My Norwegian friend included this postcard in her recent letter. According to her, these small guys are called "Nisser" and they were believed to live in farms and help out farmers in exchange for food and drink. If they weren't paid, they'd get horrid and could even destroy your farm! Every Christmas they had to get rice porridge (grøt) with butter. She said till this day some families set out porridge for Santa as we set out cookies and milk for him here in the U.S. I thought this was very interesting! In Norway, Santa is called Julenissen - Jule (Christmas) is from Yule, which she thinks is a pagan or old English. Nissers don't work for Santa, so they are not those little elves which we believe work at Santa's toy factory. She said Nissers are a big part of Norwegian art and literature, they are literally a piece of Norway. Apparently there is a Christmas song about rats trying to steal a Nisser's porridge. I LOVE this kind of stories! Thanks, Connie!❤️
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My Norwegian friend included this postcard in her recent letter. According to her, these small guys are called "Nisser" and they were believed to live in farms and help out farmers in exchange for food and drink. If they weren't paid, they'd get horrid and could even destroy your farm! Every Christmas they had to get rice porridge (grøt) with butter. She said till this day some families set out porridge for Santa as we set out cookies and milk for him here in the U.S. I thought this was very interesting! In Norway, Santa is called Julenissen - Jule (Christmas) is from Yule, which she thinks is a pagan or old English. Nissers don't work for Santa, so they are not those little elves which we believe work at Santa's toy factory. She said Nissers are a big part of Norwegian art and literature, they are literally a piece of Norway. Apparently there is a Christmas song about rats trying to steal a Nisser's porridge. I LOVE this kind of stories! Thanks, Connie!❤️
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