1 00:00:03,799 --> 00:00:05,960 Times pass 2 00:00:07,899 --> 00:00:10,159 times shall come 3 00:00:11,899 --> 00:00:15,159 time that was, is time that is passed 4 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:19,680 even tomorrow, time will be over 5 00:00:22,559 --> 00:00:25,899 it's going to be Christmas 6 00:00:27,039 --> 00:00:29,560 christmas is over 7 00:00:30,299 --> 00:00:36,159 the one this year will probably be more fun, than the many we've had 8 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:41,040 and that's because Christmas is old and christmas is new 9 00:00:41,140 --> 00:00:44,220 christmas is never the same 10 00:00:44,459 --> 00:00:48,700 christmas is like a morning dawn 11 00:00:48,919 --> 00:00:52,479 a new painting in an ancient frame 12 00:00:52,659 --> 00:00:56,080 Christmas remains even as the years pass 13 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:01,779 therefore, we know we will have an all-time Christmas this year. 14 00:01:02,860 --> 00:01:06,220 Then the calendar light finally burnt to number 19. 15 00:01:07,260 --> 00:01:10,280 That is, if calendar lights otherwise had been invented. 16 00:01:10,940 --> 00:01:12,840 Or rediscovered, as one might say. 17 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,480 And it's just one of the many things that still haven't found their place. 18 00:01:19,340 --> 00:01:22,140 At Guttenborg's, there's otherwise being cut and pasted as life depended on it. 19 00:01:23,420 --> 00:01:25,360 The humans sing and dance. 20 00:01:25,780 --> 00:01:27,080 Pyrus uses the head. 21 00:01:27,660 --> 00:01:31,380 King Christian comes on a tour with Guttenborg as architect. 22 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,700 And even Bertramsen tries his hand at cardboard and glue. 23 00:01:36,100 --> 00:01:38,560 But all that make no Christmas. 24 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:40,120 Not alone anyway. 25 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:44,920 On the other hand, us Danes do not need any special reason, 26 00:01:45,180 --> 00:01:47,760 or a lot of things to be able to enjoy ourselves together. 27 00:01:48,540 --> 00:01:51,420 Christmas remains even as the years pass 28 00:01:51,540 --> 00:01:53,420 December 19th "The Christmas Party." 29 00:01:53,420 --> 00:01:57,860 therefore, we know we will have an all-time Christmas this year. 30 00:01:59,340 --> 00:02:02,740 Christmas this year, an all-time Christmas. 31 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,000 Good morning, Birg... 32 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,620 Well, my goodness, what is that? 33 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,420 Nothing. But now it had become a tradition 34 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,300 with our little cup of morning coffee. 35 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:36,720 And I've had the benefit of your 36 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:38,620 niceness for two days, so I thought that... 37 00:02:39,620 --> 00:02:40,880 And then it's nice. 38 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:42,320 Yes, totally agree. 39 00:02:42,580 --> 00:02:44,460 Then, it's good that I've been to the bakery on the way here. 40 00:02:44,780 --> 00:02:46,380 Yes, yes, very good. 41 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:47,340 I also have been. 42 00:02:48,020 --> 00:02:50,760 I have two buns and four little fried twists. What do you have? 43 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,160 Yes, I have 4 little fried twists and two buns. 44 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:55,180 We'll never get eaten all that. 45 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,760 We could make an attempt. 46 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,760 Yes, or else... 47 00:03:03,740 --> 00:03:05,460 Like that. 48 00:03:06,540 --> 00:03:08,240 Do you want to throw it away? 49 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:11,660 Yes, or rather out in the archive. 50 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,240 Because I have the feeling that there are 51 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,800 someone out there, who also like buns and fried twists. 52 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,540 Wake up! 53 00:03:24,640 --> 00:03:25,400 Wake up! 54 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:27,900 All little pixies and other good people! 55 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:30,400 Babu, babu, babu! 56 00:03:33,660 --> 00:03:35,120 What is it? 57 00:03:35,260 --> 00:03:38,580 - Is the round tower knocked over? - Nah, it hasn't become square either. 58 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:40,920 Look what dad found. 59 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:42,280 Is it a cake? 60 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,160 Cake is not the word. It's a huge cake. 61 00:03:45,220 --> 00:03:47,820 It's not just a giant cake, it's a giant fried twist. 62 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:49,760 And there are more out there. 63 00:03:49,860 --> 00:03:51,480 Stamp and inkblot! 64 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:52,980 It is too. 65 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,540 Then, there really isn't long until Christmas. 66 00:03:56,460 --> 00:03:58,040 Where did you steal it from? 67 00:03:59,020 --> 00:04:02,740 Halli-hello, and just a moment. 68 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,560 Firstly, us pixies don't steal. We borrow. 69 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,020 And secondly, it is a gift. 70 00:04:08,660 --> 00:04:10,280 - From who? - From the people. 71 00:04:10,340 --> 00:04:13,880 It was out there with three more and two buns on a plate. 72 00:04:14,620 --> 00:04:17,240 Ugh, it really wasn't that good. 73 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:19,360 Not so good? 74 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:22,840 If it's not good, there isn't much that is good. 75 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,920 Four fried twists, two buns on a plate. 76 00:04:26,980 --> 00:04:28,740 It is simply mega good. 77 00:04:28,780 --> 00:04:31,320 Pardon, I also like fried twists, 78 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:35,060 but when they lie like that, it can only mean that the humans know we're here. 79 00:04:35,380 --> 00:04:37,620 - Does that matter? - Does something, and does something. 80 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,560 We pixies prefer to live unnoticed. 81 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,340 Besides, you never know what humans can come up with. 82 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,460 As long as it's fried twists they can come up with, it's bingo with me. 83 00:04:45,580 --> 00:04:47,200 Yes, should we get the table set? 84 00:04:47,340 --> 00:04:49,280 It will happen immediately. 85 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:51,380 - Cool Christmas. - Cool Christmas. 86 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,720 Well, maybe I should find a candle stub. 87 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:57,980 Yes, humans or not. At least now we'll cozy it. 88 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,440 You can now say what you want about us Danes, 89 00:05:11,700 --> 00:05:13,520 but we are good at enjoying ourselves. 90 00:05:13,660 --> 00:05:16,240 Certainly so. But then it's not even a Danish word. 91 00:05:16,540 --> 00:05:18,500 - It isn't? - No, I think it's Norwegian. 92 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:20,700 And there it means something completely different. 93 00:05:20,900 --> 00:05:22,080 Yes. 94 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,940 Well, how can you really describe cozying? (hygge) 95 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:27,580 In fact, there doesn't exist any word that covers the meaning. 96 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,400 To warm up. 97 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:31,080 Enjoying the togetherness. 98 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:32,080 Make it jolly. 99 00:05:32,180 --> 00:05:33,800 Yes, you can see for yourself. 100 00:05:33,940 --> 00:05:35,620 'Hygge' cannot be described easily. 101 00:05:42,030 --> 00:05:45,010 when it's sleet and snow and rain and sleet and snow, 102 00:05:45,810 --> 00:05:49,210 and you sit together by the warm fireplace, 103 00:05:49,210 --> 00:05:51,950 and play games and eat candy and drink tea, 104 00:05:52,850 --> 00:05:56,210 and know that Christmas is on its way 105 00:05:56,350 --> 00:05:57,150 it's 'hygge' 106 00:05:59,070 --> 00:06:00,650 oh, it's 'hygge' 107 00:06:02,070 --> 00:06:05,650 when you've been playing all day on your sled, 108 00:06:06,530 --> 00:06:09,630 and you come home with a frozen snout, 109 00:06:09,970 --> 00:06:12,550 and you get toast and chocolate milk, 110 00:06:13,870 --> 00:06:16,530 while the day slowly fades away 111 00:06:16,850 --> 00:06:17,710 it's 'hygge' 112 00:06:19,470 --> 00:06:21,110 oh, it's 'hygge' 113 00:06:22,870 --> 00:06:27,870 when there are several of you who are having a good time at the same time, 114 00:06:28,250 --> 00:06:29,650 at the same place, 115 00:06:30,130 --> 00:06:31,290 in peace and quiet, 116 00:06:32,290 --> 00:06:34,790 you feel a little bit of happiness 117 00:06:36,330 --> 00:06:38,310 just a little bit, 118 00:06:40,290 --> 00:06:41,690 oh, that's 'hygge' 119 00:06:43,430 --> 00:06:46,690 when a busy, stressful week is over, 120 00:06:47,550 --> 00:06:50,830 and you can finally turn off the alarm, 121 00:06:50,830 --> 00:06:54,150 and lie in bed and have the day off, 122 00:06:54,150 --> 00:06:57,750 and there's nothing you have to hurry to 123 00:06:58,030 --> 00:06:58,850 it's 'hygge' 124 00:07:00,670 --> 00:07:02,330 oh, it's 'hygge' 125 00:07:04,570 --> 00:07:07,370 and on Christmas Eve, when you meet in a song, 126 00:07:08,170 --> 00:07:11,490 and you celebrate Christmas in the family's cozy nest 127 00:07:11,710 --> 00:07:14,270 in the distance you can hear the jingle bells, 128 00:07:15,210 --> 00:07:18,310 and the Christmas porridge is good and sweet 129 00:07:18,310 --> 00:07:19,530 it's 'hygge' 130 00:07:21,250 --> 00:07:23,030 oh, it's 'hygge' 131 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,640 when there are several people who are having a good time 132 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,300 at the same time 133 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,980 in the same place, in peace and quiet, 134 00:07:34,100 --> 00:07:36,560 then you feel a little bit of happiness 135 00:07:38,340 --> 00:07:39,940 just a little bit 136 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,480 oh, that's 'hygge' 137 00:07:45,780 --> 00:07:48,540 yes, if there are several people who are having a good time 138 00:07:48,740 --> 00:07:49,940 at the same time, 139 00:07:49,940 --> 00:07:51,880 the same place 140 00:07:52,100 --> 00:07:53,600 in peace and quiet, 141 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,080 then you feel a little bit of happiness 142 00:07:58,620 --> 00:08:00,560 just a little bit 143 00:08:02,460 --> 00:08:03,940 that's 'hygge.' 144 00:08:15,460 --> 00:08:18,540 Aw, Christmas is simply just the coziest. 145 00:08:18,660 --> 00:08:21,940 Not just the coziest, the coziest of all. 146 00:08:22,460 --> 00:08:24,940 Truly, true. But why is that? 147 00:08:25,460 --> 00:08:29,740 - Why? Not for anything, it just is! - Who really said we should cozy at Christmas? 148 00:08:29,860 --> 00:08:33,740 - That you should meet and be together? - But no one needs to say? 149 00:08:33,860 --> 00:08:35,940 - Yes, you do that because you want to. - Yes, you are of course right, 150 00:08:36,060 --> 00:08:40,940 but try to play a little with the thought. Why not just want to be alone? 151 00:08:41,460 --> 00:08:44,940 Where and when did the tradition start with many being together? 152 00:08:45,060 --> 00:08:47,340 - I don't know. - I don't either. 153 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:49,540 But I think I know one, who knows the answer. 154 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:52,940 Who is it this time? A Christian or a Frederic? 155 00:08:53,060 --> 00:08:56,640 Neither of. It's a Ludwig, and he isn't a king. 156 00:08:56,860 --> 00:08:59,440 - Ludvig who? - Ludvig Holberg? 157 00:08:59,860 --> 00:09:03,940 Yes, he wrote a fair deal about Christmas, especially a fair deal of small articles. 158 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,540 They called it 'epistles' in that era, and a comedy 'The Christmas Party,' 159 00:09:07,660 --> 00:09:10,340 where he ridicules a fair deal with the Christmas customs of that time. 160 00:09:10,460 --> 00:09:11,940 There we should be able to learn something about Christmas. 161 00:09:12,060 --> 00:09:14,940 - Is it something we got in the archives? - Yes, the epistles we should have. 162 00:09:15,060 --> 00:09:17,540 But 'The Christmas Party' we have to get from the library. 163 00:09:17,660 --> 00:09:19,740 - Oh. 'The Christmas Party, was that its name? - Yes. 164 00:09:19,860 --> 00:09:22,940 Good, anything else we need while I'm there? 165 00:09:26,060 --> 00:09:29,740 Maybe... we should get a cookbook. 166 00:09:29,860 --> 00:09:33,940 - Preferably for microwave ovens. - I see. 167 00:09:34,060 --> 00:09:36,340 Yes, I thought it over. 168 00:09:36,460 --> 00:09:38,940 It could really be very practical, and then I could also invite you for dinner 169 00:09:39,060 --> 00:09:42,940 - here at mine. - That would be neat. When? 170 00:09:43,060 --> 00:09:45,940 - What about tonight? - Yes, shouldn't you get the oven first? 171 00:09:46,460 --> 00:09:47,940 Yes, but that's certainly on its way. 172 00:09:48,060 --> 00:09:52,940 Well, I must say, you don't waste time, huh? Well then, what time? 173 00:09:54,460 --> 00:09:56,940 The usual. 174 00:09:58,460 --> 00:10:02,540 Remember, Holberg is a very serious and learned man, 175 00:10:02,660 --> 00:10:05,040 and duty filled. His time isn't for jest and nonsense. 176 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,040 But you said he wrote some entertaining comedies? 177 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,740 Yes, and humour he must have had, but the comedies 178 00:10:10,860 --> 00:10:15,040 were both educational and moral, do not mistake... of that. 179 00:10:16,060 --> 00:10:18,740 Hey, hey. He sure sounds swinging, that Holberg, huh? 180 00:10:19,060 --> 00:10:22,040 He certainly knows a lot. Well, are you ready? 181 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:25,040 Then it's liftoff. Anorium, stellarium, 182 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:27,040 quisito, calorius... 183 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:31,040 Aquarius, kaninus, quip, as quak like bummer. 184 00:10:32,060 --> 00:10:35,040 Oh no, if only I was satisfied, the mayor will be trouble as hell! 185 00:10:36,060 --> 00:10:38,040 Do you want to be mayor in my place? 186 00:10:39,060 --> 00:10:41,040 It's certainly not so bad! 187 00:10:42,060 --> 00:10:44,040 Not so bad at all. 188 00:10:46,060 --> 00:10:48,040 What does Henrik answer to that? 189 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:53,540 He answers; "Shame does, and each gets whatever they lust for." 190 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:55,040 That's right! 191 00:10:55,060 --> 00:10:57,040 Whereafter... Whereafter... 192 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,520 Herman von Bremen, he sits... 193 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,480 He sits down next to the chair. 194 00:11:04,580 --> 00:11:07,360 Like this. 195 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,800 Oh, me, poor man! 196 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,820 - A learned and serious man? - Hush! 197 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:24,120 - He is writing. - Who's there? 198 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:29,340 - It is me, Master Holberg. - Guttenborg! 199 00:11:29,540 --> 00:11:31,420 It's been long. 200 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:32,880 Yes, and who do we have here? 201 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:37,760 - My apprentice Pyrus and Freya, my protege. - Good day 202 00:11:38,540 --> 00:11:41,840 Yes, you must excuse my appearance, but I was just in the process 203 00:11:41,940 --> 00:11:46,580 of writing a comedy for the theater in Greenstreet. 204 00:11:47,780 --> 00:11:49,520 It's a completely unreasonable, but quite 205 00:11:49,620 --> 00:11:54,100 - entertaining occupation. - What's the comedy about, if I may ask? 206 00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:58,260 It's a mere detail about a candle duster. 207 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,780 Yes, who thinks he's an expert in politics. 208 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,000 - Yes, of course, he fares awfully. - What's the name of the comedy? 209 00:12:05,420 --> 00:12:07,480 - Yes, it's not called anything yet. 210 00:12:07,580 --> 00:12:10,780 I haven't really been able to come up with the right title. 211 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:15,140 What about 'The Political candle Duster?' 212 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,320 Not bad at all, Master Guttenborg. 213 00:12:19,420 --> 00:12:22,720 It could very well be called that. 214 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:27,800 - What about 'The Christmas Party?' - The Christmas Party? 215 00:12:29,100 --> 00:12:30,400 Which Christmas Party? 216 00:12:30,580 --> 00:12:32,700 Yes, the comedy about the Christmas party. 217 00:12:32,900 --> 00:12:35,500 I guess I don't know it. Who authored it? 218 00:12:35,980 --> 00:12:38,060 - Well, you have, yourself. - I have? 219 00:12:39,340 --> 00:12:44,060 - Well, not to my knowledge. - No, of course not. Not yet... 220 00:12:44,060 --> 00:12:48,800 No, but the subject is not that bad at all. 221 00:12:50,260 --> 00:12:53,760 People, they always behave foolishly up to Christmas. 222 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:56,840 - Are they doing that? - Sure do! 223 00:12:57,580 --> 00:13:01,000 Under the guise of keeping Christmas saintness, there are almost no limits 224 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,400 for what people invent of wickednesses. 225 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,860 One eats and drink the most incredible quantities. 226 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:09,880 And the line between men and women also become quite fluent. 227 00:13:09,980 --> 00:13:13,500 Yes, there probably could be made a nice little comedy about that. 228 00:13:14,500 --> 00:13:16,640 Well, Christmas is cosy too, isn't it? 229 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:22,200 Unpreserved. Although I don't particularly like the so-called Danish 'hygge.' 230 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,000 Hygge is the word the Danes cling to situation if it is free, 231 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:29,580 feel good, non-binding, and preferably involving some food. 232 00:13:29,780 --> 00:13:31,740 Yep, that sounds really nice. 233 00:13:32,740 --> 00:13:35,820 I almost think it sounds like laziness! 234 00:13:36,020 --> 00:13:39,760 To make the food can be very, very ex... 235 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,940 ... exhausting. 236 00:13:44,140 --> 00:13:48,880 Yes, Birger. Who would have thought you'd end up with one like that? 237 00:13:51,420 --> 00:13:53,540 Well, thanks. 238 00:13:57,020 --> 00:14:00,260 Birger, you can... We'll probably plug this one in the outlet. 239 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:03,600 Well, like that, and then... 240 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,060 Hah! You are a technical genius, Birger. 241 00:14:07,940 --> 00:14:09,220 Hello again. 242 00:14:09,940 --> 00:14:13,220 Nah, it has already arrived. 243 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,560 God, you've got it plugged in. 244 00:14:17,860 --> 00:14:20,920 - That I must say, bravo. - It wasn't anything. 245 00:14:21,020 --> 00:14:22,340 Arh, I don't really know about that. 246 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,020 I remember the problems we both had with the computer when it arrived. 247 00:14:26,260 --> 00:14:28,320 Yes, I've brought the books. 248 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,340 And you know what, I've also done some shopping, 249 00:14:30,550 --> 00:14:32,240 because I thought you probably hadn't made that. 250 00:14:32,340 --> 00:14:33,420 No, of course, I haven't. What should we have? 251 00:14:33,700 --> 00:14:36,000 Chicken, potatoes, and salad. Nice, easy, and delicious. 252 00:14:36,100 --> 00:14:38,820 Yes, it sounds exceptionally brilliant, but thanks for everything. 253 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,400 From now on, I'll take the helm. 254 00:14:41,100 --> 00:14:44,420 - Yessir, Mr. Captain. - And my first order is, take the rest of the day off. 255 00:14:44,540 --> 00:14:48,280 - Free? But, I can't... - No buts. An order is an order. 256 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:50,840 Go, take time off, but come again in 257 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,240 three hours for a heavenly micro-dinner. 258 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,240 But Birger, don't you think there is something, I... 259 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:59,550 - Goodbye, little Brahe. - Well, but then goodbye. 260 00:15:12,550 --> 00:15:14,990 Does she think I'm helpless or what? 261 00:15:15,610 --> 00:15:17,350 Such a bit of dinner, I'll tinker together. 262 00:15:18,050 --> 00:15:21,250 So then, potatoes. First you have to peel the potatoes... 263 00:15:22,250 --> 00:15:25,310 You certainly didn't need to write anything like that, one knows that. 264 00:15:26,310 --> 00:15:30,490 In the meantime, I have no potato peeler. 265 00:15:30,590 --> 00:15:33,650 The pencil sharpener, of course. It can't get it inside. 266 00:15:33,810 --> 00:15:36,790 No, but we can scrape it. 267 00:15:37,810 --> 00:15:40,190 It will take an awful lot of time. Don't have anything larger instru... 268 00:15:40,310 --> 00:15:42,910 Yes, a ruler! Just like that. 269 00:15:45,010 --> 00:15:48,650 Honestly, I am dropping the potatoes. 270 00:15:49,650 --> 00:15:53,850 Ah, baked potatoes. Of course, it's a delicacy. Baked potatoes, then it's fine, 271 00:15:53,850 --> 00:15:55,710 then we fixed the potatoes. 272 00:15:56,850 --> 00:15:58,410 Then it's just the chicken. 273 00:15:58,510 --> 00:16:02,000 Chicken, chicken, chicken, chicken, chicken, chicken, chicken... 274 00:16:02,510 --> 00:16:05,210 Part and debone the chicken carefully. 275 00:16:09,210 --> 00:16:13,430 To part and remove bones... Yes, it won't be with me as a chef. 276 00:16:13,430 --> 00:16:17,130 Let's see... Whole-fried chicken, of course, 277 00:16:18,130 --> 00:16:19,730 and baked potatoes. It's brilliant. 278 00:16:20,330 --> 00:16:25,990 It's not just an earthy, heavenly mouthful. It's a heavenly palate teasing! Basta! 279 00:16:32,930 --> 00:16:36,210 Christmas is buildable, relaxing, and cozy 280 00:16:36,390 --> 00:16:39,390 Christmas is simply a mega hit 281 00:16:39,730 --> 00:16:42,930 Christmas is comfortable, so peaceful and nice 282 00:16:43,070 --> 00:16:45,810 Christmas, you can't have too often 283 00:16:46,050 --> 00:16:49,410 Christmas is a bright spot in the cold, dark time 284 00:16:49,530 --> 00:16:52,270 - Christmas is the coolest - especially when it's white 285 00:16:52,750 --> 00:16:55,950 Christmas is occupying, confused and promising 286 00:16:56,370 --> 00:16:58,390 Christmas is a bag full of sweets 287 00:16:59,310 --> 00:17:02,590 Christmas is enriching, breathtaking, liberating 288 00:17:03,090 --> 00:17:08,130 Christmas lasts long, lasts only for a moment 289 00:17:11,250 --> 00:17:14,230 - Christmas is something so... - Christmas is like 290 00:17:14,650 --> 00:17:17,730 Christmas is... It's a little hard to explain but... 291 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:21,330 - Christmas is when you have to... - Christmas is when you can... 292 00:17:21,470 --> 00:17:23,330 Christmas is simply Christmas 293 00:17:29,270 --> 00:17:31,750 - Christmas is a strawberry ice cream - a Christmas tree 294 00:17:31,850 --> 00:17:32,490 a piggy-bank 295 00:17:32,550 --> 00:17:37,250 Christmas is for everyone, Christmas is a Christmas song 296 00:17:37,910 --> 00:17:39,250 - a gift book - ... and cling clang of a clock 297 00:17:39,310 --> 00:17:42,250 Christmas is rice porridge and pork rinds 298 00:17:42,750 --> 00:17:45,430 Christmas is a time when you can do what you want 299 00:17:45,650 --> 00:17:49,290 - You can read good books - you can play a game 300 00:17:49,330 --> 00:17:51,390 - Christmas is chocolate milk - a reclining chair 301 00:17:51,450 --> 00:17:55,250 - A racing sleigh - Christmas is friendly and nice 302 00:17:55,250 --> 00:18:00,030 - Christmas is the wildest - the calmest and mildest, Christmas is... 303 00:18:00,750 --> 00:18:04,750 - Christmas is the coolest - the most beautiful we have 304 00:18:05,930 --> 00:18:08,950 Christmas is the most beautiful, the whitest, the greenest, 305 00:18:09,030 --> 00:18:15,430 Christmas is the right thing, the most important thing we have. 306 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:22,620 Yes,yes, yes... I'm not a fully opposer of Christmas, 307 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:23,620 certainly don't think that. 308 00:18:23,860 --> 00:18:25,920 It's just the silly customs, and overly done, 309 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:29,620 - which is occasionally threatening to take over. - Which customs? 310 00:18:30,060 --> 00:18:31,980 The Christmas goat, for example. 311 00:18:32,980 --> 00:18:36,080 That one dress up as a buck and then overwhelms the whole company 312 00:18:36,580 --> 00:18:39,840 - with insolence. - We know that one well. 313 00:18:40,940 --> 00:18:42,800 What does that have to do with Christmas's message? 314 00:18:43,060 --> 00:18:45,080 Now you also have to fill the whole house with 315 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,800 Swedish buck, tied in straw. Well, what's the good in that? 316 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:50,960 The straw goat, so it comes to us from Sweden. 317 00:18:51,260 --> 00:18:55,560 Namely, just like the Lucia bride's garland of lights in her hair, it's flammable! 318 00:18:56,260 --> 00:18:58,840 But the Danish Lucia brides also have a garland of lights in their hair. 319 00:18:58,940 --> 00:19:02,460 Yes, now they do. Soon we'll also be hanging 320 00:19:02,460 --> 00:19:07,860 - up the wreaths like spruce pyramids, just like in Germany. - Spruce pyramids? 321 00:19:07,940 --> 00:19:11,780 Yes, yes, it's like little pyramids made up of spruce wreaths with lights on. 322 00:19:11,820 --> 00:19:15,160 There s even some who puts them on the table as wreath trees. 323 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:19,000 - Trees? - Yes, that's what they call it. 324 00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:22,940 Rumor has it that there are one or more people down there 325 00:19:22,940 --> 00:19:26,980 - who drags whole trees into the house. - Hooray! Christmas trees! 326 00:19:27,140 --> 00:19:30,400 Does anyone here, who also follow that custom? 327 00:19:30,780 --> 00:19:31,620 No! 328 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,320 And god forbid it! 329 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,020 It's really a bad habit to make such a mess! 330 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,960 - No Christmas trees. - Not yet. 331 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,960 But they're clearly approaching. And on top of that comes the most rediculous 332 00:19:43,060 --> 00:19:46,560 custom of them all; the mistletoe. 333 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:51,780 The mistletoe. Of course, how could I forget that? 334 00:19:52,020 --> 00:19:53,720 Well, what's up with that? 335 00:19:53,860 --> 00:19:55,420 Don't you know? 336 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:58,240 Yes, if we had one here, I'd like to show it to you right away. 337 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,400 Tradition says that any maiden 338 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,780 who stands under a mistletoe 339 00:20:07,780 --> 00:20:10,820 must kiss the man who finds her there. 340 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,360 Well, like that. Well, who came up with that? 341 00:20:14,180 --> 00:20:22,240 Yes, maybe it must have been a man in love. 342 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,520 A moment, a moment. 343 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:53,880 Enter. 344 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,880 No, how cozy it is here. 345 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:04,200 Miss Brahe, you're... you're... different. 346 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,500 I just thought I'd like to make a little out of it. 347 00:21:06,900 --> 00:21:10,260 But Josefine, you're very beautiful. 348 00:21:11,260 --> 00:21:12,720 Aw thanks, that was sweetly said. 349 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:14,500 Speaking of sweet, I've brought some sweets. 350 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:19,060 I hope it doesn't matter. No bother, just put it on the table. 351 00:21:19,860 --> 00:21:21,280 No, I think I'll put it here, 352 00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:23,220 then we won't eat anything before the main course. 353 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,760 Uh, no, how clumsy I am. 354 00:21:25,860 --> 00:21:29,760 - Well, let me... - Thanks. It was sweet. 355 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,220 Shall I not take your coat? 356 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,300 No, you're chivalorous. Thank you, here you go. 357 00:21:40,220 --> 00:21:42,580 Hmm, it smells lovely. 358 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,120 It's not like you have an errand over here, is it? 359 00:21:46,460 --> 00:21:49,060 Nah, not really. Why? 360 00:21:49,620 --> 00:21:54,120 - Yes, there is something I want to show you. - What? 361 00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:57,060 Oh, the mistletoe, no, how dumb I am. 362 00:21:57,060 --> 00:21:57,760 Where did you find it? 363 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:01,420 Honestly in the 17th century, but I thought that... 364 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,640 Oh, of course. The one who stands under the mistletoe 365 00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:06,500 must of course have a kiss. 366 00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:13,460 I must admit, I had expected a little more than that. 367 00:22:14,460 --> 00:22:16,040 Birger, you don't mean that... 368 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:22,800 No, but I must admit... Yes, how should I say it? 369 00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:25,280 Because I have to admit that lately I have 370 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,840 come to have more than ordinary sympathy for you. 371 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,120 And then could, or perhaps, I can expect, 372 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,880 that the same applies to you. 373 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,200 Birger, I care about you too very much... 374 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,320 - I really do. - But? 375 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:45,440 But maybe not quite in the way you think. 376 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,180 After all, I grew up alone with my mother. 377 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,180 I probably always dreamed of having a father, so... 378 00:22:52,180 --> 00:22:55,140 It's probably more in that way I see you, Birger. 379 00:22:56,140 --> 00:22:57,800 Like a father? 380 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,940 Yes, as a friend, a confidant. 381 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,400 - Yes, a father, if you will. - You are absolutely right, 382 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,260 it is perfectly silly... 383 00:23:09,260 --> 00:23:13,640 Really silly. No, I'll be proud to be your spare dad. 384 00:23:13,940 --> 00:23:16,800 - Thanks. - Then I think the chicken is ready. 385 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,480 Nice, how long has it gotten? 386 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:22,700 - Five quarters. - Five quarters in a microwave? 387 00:23:23,020 --> 00:23:25,180 Birger, Birger... 388 00:23:29,120 --> 00:23:32,480 Yes... It may have had a tab bit too much. 389 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,880 But could one then bring the suggestion that we went straight on the dessert? 390 00:23:37,570 --> 00:23:40,990 Christmas is like a morning dawn 391 00:23:41,030 --> 00:23:44,030 a new painting in an ancient frame 392 00:23:44,170 --> 00:23:48,390 christmas remains even as the years pass 393 00:23:48,590 --> 00:23:54,770 therefore, we know we will have an all-time Christmas this year 394 00:23:55,290 --> 00:24:01,670 and when the hat is red, and the tree is green and the stars yellow, 395 00:24:02,290 --> 00:24:04,970 it is Christmas 396 00:24:06,820 --> 00:24:10,080 Christmas is old and Christmas is new 397 00:24:11,210 --> 00:24:13,430 christmas is never the same 398 00:24:14,870 --> 00:24:17,190 Christmas is like a morning dawn 399 00:24:18,330 --> 00:24:22,030 a new painting in an ancient frame 400 00:24:22,170 --> 00:24:25,390 christmas remains even as the years pass 401 00:24:25,590 --> 00:24:31,770 therefore, we know we will have an all-time Christmas this year 402 00:24:33,220 --> 00:24:37,520 Christmas this year, an all-time Christmas. 403 00:24:40,940 --> 00:24:45,539 --- Subtitles by Essery.2025. ---