Fantastic Gammel Estrup Manor - Baking Christmas cookies at Herregårdsmuseet | Denmark Family Travel

[@lonelyzombie3128]

Awesome video. I love Max's little snowsuit, so cute.

[@Onegirlonesuitcase]

Dressed for the weather:):) Thanks:)

[@jf6395]

I'm from the state of Montana in the Rocky mountains we live at 1500m its always snowy this time of year it minus 9c with about 45cm of snow on the ground , I loved the decorations in the manor outside and inside... cant wait to see more holiday trees, Most people here harvest their own trees from the vast forests of spruce and fir...I actually make Christmas wreaths commercially This is ranching country so a lot of roast beef or because hunting is very large part of lifestyle venison or elk roast a lot of varied holiday baking and candy making... depending on what ones background is, lots of folks are of Scandinavian or dutch extraction or central European, I bake fruitcakes, Eggnog is also very common holiday drink either homemade or purchased...and special holiday beers thanks for sharing

[@tnago428]

Enjoyed seeing this manor house especially during Christmas time! My sister works in a live museum here in Toronto, she is the weaver. Your little niece is so beautiful!

[@iamkat-agnt99-ash-kbt.59]

The kids are so cute! Look at Max running around hehe :D great place! Merry Chrsitmas!! Love Kat

[@PidasianHippie]

It has been interesting to read some of the traditions from some of your comments.

[@SarahQMalone]

Thank you! ❤️🎄Fascinating... Had no idea of those Danish Christmas foods (such as the little sugared potatoes for chestnuts!) or decorating traditions - or castles either for that matter. Here in America it seems like there's a lot of turkey or ham eaten at Christmas - I guess because there were /are a lot of turkeys about! And a lot of pigs too! 😄

[@sapphireblue5363]

Hi Maria, nice to learn a bit about Danish Christmas traditions. You asked what other people eat for Christmas. My family celebrates on the 24th with Danish Christmas Eve supper. It is something that's been loved for three generations now and the fourth, our seven year old grandson, now looks forward to it too. My husband's paternal grandparents were full Danes. The grandmother was born in Nebraska of Danish immigrants, and the man she married was a fresh immigrant from Denmark. Sadly, he left during a time that Denmark was not as great as it is today and he wanted to make a new life for himself in the U.S. He did not even want his children to speak Danish so they never learned it. Sad, because I was fully prepared to learn Danish so I could speak with my husband's grandmother, but she was no longer fluent by the time I met her. For some reason, one typical Danish meal was kept. Soup with meatballs and flour dumplings. That became their Christmas Eve dinner. The grandmother would even go to the trouble of making it for one of the kids when they were very sick! Only a couple of their thirteen kids (only two sons, I believe) have carried on the tradition to make it Christmas Eve supper; the daughters did not take to it. Perhaps because they always had to help make it :) I started making it soon after I married my husband. He's the only one in his generation to have a son to carry on the family name and now our son has a son too. We love the chicken meatballs in chicken broth along with the "melboller", and mashed potatoes and also rice cooked with raisins added to the broth. Is eating soup in this manner common in Denmark?

[@Onegirlonesuitcase]

That is so fascinating how that soup survived in the family. It's called Klar suppe (clear soup) and it's a bone broth soup which always come with small meatballs and melboller. I love how it has stayed the same through the generations crossing the Atlantic:) The rice with raisins could have been something they picked up over there.. I've never heard of it, but it might have been something normal back then.. how long ago was it.. probably late 18- start 19 hundreds that's when most people left. Back then it was made possible for the farmers to finaly buy their own houses from the Herremand (the guy who owned the manor) before that everything was owned by these big farms and then leased in return for work. But there wasn't enough work for people so some people chose emigrate. Surprised they didn't keep æbleskiver, rissengrød or rugbrød as a tradition, but love it how they just fully got into the new culture:) The bonebroth is super good in rebuilding your stomach so that might have been why she gave it to the kids when they were sick.

[@sapphireblue5363]

I recently made Aebleskiver and we like them, but, being from Holland, I prefer the Dutch version "poffertjes". I've made it a tradition to make those for Easter. After all, with so many good things from different cultures you have to put them on the calendar; if you ate them all the time we'd be very round and heavy :) Have you tried poffertjes when you were in Holland?

[@mahatmagandhi7395]

Hope to you nice time Wonderful 🎄 Thanks (2 )🎄

[@Onegirlonesuitcase]

Thanks for watching:)

[@PidasianHippie]

Max is so cute in his snow suit as are his two cousins. It is interesting to learn some of the traditions from Denmark. I would love to spend a (nice summer) day exploring the manor and its grounds. There is lots of history on display. My family always had turkey, dressing and dumplings for Christmas dinner. Desserts were usually pecan and pumpkin pies. Unfortunately I have no idea where the tradition comes from.

[@Nubianette]

Again, sad I'm missing out on the Christmas festivities in Denmark. I'm American, and most people I know have beef for Christmas. We've already had turkey and ham for Thanksgiving. My mom made prime rib or rump roast. We'd have sliced potatoes, baked in a cream sauce, and green beans cooked in tomatoes, garlic, and onion. I think the side dishes are regional my dad was born in California like me, but my mom is from the south. We're also African-American, but I think the California fusion, takes over.

[@lenaguffi]

this was very interesting video, the tradition, festive spirit..i liked it a lot! good fun for kids too! thank you!

[@Onegirlonesuitcase]

So glad you liked it Elena, Happy holidays:)