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4 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • 15 December 2008
We wish ye a Merry Christmas
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To the editor,
I enjoy the recipes as well as
the articles about fishing (espe-
cially people from Gimli).
I pass on my paper to my
grandson, as he is very interest-
ed in his Icelandic heritage.
Betty Stevens
Gimli, MB
* * *
To the editor,
I just wanted to publicly
thank the Icelandic Frón chapter
of the INL for their generous do-
nation to the Gimli Icelandic Ca-
nadian Society (formerly Gimli
Chapter INL) of $250 to help us
with expenses that we will incur
in hosting the 90th Annual Ice-
landic National League of NA
convention on April 30, May 1,
2 and 3, 2009.
This is a very thoughtful
gesture on their part and we
grateful for their gift. Thank
you, Frón!

Sincerely,
Helga Malis,
President, GICS
* * *
To the editor,
I am twelve years old and am
from an Icelandic background. I
have been teaching myself how
to speak Icelandic.
I have found the Icelandic
vocabulary section extremely
helpful, fun and interesting. I
was very saddened when I saw
that it had been removed form
the newspaper as I am sure oth-
ers were as well. I hope to see
it back in again soon for the
enjoyment and its great helpful
qualities for both young and old
subscribers. I hope you consider
my suggestion.
Sigrid N. Struzik
Edmonton AB
Dear Sigrid,
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to many of our readers, and I’m
pleased to report that this col-
umn will be back early in the
New Year!
Ed.
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Christmas is coming, and there’s not much to be done about it. It’s okay
with me in any case: I’m not
one of these Christmas haters
you hear about occasionally.
(The only thing I really object
to is hearing Christmas music
any earlier than December 15.)
I even get a touch sentimental
about this holiday every now
and again, especially on those
evenings with a fire burning
in the hearth, the glow of the
Christmas tree, a dash of nut-
meg atop the eggnog and the
snow falling softly outside the
window.
It’s a different sort of
Christmas this year for many,
of course, especially in Ice-
land. There in particular, but
all around the world as well,
piles of gifts beneath the tree
will probably be a little smaller.
That’s not necessarily a bad
thing in and of itself, or at least
I don’t think it is. A few inex-
pensive but well-chosen gifts
can make for the merriest of
Christmases.
My own feelings on the hol-
iday are perhaps best expressed
by the photograph accompany-
ing this editorial, which is to
say they are complex and vir-
tually indecipherable. I suspect
this is true of most of us – not
many will have an unalloyed
love or hatred for this time of
the year.
My family did not practice
a particularly Icelandic style of
Christmas. We did not dance
around the tree or make laced
bread. My mother, who isn’t
even of Icelandic descent, did
make a very good vínarterta;
although she often complained
of how difficult and time-
consuming it was (for which I
don’t blame her!), and I don’t
think she’s made any for some
years now. But the fact that she
did at all does give an Icelandic
flavour to my childhood Christ-
mas memories.
It’s also the end of another
year, and I think I can say with-
out fear of conradiction that it’s
been a remarkable one. There
are many descriptive words one
could apply, really, and not all
of them are appropriate to a
family newspaper.
I do maintain that the Ice-
landic spirit is tough: they have
the survivor’s instinct, which is
one of the best things to have
when times are rotten. I think
many of them are looking to-
ward 2009 with genuine hope
and an expectation that things
will get better.
And they probably will -
barring a cataclysmic eruption
or tsunamic submersion, things
in Iceland could hardly get
worse. There’s a certain com-
fort in that.
On beginning this editorial,
I told myself I wouldn’t dwell
on the hardships in Iceland for
at least one issue, and now look
what I’ve done. Well, it’s a se-
rious situation, and not some-
thing that can be glossed over
with holiday sentimentality.
Still, it is with great sincerity
and the fondest intentions that
I wish every one of our readers
a very Merry Christmas and
a safe, healthy and prosper-
ous New Year - and that goes
double for our friends and re-
lations in Iceland.
EDITORIAL
Caelum Vatnsdal
managing editor
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