Christmas Norwegian Style

While in Tromso it was nice to see the things they have in Norway for Christmas:-

The Trolls...

...more trolls - they were everywhere!

Wreaths made from a variety of different 

foliages..take your pick.

These huge dogwood rings adorned 

the florist's windows inside and out and 

had fir cones on them..

A different style of tree!

Lovely glass and china birds and 

baubles decorated the tree.

Lovely wreaths with moss, cones, pussywillow

and fir branches with a lovely heart motif all 

tied on with a very fine sparkly wire.

A closer look.

I liked these heart motifs and the one at the 

front was hollow so you could put decorations 

into this - they were made with the scales from 

pine cones and heavily glittered with sugar like 

glitter/crystals. Gorgeous!

More decorations on a tree.

More lovely pine cone wreaths with glitter/crystals.

Here the traditional lights on the step entrance 

to the shop - I noticed a lot of homes and

shops all had 2 candles burning either side

of the entrance - it must be a Norwegian 

custom - from what I can gather it IS a yuletide
custom and helps brighten up the dark days leading 
up to Christmas.  On the subject of Christmas lights, 
apparently only white lights will do they don't do colour 
and in a way that is nice, as it keeps thing uniform not garish. 
I found it very welcoming to have the candles
on the doorsteps - as did my hotel! 

A wreath came home with me and the 

smell from it is divine!  I wish we had the 

smell-net!

And finally Troll Mother & Father Christmas also 

came home with me from Oslo Airport- ahhh!