As I've packed up Christmas stuff, I've pulled out my winter whites. Last night I lit candles and told Adam and Braeden that I was going for a hygge feeling.
They didn't know what that meant and I told them that since they are Danish they should know. (Adam's grandma was born in Denmark.)
I explained that it basically means cozy and then Braeden accused me of cultural appropriation because I'm not Danish.
I might be though. I got an Ancestry DNA test for Christmas. When I get the results back, I may have a little Danish in me. I'm not going to back off of hygge yet. (Also, according to Wikipedia, hygge, while part of the Danish culture, comes from a Norwegian word. And I'm pretty sure I'm Norwegian. My DNA test will clear a lot of this up. Besides, when you're this pale, I think you can safely appropriate Scandinavian culture.)
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Your home is so lovely! And, I enjoyed learning a new word--I had to look up how to pronounce hygge.
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