Russian Christmas at Tivoli

On November 11, the Tivoli Gardens opens up for Christmastime.  This year, they decided on a Russian theme and featured St. Basil's Cathedral, with a 21 meter tower with domes and spires.  The park is open for Christmas from November 11th to December 30th and has a wide range of decorations, gifts, delicacies, and yummy food!

Mallory, Julie, Anna and I went yesterday afternoon.  It was a really cool atmosphere with elves, a Christmas market, music, sweets, food, reindeer, and all kinds of entertainment.  Santa, or Father Frost as they call him here, had a whole set up on the main stage and all the little Danish kids were taking pictures with him.  We bought some Tuborg Christmas beer and these things called "sticks", which literally are sticks with strawberries, bananas, marzipan, and nougat all covered in chocolate and dipped in hazelnuts.  They were so good!  After enjoying a little snack, we walked through all of the Christmas shops and took lots of pictures.  By the time we were heading out of the park, all of the lights were on and everything looked so pretty!



A Russian Christmas



A "stick" and a holiday beer!

  

  

 

 

And now we're in the process of cooking Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people... Turkey, stuffing, corn, rolls, mashed potatoes, carrots, green beans, candied yams, and apple crisp for dessert!