Christmas Calendar

Most Norwegian parents give their children a Chistmas Calendar. There are many different types. The most common is a chocolate calendar which is basically a box with 24 slots than you can open. Behind each one there is a chocolate. The biggest one you get on the 24th. The chocolate is not usually very good, but chocolate is chocolate - as long as it's not Hershey's blah! Sometimes there is also a quote or a picture inside. You can get all different kinds. Here's one:

These are difficult to find in Oklahoma (basically impossible), so I did not get one this year. 

Another thing that most Norwegian parents make for their children is a present calendar where their children get a present each day until Christmas Eve, when Norwegians celebrate Christmas. Usually this ends when the children are in their teens, but my mother has said that she'll make one for me till I move out of the house, so I got one this year too (Lancaster didn't count). WOHO!! I guess Bryan will have to take over when I move out hehe. 

Here it is

The things don't usually cost much, though the price of each item seems to have increased as I've grown older.  Apparantly it's easier to find things for a child than a grown-up. Today this is what I got: