Christmas traditions

We spent the holidays with my mother and father in law. They live in the southwestern part of Norway, which normally has a milder climate than the middle part where we live. However, these past couple of years have been quite out of the ordinary, and they've had plenty of snow. I spent my first Christmas eve in Sandnes years ago, and one of the things I had to do to be accepted into the family was to go swimming at noon on Christmas eve. Well, swim is an exaggeration. More like "get in and out as fast as you can"! This year I figured I'd been part of the family long enough to claim my spot on the sideline. Nevertheless, Rune has done this for the past 20 years, and the ice doesn't stop him. Just so you know, the rules say that you have to have your head under water, and you have to go in twice!



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