Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen
It is Christmas and “love is all around”. Well as a matter of fact, love is not all around. Many people in the world are striving this Christmas. There is war, there is fighting and hatred, and all of us must contribute the way we can. But despite of all the suffering we still need to create good spaces for ourselves.
I truly love this time of the year: the preparation for the time to come, the expectation and the enjoyment of wrapping love into glossy papers and shiny strings. The lightening of candles and the smell of oranges with cloves. I always include a new item in the house for Christmas, and I was delighted when I got hold of this snow globe on ebay after having searched for years.
However what has touched med the most so far this December is the epic version of the song “O helga natt” (the Swedish version of O Holy night) sung by The Norwegian singer and the performance artist Nils Bech accompanying one episode in the Norwegian series Skam (Shame) which is about Isak and Even who are in love with each other. If you haven’t seen this beautiful episode, enjoy, watch and listen from here!
You are welcome to dig into my Christmas song list jul on Spotify where you also will find this version of O helga natt .
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !!
