Wednesday, February 9, 2011

A Christmas Eve Norway Tradition

Going backward.  On Christmas Eve Norway has a tradition to put candles on graves at cemeteries when it becomes dark.  At 5:00 pm all the church bells in the country ring.  This shows our friend Elizabeth kneeling at her mother's grave.  He mom died when she was 13.  Candles in graveyards at Christmas. Another nice tradition.
A headstone in Bekkestua showing candles in the background.
Cemetery on Christmas Eve showing local church in the background.

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