I was talking yesterday with some of my classmates about how Christmas just feels different here, and I have to admit I’m quite...enamoured...with how it is here. With the darkness and the cold outside it’s all much more cosy, the advent candles on almost every window give this warm glow, and the smell of mulled wine, ginger snap cookies and saffron buns seems to fill the air (or maybe that's just my imagination after eating so many...). It just feels like the way Christmas should feel.
There also seems to be much more of an emphasis on being together with your family and doing things together. My classmates were describing going home and making their own gingerbread houses as well as going out to the forest to pick out their own Christmas trees. I get the feeling that it’s not only a cultural thing, but maybe being away from a large city also helps in making this time of year be much more about being together rather than running around buying gifts.
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