Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas!
This will probably be my last post before going home to Oslo for Christmas - I'll be leaving tomorrow morning from Stansted. Really early as well.
Because this is my last day at work before Christmas - I am feeling in proper Christmas spirit and started thinking of my childhood christmas memories - and with that the regular Norwegian christmas TV series for kids - Jul i skomakergata. Jul i Skomakergata is a Norwegian TV-show produced in 1979. It is a televised advent calendar, meaning it is sent from December 1st to December 24th. It has been broadcasted several times in Norway by NRK and is one of the most treasured tv-programs in Norwegian TV history. The story revolves around shoe repairer Jens Petrus Andersen, played by Henki Kolstad, and and his shop. He is visited by friends and towns people that need their shoes repaired before christmas. A part of the show consists of showing a clip from Sandmännchen (Jon Blund in Norwegian) which tells children about the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child.
So with a couple of clips from YouTube from the series, I say to you all: Merry Christmas!
posted by Ingjerd @ 9:56 am
3 Comments:
It should also be mentioned that this year we saw the debut of "Jul i Tøyengata", a remake/parody of the old classic Ingjerd mentions only with the shoe repairer beeing from India. It makes fun of Norwegians and immigrants alike, as well as their different work, religion, ethics and culture. The show also also features a version of "Jon Blund" called "Mullah Blund" inspired by Bin Laden and company, where each snippet ends with the statement of a Norwegian custom that immigrants have the right to ignore.
While a couple of episodes were funny for their novelty, the constant racism and bad jokes made this show boring pretty quickly, and its not even Christmas yet!
Nice! Good stuff, Thanks much!
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