kaliyuga calendar, which starts 365 days and 6 hours, i.e. around 365.25 day they use fireworks to keep Nian from with the year 3102 BC, as well as the Vikram days. Unfortunately, this was not complete- the Chinese homes as it is scared away by calendar, starting with 57 BC. ly accurate, which meant a deviation of loud noises! about 10 days in 1582 because the actual And now for the year 1440! This is from the Happy New Year! :) time it takes is in fact 365.24219878 days. In Muslim calendar, which starts with the year 1582, Pope Gregor XIII introduced the so- 622 AD. In this year, the Prophet Muham- - Frederik H2 called Gregorian calendar, which we use mad emigrated from the hometown of today. However, this calendar was first in- Mecca to a city which he named Medina. In Christmas markets Christmas markets! Nybrogård does weekends: Friday from 2pm-9pm, Sat- not have its own Christmas market, urday from noon-9pm and Sunday from but there are plenty of them around noon-6pm.