This is another stamp of the same series as mentioned above.

The constitutional head of the church is the King of Norway & its administrative functions are carried out by the Royal Ministry of Culture & Church Affairs.

Have A Blessed Good Friday!!!

This stamp pictures the Star of Bethlehem, or Christmas Star, which revealed the birth of Jesus Christ to the Three Wise Men. According to the Gospel of Matthew, the Three Wise Men were from East and the star inspired them to travel to Jerusalem.

• All purpose flour – 4 cups
• Baking powder – 1 teaspoon
• Baking soda – Half teaspoon
• Butter – Three quarters of a cup
• Eggs – 1 piece
• Eggnog (dairy or nondairy) – 1 cup
• Ground Nutmeg – Half teaspoon
• Sifted powder sugar – 1 to 1.5 teaspoon
• Sugar – 1 to 1.5 cups

Other things required:

• Large bowl
• Mixing bowl
• Oven

Directions to prepare Eggnog Kringla cookies:

1. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and nutmeg together in large bowl.
2. Cream the butter for about 30 seconds in a large mixing bowl. Add sugar and beat the paste until it’s fluffy. Add egg and mix it well.
3. Add the above two in a bowl, cover the dough and chill the dough for at least 4 hours in the refrigerator. The dough may still be sticky but it is soft.
4. Take half of the dough and make rolls of it on a lightly floured surface into rope shape which are about half inch thick and around 8 inches long.
5. Cris cross the ends of the rope in a loop over the other on an ungreased cookie sheet or lightly floured surface giving itan oval shape and bake the cookies for about 6-8 minutes in a 350F preheated oven until the edges are lightly browned.
6. Take the cookies out and while they are warm, sprinkle tops of sifted powder sugar and the nutmeg.

For those who are unaware of an eggnog: it’s a Christmas beverage consisting of milk & ice cream, beaten eggs, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and liquor (like brandy or rum).

Musevisa Animation Movie DVD/ CD

]]> http://christmas.indianorway.com/2009/04/07/musevisa-animated-movie/feed/ 3 http://christmas.indianorway.com/2009/04/07/last-christmas-by-wham-lyrics/ http://christmas.indianorway.com/2009/04/07/last-christmas-by-wham-lyrics/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:29:54 +0000 Norway Christmas http://christmas.indianorway.com/?p=28 ‘Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart’ is a famous song by Wham. Here are its lyrics:

Chorus:
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, You gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, You gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance but you still catch my eye
Tell me baby do you recognise me?
Well it’s been a year, it doesn’t surprise me

(Happy Christmas!) I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying “I Love You” I meant it
Now I know what a fool I’ve been
But if you kissed me now I know you’d fool me again

Chorus:
(Oooh. Oooh Baby)
A crowded room, friends with tired eyes
I’m hiding from you and your soul of ice
My God I thought you were someone to rely on
Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man undercover but you tore me apart
Oooh Oooh
Now I’ve found a real love you’ll never fool me again

Chorus:
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
(Gave you my heart)
A man undercover but you tore me apart
Next year
I’ll give it to someone, I’ll give it to someone special
special
someone
someone
I’ll give it to someone, I’ll give it to someone special
who’ll give me something in return
I’ll give it to someone
hold my heart and watch it burn
I’ll give it to someone, I’ll give it to someone special
I’ve got you here to stay
I can love you for a day
I thought you were someone special
gave you my heart
I’ll give it to someone, I’ll give it to someone
last christmas I gave you my heart
you gave it away
I’ll give it to someone, I’ll give it to someone

1. Når nettene blir lange
og kulda setter inn,
så sier vesle musemor
til ungeflokken sin:
“Hvis ingen går i fella,
men passer set for den,
skal allesammen snart
få feire jul igjen!”

Refrain
Heisan og hopsan og fallerallera!
Om julkvelden da
skal allesammen være glad!
Heisen og hopsan og fallerallera!
Om julekvelden da
skal allesammen være glad!

2. Ja, musemor er flittig,
hun tar et stykke kull
og sverter tak og vegger
i sitt lille musehull,
mens barna feier golvet
og danser som en vind
og soper borti krokene
med halem sin.

3. Omsider kommer kvelden
som alle venter på,
og musefar, han trekker fram
en støvel uten tå.
Den pynter de med spindelvev
og småspiker og sånn,
så putter de en flaskekork
i hempa på’n.

4. Og musefaren sier:
“Nå skal vi danne ring,
la støvlen stå i midten,
så går vi rundt omkring.
Vi gir hverandre halen
som vi kan leie i,
og en og to og tre,
og så begynner vi!”

5. Og julematen deres,
det er ei lita nøtt,
og så et stykke dropspapir
for den some liker søtt.
Og musemor har stillet opp
en fleskebit på skrå,
og den får allesammen
lov å lukte på.

6. Ja, musebestemora
er også kommet inn,
nå sitter hun og koser seg
i gyngestolen sin.
Det æ’kke or’ntli’ gyngestol,
d’er no’ som alle vet,
hun sitter der og gynger
på en stor potet.

7. Og bestemora gjesper
og sier slik som så:
“D’er morosamt med jula
for dessa som er små.
Hvis ingen går i fella,
men passer set for den,
skal alle om et år
få feire jul igjen!”

When Alf wrote the carol he was a bit worried over the use of mice in his carol which were considered to be a pest. But his friend Amljot Høyland convinced him to not worry and that his song would be accepted. Alf is known to have written an alternative ending for the carol but Musevisa became a huge success within a few days of presentation and became an instant classic.

Here are the lyrics of Musevisa in English. If someone has a nice translation of the song please send over to me at philiprae555 [at] gmail [dot] com.

1. When the nights are long
and the cold sets in,
so says the small musemor
to young people their flocks:
“If no one goes in the trap,
but suitable for the set,
to be all together soon
get to celebrate in July again!”

2. Yes, musemor are industrious,
she takes a piece of coal
and black ceiling and walls
in his little mouse hole,
while the children floor sweeper
and dance like the wind
poofs and hit the corners
with halem his.

3. Eventually comes the evening
that all the waiting,
and musefar, he cites
a boot with no toe.
The paint with the cobweb
and småspiker and so,
so they put a bottle cap
in hemp På’n.

4. And the mouse’s father says:
“Now we’re going to form the ring,
la boots standing in the middle,
so we go around.
We give each other the tail
that we could rent in,
and one and two and three,
and so we begin!”

5. And their Christmas dinner,
it is a small nut,
and then drops a piece of paper
for some like sweet.
And musemor has set up
a fleskebit tilted,
and it is all together
allowed to smell for.

6. Yes, mouse bestemora
are also entered,
now she and enjoying
i rock his chair.
It æ’kke or’ntli ‘rocking chair,
d’is no ‘as everyone knows,
she sits there and roll
on a large potato.

7. And grandmother gjesper
and say as so:
“D’fun as well as with Christmas
for those who are young.
If no one goes in the trap,
but suitable for the set,
to be all about a year
get to celebrate in July again!”