This is what Christmas means to us.
The most important part of Christmas is something Ayoe
brought with her from Denmark. It is called “Hygge”. There is no English word
that hygge can be translated into, because it is simply more than a word, it is
a feeling and a state of mind, body and soul. It is coziness, love, quality
time and usually accompanied with great food. :)
That being said, it doesn’t mean that hygge can’t be learned
by someone from outside of Denmark. It is in fact very easy.
First things first: Slow it right down!
This goes for everything we do, cooking, spending time together and just being,
not doing. After all we are human BEINGS, not human DOINGS. :)
Secondly we must get in touch with friends and family on a
personal level, not just through a text or email, but face to face and actually
spend time together and talk, play games, cook delicious foods and sit down
together and eat it SLOWLY! (put your phones away too).
Third, enjoy it, have fun, be present! There is nothing less
hyggeligt than spending time with someone who is so busy, they don’t have time
to spend quality time with you. We know everyone is busy, but is that really
so? Could it be that we make ourselves busier to seem more important? How about
we just relax a little and spend our energy on where it really matters: on our
loved ones! Wouldn’t that be awesome. We like that a lot. :)
This is how we love to celebrate Christmas, and any time of
year for that matter. We take it slow and enjoy every moment of it. We really
love spending time together in the kitchen cooking up some yummy Christmas
treats and also every day foods.
You can read about some of our favourites on our blog www.threemorebites.com and please let
us know your favourite Christmas foods, we’ll be happy to try it out.
Much love
Ayoe & Bob
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