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norwegianfantasia · 2 years

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How to support international stories coming out in English!

I've seen many English speakers ask when they see something not out in their language commenting "Will it ever come out in English?" "[…] Can't wait for for it to be available in English :) I bet it will be a success! 🎉" "I'm having a hard time finding these in English - are they available anywhere?" "I hope your books comes to the US! Looks cool!" "I've heard great things about your book! Is it translated to English? I was having trouble finding it, but I'd be interested in reading it ^_^"

Well, on their website Seven Seas Entertainment has a monthly survey where you can send in stories, this is seemingly the easiest way although you can only usually send in 4* a month/survey (which I won't link directly to as they are monthly and we are already at the end of April and I don't know when May's will show up, so just scroll down to it). So it can take a while, and preferably no repeats, so have a list you can check off those you have already requested. You can also ask people you know to fill it, or borrow their devices, maybe even use the computers at the library, airport, school, etc. You can also send in all the ones you are interested in to Dark Horse Comics for example, but in my experience are the ones replying to this email address on their Instagram account: contestATdarkhorseDOTcom to be much nicer although they don't really reply if they are considering the suggestions or not, nor do they appear to take regular novels which is a bummer.

There's also OniPress which are going to publish Snøkattprinsen, and Arctis who has published Ravneringene, and while claiming to bring the best from all over the world to the US have they mostly taken from their German branch's library (and seem to be mostly taking novels only, but you can try convincing them to broaden their horizons). There's Yen Press, which seems to be going pretty international or at the very least East Asian, as well as Scholastic and Penguin although the latter two might not take much comics/graphic novels compared to the comic and art book exclusive Dark Horse. Apparently these prefer suggestions done by tweeting at them, so this depends on you wanting to use twitter or not. But I'd avoid DC and Marvel as then the stories might have to become part of their established universes which might be difficult for the creators, and honestly unnecessary. There's also Tokyopop that was revived in English recently with Disney and GL&BL stuff, but with their history, do I not know if I want to trust them... Especially since they are proudly showing off the stories which rights they stole from their original underpaid creators...

Whichever you decide to go for, do I personally recommend pasting the urls from the links below or write them as "[story] by [author]" to make them easier for them to find, they are only human after all.

Picture from Alena Pons' Instagram

Want an inclusive story about a magical school that isn't written by a recist TERF? Or perhaps a comedy about monster children attending school and their shenanigans? Or about a non-binary ash elf and their dragon friend? Or about how a prophecy ruins the lives of the chosen ones as they have no choice how to live their lives? Then we have stories for you!

Arkin - Lysets Vokter 🗨️♿

Asynja📖

Born from Death 🗨️♿

El príncipe de la calamidad📖🗨️

Dinokid 🗨️🏳️‍🌈🖤

Dragens Øye🗨️♿🏳️‍🌈🤍

Donde los Árboles Cantan 📖

Krypto 🗨️🖤

Gryphoon 🗨️♿

Leyendas de Parva Terra🗨️

Mia Myhr og barna som forsvant 🗨️

MiniMonsters 🗨️♿

Mørkalven 🗨️♿

Mystical📖

Nidur🗨️

Nordlys 🗨️♿🖤

Oppfinneren 🗨️♿🖤

Phenomena 📖♿🤍🏳️‍🌈

Ragnarok 🗨️♿🤍

Royalty Witches📖🏳️‍🌈❤️

Strawberry Moon 📖❤️♿

Underbyen 🗨️

Under Regnbuen 🗨️🤍🏳️‍🌈

Urara🗨️♿

The Urban Legend 🗨️**

Valhalla🗨️♿

Ville Poter 🗨️♿

보지도 못하고 듣지도 못해도 사랑해🗨️❤️♿

외발로 살다🗨️🤍♿

Legend: 🗨️=comic/graphic novel, 📖=novel, 🏳️‍🌈=lgbtqia+ characters***, ❤️=romance is a central theme, 🤍=some romance but not the focus, 🖤=no romance what so ever, ♿=disabled character(s) in a good light (counts by @cannondisabledcharacters rules), (some may change the more I read or as the story continues).

Art by @cha-c-san

That thing from that country vs just another movie

So since 2012 has Innovasjon Norge where they gave money to fund an animation movie by a little unknown animation company known as Disney over a Norwegian series, that have continued doing that. So Norway's top 3 ways of making money are:

Oil

Tourism

Salmon

So because of the environment, they want to phase out the oil and find ✨𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔬𝔦𝔩™✨. So first they tried increasing the salmon "farming", which led to fleas and birth defects. After the seemingly huge success of Frozen, they funded the side stuff and the sequel. Then they funded a Mission Impossible movie, to have a scene on Preikestolen, the scene was so brief and didn't really add anything to the movie so they had to beg so it wasn't cut. Then in one of the latest James Bond movies they funded it to pretend that a Norwegian mountain is in India. So why do they fund so many American productions? Well, to put it simply, tourism. If they sneak in a little of Norway into these, they hope people will want to go to Norway.

But not everyone watching know that Arendelle is based on Norway, and it goes over to being just another Disney movie doesn't it? The clip of Prekestolen, I haven't heard anyone mention that scene as standing out, honestly, I haven't heard anyone talking about that movie. The James Bond movie, they are told that beautiful mountain is in India, India has many beautiful mountains, but pretending that mountain is in India in-movie will increase tourism there, disappointed when they don't find it. So unless you read interviews or the credits closely, you probably wouldn't know that you were lied to. And if hopefully the pandemic taught them anything, do not rely on tourism too much!

So after a while they just become another movie among many others. But if they support a Norwegian story making it as big as they deserve, it'd be remembered among people as "that Norwegian thing" wouldn't it? This is why I want to support stories not only from my home country but also from others. Among the ✨𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔬𝔦𝔩™✨ they've tried is timber, which Sweden is known for, and like oil, is finite. There's no end in creative people, and they deserve support. Here they get only 10% of what they poored their soul into while the publisher last time I checked get 70%. This the result of a print shop strike where as they only got 5%, where the boss took 90% of that and the actual workers got the remains. I don't blame the print shop workers, they deserved more. But that the publisher snuck in and took the hugest percentage, is just BS as they do the least (here at least, most authors have to advertise in their own free time themselves).

Vegetarian vampires done right, comic by David Ramírez

* This April one asked for at least 1 Manga from Japan exclusively, 2 Manga/Graphic novels/Comics from wherever, At least 1 light novel from Japan exclusively, and 2 any kind of novel from wherever. [edited in April: they want 1 manga from the 90s or older] [edited in by the end of January as they were asking for these specific genres then] For the manga and light novels from Japan: 1 fantasy/isekai manga and 1 light novel 🐉, 1 of each with lgbtqia+ topics, 1 of each with comedy🤣, romance, or drama🎭, 1oe action⚔️, horror👻, or supernaturalψ, 1oe with fanservice, smut, and stuff like that, 1oe from the 90s or older💾, 2oe Chinese (or Taiwanese or any other country they publish stories in Chinese probably), 1oe Korean 🇰🇷 (the two on the bottom of the previous list are Korean, will add some novels here), 1 Hiveworks Comic, 1 International web comic (will add some below the Korean novels), and 1oe international comic/graphic novel and novel.

If you don't read much manga but want to suggest any do I recommend (these have no "fan service") 五色の舟🗨️📖♿🏳️‍🌈🐉 (Goshiki no Fune , about a found family of Japanese disabled people during WW2 as they try to survive, none of the opposing forces are demonized and just they trying to live their lives), I S―男でも女でもない性🗨️♿🏳️‍🌈❤️ (IS - Otoko Demo Onna Demo Nai Sei, about different intersex people and their lives), 斉木楠雄のΨ難 (Saiki Kusuo no PSI Nan/The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 🗨️♿🤍🤣ψ A comedy about a seemingly aroace guy with supernatural powers he takes all too seriously), 放浪息子🗨️🏳️‍🌈❤️ (Hourou Musuko, about trans children and their lives, not perfect but also sweet, had an English translation that was sadly dropped due to lack of sales), Ballad of a Shinigami 📖🤍♿ψ (one of the first light novels Seven Seas published, but was cancelled as it was in the years light novels and visual novels weren't taken as seriously in the west, hopefully we can uncancel it), もののけ草紙🗨️🤍♿👻 (Mononoke Soushi , well, it has some nudity but not pervy nudity. It's about a young girl Tenome growing up right before WW2 and as an adult during the war, it's a love craftian inspired horror manga with Japanese folklore and she's really badass, and even if you are a coward like me is the art, story, and characters stronger than the horror so you'd probably like it,

＋アニマ🗨️🤍♿🐉(+Anima, a darkly cute series about children gaining animal powers, was officially in English once, but deserves more love again), Luck Stealer 📖⚔️🤍♿ψ by Hajime Kazu (story about an assassin taking lives by stealing their luck by coming near them, really satisfying and badass and understandable why he does it. There's one annoying character shoehorned in by an editor it feels like, but he doesn't appear much fortunately), 心霊探偵八雲📖🤍♿ψ (Shinrei Tantei Yakumo, a mystery series about a guy who can see ghosts, can get really dark), and finally 恋の神様古味直志短編集🗨️❤️🤍🖤ψ🐉🤣 (Koi no Kamisama, a collection of Komi Naoshi one-shots before he went mainstream with Nisekoi, a collection of weird and kind of psychological one-shots that are a lot of fun within few pages). P.A. (プライベートアクトレス) ❤️💾♿🗨️🎭 about a "private actress", pretending to be people's lover, daughter, themselves, whatever is needed, seeing her act and grow as a person, not perfect and shows it age some places but mostly surprisingly accepting. アノニマス🤍🗨️🎭 (Anonymous, about some Japanese teens from the 20s, raised without names or purpose other than to follow orders, but they meet some other teens they to their surprise befriend and so they decide to live for themselves). 周刊少年Girl 🗨️🤣🤍ψ(Weekly Shounen Girl, an absurd and wacky manga that takes full use of it's medium, it's amazing). スミレ♡16歳!! 🗨️🤣(Sumire♡16 years old!! Weird manga about a puppet attending school and somehow getting friends. Oddly sweet).

These don't quite follow the rules but are 💾: F. Compo (weird trans manga from the 90s, a cis man's desperate attempt at being "accepting", interesting to look back at), クロノクルセイド(Chrono Crusade, has some unnecessary fan service but is still my favourite manga. Is about a nun and a demon hunting demons in USA in the 1920s), ストップ!! ひばりくん! (Stop!! Hibari-kun! I remember some problematic moments, but a impressively progressive trans manga from the 80s!).

The promised Korean novels:레지나레나 - 용서받지 못한 그대에게 📖❤️♿(Regina Rena: To the Unforgiven, has a webtoon on... Webtoon and a region locked translation of the novel), 필리아로제 - 가시왕관의 예언🗨️🤍♿(Philia Rosé: The Prophecy of the Crown of Thorns, the WebToon is translated but not the novel), 마땅한 살인📖🤍♿⚔️ (Justified Murder, novel about a doctor forced to kill the father of a patient in self defense when he doesn't want her to tell authorities that he abused the patient. Her cop husband helps her dispose of the body by drawing a lipstick heart on him, the signature of a serial killer only going after the worst, it works a little too well as the killer contacts her and recruits her as the killer is actually a group). International webcomics/WebToons (those i do not know where are from don't have flags, some are already in English): City Vamps 🇪🇸, Heartblood🇫🇮, I Want to Be A Cute Anime Girl, Born From Death 🇮🇩, @XXIII, Angel's Quest 🇪🇸, Watermelon 🇸🇦, Seed 🇹🇷 (I think), Love Advice From the Great Duke of Hell 🇨🇭, The Witch and the Bull 🇹🇼, Project Novos 🇦🇹, The World Where I Belong 🇹🇭(I think), and more. Remember that the ones further up are the ones struggling to come out in English.

** Self published, but has been looking for an official publisher forever according to interviews.

*** a work not marked with this still could have some later, is not clear enough, I haven't read enough yet to know, or I haven't asked the author. But even if one seemingly does not have any does it not mean that the author is phobic or not part of the lgbtqia+ themselves, and as far as I know, no one on this list are phobic as far as I've checked.

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Feel free to reblog with stories from different countries that aren't translated into English. The ones I suggest here are in languages that I understand or have accessed by other means. Also, many thanks to @godteri-takk for encouraging me and @ittibittium for making this post (which is very much have been the reason the series came out look at slide 2) and inspiring me. If you have any questions about the stories I've included here, feel free to ask ^^. If you wonder why I didn't link to Phenomena, Mørkalven, Under Regnbuen, The Urban Legend, and Underbyen on the booksfromnorway website is it that they're simply not there, the publisher haven't added them. I'd also link to Norway Comics more often as the website looks good, but haven't been updated in about 2 years, maybe they started to give up? I don't know. Thank you for your time and hopefully we can give more than a few authors a cool gift before the end of the year.

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norwegiatlas · 9 months

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norwegian word of the day

skodde (f/m)

noun fog

(sing. indef) ei skodde, en skodde

(sing. def) skodda, skodden

I lyset fra soloppgangen glødet skodda oransje. / In the light of the sunrise, the fog glowed orange.

note: the word "tåke" is more commonly used for "fog".

#norwegian #norsk #wordoftheday #norwegian vocabulary #norwegian word of the day #norwegian language #norwegian vocab #langblr #skodde #fog #tåke

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anonymiskabet · 7 days

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(kæmpe) update!

der er sket en ret vild ting, som jeg stadig har svært ved at forstå: R overnattede hos C i nat.

"historien", som jeg har fået den fra R

R hang ud med nogle venner i går aftes, og af en eller anden grund fik han mod nok til at skrive til C og spørge om han måtte komme forbi senere - kl. 22 om aftenen.

af hvad jeg har fået fortalt, har de har flirtet en del over sms den seneste uge.

C's krav for at måtte komme forbi var at det kun var til "kys og kram 😇". R sagde at det lød hyggeligt, og han var i hendes lejlighed lidt i midnat.

de startede egentlig bare med at snakke lidt og høre musik over en halv flaske vin som C havde i køleskabet. efter det besluttede de sig for at gå i seng og børstede tænder (R lånte en helt ny tandbørste af C lol). C havde endda redt sengen op til ham allerede.

C tog nattrøje på på badeværelset og R klædte sig af til underbukser og lagde sig under sin dyne før C kom tilbage og slukkede lyset. efter de havde ligget og snakket lidt begyndte de at putte, derefter kysse. C sagde at hun havde nået at barbere sine ben inden han kom, og spurgte om han ikke ville mærke. som jeg har fået fortalt det, så kyssede de virkelig længe i stilhed, mens han nussede hendes ben. hun havde trusser og t-shirt på.

efter noget tid var R lidt mere modig og tog hende på numsen, mens de kyssede. de drillede lidt hinanden og blev enige om at det stadig kun var "kys og kram", da han kun "krammede hendes røv", som C sagde det.

det udviklede sig til at R kyssede hendes hals, hvilket C "godt kunne lide". efter det løftede han forsigtigt op i hendes t-shirt OG SUTTEDE HENDES BRYSTER(!!!). hun sagde ikke noget imod det, men stønnede i stedet og nussede ham i håret. hun flyttede ham endda fra det ene bryst til det andet.

da de havde gjort det i et stykke tid, kyssede de lidt mere og besluttede sig for at sove, mens de puttede. da R vågnede var C allerede stået op og sad i stuen. R havde allerede taget sit tøj på da han kom ind til hende, hvilket han synes var lidt akavet da hun stadig var i nattøj. R sagde at han ville tage hjem, og C kyssede ham farvel. ifølge R var tingene lidt akavet mellem dem, men nok mest fordi de var generte lol.

R sagde at han stadig havde sommerfugle i maven, da han ringede for at fortælle mig det hele.

hvad jeg tænker om det

honestly, jeg elsker det! jeg er bare vildt overrasket over at de rent faktisk besluttede sig for at mødes.

det seneste halve år har jeg haft det som om jeg har presset R og C til at skulle se hinanden, hvilket jeg har haft det ret nederen over i perioder. jeg har meget følt at jeg har presset mine fantasier ned over hovedet på R (og indirekte også på C). derudover har jeg også været mega bange for at jeg var for presserende da vi tre mødtes sidst, og at de bare "gjorde det for mig". at de nu gør ting efter deres "egen vilje" gør mig virkelig glad. og at de tager det hele i deres eget tempo, som de selv sætter - ja, det gør mig mega lykkelig 🥹

samtidig er jeg også bare glad for at jeg ikke længere behøver at være så involveret i deres kontakt længere. indtil for en uges tid siden har alt kontakt mellem dem været en fælles gruppechat mellem os tre (hvilket betød ingen kontakt lol). nu har de hinandens nummer og skriver åbenbart en del sammen som jeg forstår det. jeg føler endelig at jeg havde ret i at de ville være gode sammen, og at der virkelig var kemi mellem dem. tbh, så føler jeg endelig at jeg nu kan slappe af og bare lade dem gøre deres ting.

som altid så ved jeg ikke hvad der sker som det næste. R og jeg har ikke rigtig snakket om det endnu. men vores forhold er stadig super stærkt, og selvom jeg ikke engang har kendt ham i et år endnu, så ved jeg at jeg vil være sammen med den mand resten af mit liv. hans familie elsker mig, og min familie elsker ham (selvom de var lidt skeptiske over for ham i starten haha). jeg elsker også hans roommates og venner. og jeg elsker også C. hun er virkelig en af de sødeste mennesker i verden, og som jeg har sagt før, er hun den person som jeg stoler allermest på til at skulle være en partner for min partner.

måske jeg skal tænke lidt mere over hvad det ville betyde hvis det udviklede sig, men som det hele er nu er jeg ikke andet end lykkelig og glad på deres vegne.

#R #C

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nvrcmplt · 1 year

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“ this is you thinking rationally? “ lasse to claude !

Claude could only laugh, it was a little --- irrational considering what he's proposed to Lasse on one of the nights of them visiting. Claude had finished making them a meal, small and sweet but now it was for the coffee and desert Lasse bought around. Settled in the dining room away from the dogs and with low radio tunes of something jazzy - Claude did reveal another thing on his mind over recent months. It wasn't too crazy - really - but maybe it was a bit different.

"I've thought about it a lot recently, that's all. I've got no one else in my family to think of for my fortunes and works to go too. Elin, would properly hold onto my books and drafts but I doubt it'd be anything but a bother --- but you and your brother. I thought it would be best to go to someone who'd like to keep something they can read every now and again." Claude wasn't lying about it, adjusting his will to accommodate his friends. Closest duo at that. Elin got his properties, some money, a lot of his more materialistic life. She could do what she wanted with them - but the boys, got his literature, his drafts, his typewriters, etc. Plus some money and contracts detailing charity shares and donations alike.

"It's, morbid, I admit thinking about the time when I'm not here but I feel better planning for the journey. When I pass, I'd be happy going knowing nothing will be rotting in this place or storage or just thrown away like nothing. I've yet to tell Elin, but I have a feeling it'll be the same as it is now, haha." Sipping at his drink, he sighed with a lowering of his shoulders. "Of course, it's only a draft for now. If you are really against it, I'll remove it, but for now, it's on the table." His will, his life left behind, his hope of his life left here.

#avaere #» | × | Claude&Lasse || Å Gå Med En Venn I Mørket Er Bedre Enn Å Gå Alene I Lyset ||#« ( Claude ) » Answers.

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adito-lang · 5 months

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Norwegian Christmas vocabulary and traditions

Førjulstid / Adventstid 🕯🍷✨

Mange markerer adventssøndagene med en lysestake med fire stearinlys. Første søndag i advent tennes det første lyset, og for hver adventssøndag tennes et nytt lys.

I ukene før jul er det vanlig at bedrifter, foreninger og vennegjenger har julebord. Det er en førjulsfest, et selskap eller restaurantbesøk der det blir servert tradisjonell julemat, ofte i form av en buffet.

På de fleste julemarkeder kan man smake på gløgg (en varm, kryddet drikk som inneholder vanligvis rødvin), i tillegg til tradisjonelle julegodterier som brente mandler. Juleøl, et mørkt og krydret øl, kommer i butikkene i november og serveres ofte i I adventstiden.

Mange pynter huset med julepynt: kranser, nisser, engler, stjerner osv. Det er vanlig med juletre i stua som dekoreres med glitter og julekuler.

Jul og Romjul 🎁🌲🍽

Lille juleaften, 23. desember: mange familier har egne tradisjoner denne kvelden, som å pynte juletreet, lage pepperkakehus, og se på Grevinnen og hovmesteren på NRK.

Julaften, 24. desember, er høydepunktet i norsk julefeiring. De fleste spiser julemiddag hjemme eller hos slektninger. Tradisjonelle juleretter er ribbe, pinnekjøtt, julepølse, lutefisk, juletorsk, medisterkaker, og risgrøt/julegrøt. Det finnes en utbredt tradisjon om å putte en skåldet mandel i julegrøten som serveres på (lille) julaften. Den som finner mandelen får en liten gave. Og når vi snakker om gaver: julegavene er på forhånd lagt under juletreet, og pakkes ut på kvelden julaften.

Første juledag (25. desember) og andre juledag (26. desember) er offentlige fridager. De fleste har fri fra jobben, og dagene brukes gjerne til familieselskaper, å gå ut på tur i skogen og å kose seg med gaver, filmer osv.

Romjulen starter når andre juledag er over, det vil si fra og med 27. - 31. desember. Fra 27. desember er butikkene åpne og mange haster rundt for å bytte julegaver som de ikke vil ha eller å kjøpe det de vil i romjulssalg til redusert pris. Men den er ofte en rolig tid, og mange tar en hyttetur eller bruker romjulen til friluftsaktiviteter. Det fant en tradisjon med å gå julebukk. Barn kledde seg ut, gikk rundt på besøk til folk, ringte på dørene og sang julesanger for de som åpner, men denne skikken er ikke vanlig lenger.

Norsk - Deutsch - English

lysestake (en) - der Kerzenhalter - candle holder

julebord (et) - die Weihnachtsfeier (für Angestellte/Mitglieder/Freunde) - Christmas banquet for employees/members/friends

julemarked (en) - der Weihnachtsmarkt - Christmas market

gløgg (en) - der Glühwein - mulled wine

brente mandler - gebrannte Mandeln - roasted almonds

juleøl (et) - das Weihnachtsbier - Christmas beer

julepynt (en) - die Weihnachtsdekoration - Christmas decoration

nisse (en) - der Nisse (Hausgeist) - nisse (folklore creature)

juletre (et) - der Weihnachtsbaum - Christmas tree

julekule (en) - die Weihnachtskugel - Christmas baubel

Lille juleaften - "Kleiner Heilig Abend" - "Little Christmas Eve"

pepperkakehus (et) - das Lebkuchenhaus - gingerbread house

Grevinnen og hovmesteren - Dinner for One

Julaften - der Heiligabend - Christmas Eve

julemiddag (en) - das Weihnachtsessen - Christmas dinner

julerett (en) - das Weihnachtsgericht - Christmas dish

ribbe (en/ei) - Schweinerippen - pork ribs

risgrøt (en) - der Reisbrei - rice porridge

julegave (en/ei) - das Weihnachtsgeschenkt - Christmas present

Første juledag - erster Weihnachtstag - Christmas Day

Andre juledag - zweiter Weihnachtsfeiertag - Boxing Day

Romjul (en/ei) - zwischen den Jahren - period between Dec 27th-31st

romjulssalg (et) - der Weihnachtsverkauf - Christmas sale starting on Dec 27th

å gå julebukk - Weihnachtssingen gehen (Kinder verkleiden sich) - to go Christmas carolling (kids dress up in costumes)

julesang (en) - das Weihnachtslied - Christmas song

God jul og godt nytt år! 🎉❤️

#a lot of these are very similar to christmas traditions in germany so they feel familiar #we watch 'dinner for one' religiously too 😂#norwegian #norwegian langblr

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