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3 curious Christmas traditions from the North Pole

Here are three Christmas / New Year traditions from Greenland you might never have heard of before.

December 24, 2015 in Culture / Food in Greenland.

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Afternoon in bed. #naptime #buuti #meditation

When something good comes out of something sad - first meetings and happy reunions. Photo 1: eating with her remaining great grandparents in the kitchen of the house where my dad grew up Photo 2: girl with her 8 month old uncle Photo 3: another auntie and uncle 😜 Photo 4: nice to be with grannies ah ma and ah gong again.

When we were finished with breakfast, I was asked what I wanted to eat for lunch. When lunchtime passed, dinner was the next big event. My belly and I could not keep up 😅 By default, maybe all Malaysians can be considered foodies? Here are some random food photos I took! Lovely to be back home.

High rise living. Level 25. I finally managed to take a photo out the window of my aunt’s condo.

She’s practising to be a masked robber. And accidentally promoting @air_greenland_official while she’s at it. 🤣 The other week, at the top of the world.

It was hilarious getting some of your guesses back as to what I was holding. A baguette left in the oven too long, narwhale horn, whale penis... @lishaharris guessed it 100% correctly - it’s a walrus penis bone and a very fine specimen at that! While in Qaanaaq, @alienarctic’s husband wanted to make a hunting knife out of bone, and apparently walrus penis is one of the best things to use for this because it is so hard. 😂 Happy weekend everyone!

Probably the closest we will ever get to a family portrait by the Greenland ice sheet. 😜The little trooper survived minus 28 degrees Celsius (but she indicated VERY strongly that she should get back into the bus)! #russellglacier #kangerlussuaq #visitgreenland #greenlandpioneer @albatrosarcticcircle

Brothers and cousins.

Friday afternoon sunset at the office. Happy weekend everybody :) #nordatlantiskhus #visitgreenland #greenland #faroeislands #iceland

And suddenly, unexpectedly, she’s ready for Greenland! See you in two weeks for the Towards More Tourism domestic conference in Nuuk. :) #visitgreenland

Can you see a few bodies swimming in the sea? The “Northern European” part of our PSA ended this journey with a dip in the water, while the “Southerners” and Americans stayed on land. 😜 First photo is the drone view by Matt Corlis. #atws2018 #tuscanyadventuretimes #latergram

Adventure doesn’t have to be extreme, it is mostly in the mindset. We’ve been doing all sorts of activities on Giglio Island with @activetraveltuscany, but when you combine these with good food, views and company it becomes a wholesome experience! Also networking and learning lots on this Pre-Summit Adventure! #atws2018 #visitgreenland

Akureyri :) though i guess this image could look a bit like Greenland! #vestnorden2018 #vestnorden

Yesterday must have been one of the last gorgeous days of summer for the year. And it’s also farewell to Risskov as my second Danish base. Best of luck to my “svigerforældre” as they start their new life elsewhere... though for now it is still in Aarhus :)

Video 1: Guess which tune we were singing / whistling when we visited this fast retreating ice glacier at Qaleralik. Hint 1: Turn sound on for out of tune background music. Hint 2: Beyond the wall. With Tasermiut South Greenland Expeditions. Photo 2: Jamie Lannister stalked us the whole trip, so we allowed him to take a photo with us when we met at Igasa Food Festival. 😉 #visitgreenland @visitgreenland #greenlandpioneer #beyondthewall #ice #iceicebaby #climatechange #visitgreenlandfam #gameofthrones

It was such a nice afternoon with Lea and her husband. A birthday kaffemik for Simona, and then our hosts surprised the group by putting on their national costumes and singing happy birthday. Here, our photographer in tow @jorgo_k wanted a photo where they were looking at each other. So everyone got their cameras out, and the laughter poured out too. It was a genuinely special afternoon and one everyone will remember. Thanks to @greenlandsagalands for organising this at the last moment due to change of plans! #sogreenland #qaqortoq #greenlandpioneer #visitgreenland #visitgreenlandfam

Got this off the bucket list: standing on a floating iceberg! Sailing through Qooqqut fjord with #blueiceexplorer ❄️🗻💎☃️ #visitgreenland #visitgreenlandfam @air_greenland_official @visitgreenland visitgreenland

Imagine waking up to this every morning. It was a cold evening, so we slept with two sleeping bags each in domo loft tents (you can stand in them!). The only sounds at night were of nature - the wind blowing, the Qaleralik glacier calving and humans snoring 😂 PS Sorry for the silence, it’s been busy! And we have been very offline. I’m with a group of travel agents in Greenland, who are looking to create new products in the South. Plans are changing with the weather all the time...and we have to adapt and plan again. #explorersbynature #visitgreenland #visitgreenlandfam #tasermiutexpeditions #greenland #glacier #adventure #nature #nomorehashtagsdammit @visitgreenland @air_greenland_official

Hello from South Greenland! Here we are overlooking a glacier at “The Ridge” in Narsarsuaq. Thanks so much to Blue Ice Explorer for the nice easy hike and colourful stories :) #visitgreenlandfam #visitgreenland #greenlandpioneer

“Communal eating” is quite common in Denmark, or so I’m told. This kitchen is open every Tuesday at a high school in the hood of Nørrebro. Cheap, tasty and friendly. I like! (But forgot to take pictures of the food).😅

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