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Lögberg-Heimskringla - 05.12.2003, Qupperneq 6

Lögberg-Heimskringla - 05.12.2003, Qupperneq 6
page 6 « Lögberg-Heimskringla » 5 December 2003 í ' Jólatré berskunnar Christmas Tree From The Past Before Christmas last year a group of people gathered at the Leisure Centre, Punkturinn, in Akureyri to make or remake the “Christmas Tree from their youth.” The exhibition that went under the same name was on display at Punkturinn. There one was able to see a variety of Christmas trees. trees in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Many of the trees were home-made, created and decorated with material that was at hand. Such trees disap- peared in the middle of the twentieth century, put aside for imported Christmas trees. The staff at Punkturinn wanted to revive this old tradition, which Artificial Christmas trees Jökull Guðmundsson made a that were re-made at Christmas tree like his Punkturinn father’s Icelanders began to deco- is being forgotten, and therefore rate their homes with Christmas the exhibition was put on and Betel Home Foundation Gimli Selkirk A Anœdittim m Ga/imx^ CeUlvialuiq, 87 tfeaM GohÍuuumA Gan& Wilkuí tke GoitununUif people were encouraged to come and make a Christmas tree from their youth. Jökull Guðmundsson was one of those. who met at Punkturinn to remake a tree from his youth. Jökull build a tree like his father had before him. He still had to wrap the branches with green crepe paper and decorate it when Morgunblaðið looked in. “This will be like the tree I grew up with. I won’t promise to quit having a live tree, but this will be the tree this year,” said Jökull. At Punkturinn there is a good collection of different trees, old as well as remade ones, like the picture shows. In the forefront one can see a Christmas tree that Sveinn Vigfússon from Þverá in Skíðadalur made. Vignir his son now owns it. Jón Böðvarsson from Dalvík made the other trees in 1942. The tree to the left was being used until 1965 and it had electric candles on it. Now Ágústína G. Jónsdóttir owns it. The tree to the right in the pic- ture is owned by Brynjar H. Jónsson, the son of the carpen- ter Jón, and was the Christmas tree of the farnily at Svertingjastaðir in Eyjafjörður where Brynjar grew up. Information from Morgunblaðið, Á. H. WMVL real estate Inc. Dianne SlGVALDASON Tel: 979.0000 Toll Free: 1.800.361.6789 E-mail: diannes@escape.ca Ung táta sókp flottasta Ketkrókinn A Young Girl Created the Most Extravagant Meat Hook Kjalarnes / Dagbjört An- drésdóttir, a seventh grade student at Kléberg school, won the prize for the best Jule Lads’ spoon for the year 2003. She received as a prize the first spoon that was made from her drawing of Meat Hook. About two hundred and sixty- ideas came in from eleven to twelve- year-old children living in Reykjavík. The competition was the collaborated effort between the gold and silver factory Erna, the educational information centre Reykjavík and the Icelandic association of artists. The competition for the best Jule Lads’ spoon has been held since 1995, and the aim is get school age children to create beautiful original spoons, which can be collected. It is very important that the pictures render the character of each Jule Lad in an uncomplicated way. Having received her prize, Dagbjört is in seventh heaven, she said, and happy to have received this beautiful spoon which she herself had a hand in creating. “At first I thought that my heart was going to burst,” Dagbjört said and grinned from ear to ear. “I was not expecting this. I just tried to show what Meat Hook looks like, thus I drew a hook for one of his hands with a piece of meat hanging on it.” Dagbjört loves to draw. She sings in an all girls’choir in Reykjavík and DINEIN *TAKE OUT GREAT FAÁ4ILY • CATERING DINING Gil Se Evelyn Slrachan Gimli 642-8588 Centre Street 8í 2nd Avenue cHzala Uíland adie.’iitagE. Descendants and friends of Hecla Island Heritage Inc. Assisting in the developmcnt ofHecla's Icelandic Maritime Village We welcome suitable artifacts Museum & Village Open for the Season PICTURE: MORGUNBLAÐIÐ/JIM SMART also in the Kléberg school choir. The Jule spoons have a long history in Iceland, the first one being made in 1947. It had a picture of Dómkirkjan on it. Dagbjört did receive one such spoon as a gift from her aunt when she was baptized and kept it and now she has two beautiful spoons. Perhaps she will collect all of them one day although she has no such plans today. Dagbjört said that she doesn’t know what the future has in store but one thing she knows: “It’s worthwhile to compete in a competition like this one, because one never knows what can happen.” Information from Morgunblaðið, Á. H. DArcy&Deacon ÐARRISTERS AND SOUCITORS Grant A. Stefanson B.A., LL.B. 1 2th Floor 330 St. Marv Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3C 4E1 Tel 204.925.5376 Fax 204.943.4242 E-Mail gstelanson@darcydeacon.com <H81) unn* Riitt Lrinit m' ‘ni'hitiM mri. it rtrintP' .Hiirnitm tit rim -i nn 'ni'HitinHi-

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