onsdag 23. desember 2009

JULENOSTALGI / CHRISTMAS NOSTALGIC



Jul er også tid for nostalgi. Mye av julepynten er gammel  og bringer minner om barndom og tider som var.
Christmas is also time for being nostalgic. Many of the Christmas ornaments and decorations are old and brings memories from the childhood .

Denne julekulen er fra min barndom. Det er en enkel kule i plast med en papirengel inni. Men for meg var det den fineste kulen. Mine to brødre hadde hver sin med nisse inni.
This ornament is from my childhood. It is a simple ball of plastic with a paper angel in it. But for me it was the most beautiful  ornament. My two brothers had one each with a santa inside.

Denne fuglen er fra min manns barndom. Den har mistet halefjærene men må være med på juletreet likevel. Denne typen fugler var veldig vanlig julepynt, vi hadde en hjemme også, tror jeg.
This bird is from my husbands childhood. It has lost it's tail feathers but has to be on the Christmas tree. This kind of birds were very common and we had in my childhoods home too.


Denne nissen har jeg hatt  fra jeg var barn. Jeg syntes den hadde  et så snilt uttrykk i ansiktet og lignet på bestefaren min så jeg kalte den bestefarsnissen. 
This Santa I had since I was a child. I thought it had such a friendly look in it's face and looked like my grandfather, so I called it grandfather Santa.