Rödluvan's Christmas 2008 part 1
A happy Santa Rödluvan standing by the Christmas tree on the yard.
But lets begin from the beginning.:
2008-11-29. There was a shadow in the street. who was it?
It was somebody with a red Santa hood?

2008-11-29. THINGS WERE HAPPENING !

What things were happening?

No, that's still a secret. Santa Rödluvan will not tell anything about what she's doing before it is Christmas Eve..

2008-11-28. I put up a light tube on the balcony. The Christmas tree on the yard was up too.
2008-11-29.. Here you can see how nice the light tube is glowing in the dark night. And there is an Advent candle in the window.
2008-11-29. The star and the Advent candle in the kitchen were up and also glowing in the night.
2008-11-29. I went out to look at the Christmas tree. You also can see the little Christmas tree. But that tree is still too little
2008-11-29. The tree was beautiful!
2008-11-29. God had decorated the tree with glistening ice.
2008-11-29. Here you can see the little Norway spruce. It's still too little to be Christmas tree. But this tree is beautiful too.
2008-11-29. I slowly walked away, feeling very happy for the light that is glowing in the darkness. But is not there sleigh track in the snow?
2008-11-29. Yes, look! There is Santa and the reindeer riding in the distance. There are two snowmen too. Looking at me, who even this year is the helping Santa.
2008-11-29. It was so peaceful in the street.
2008-11-29. Only one car was passing. The house that has light is a bus stop house.
2008-11-29. They had put up lamp in a bush by this house. It was beautiful.
2008-11-29. But the beautiful autumn flowers were snowed over.
2008-11-29. I had a wonderful Saturday night with pizza and candle lights.

2008-11-30. Ove walking in the darkest darkness of the night.  The Christmas tree on the yard did not glow anymore :-(

He saw it was an electric fault. A real electrician need to look at this.

2008-12-01. Now it was Monday night. I came walking from work and saw something glowing in the night.

The tree on the yard was glowing again. I felt so happy :-)
2008-12-01. At December 1 you may open doors, or open small presents from a Christmas calendar. One door or one package a day. Until it's December 24. This year I made a calendar with houses for Lennart.  As he has not been home yet, I can't tell what's inside the packages. I showed the calendar on the Internet because he may see it at December 1.
2008-12-01. I got a surprise when I came home. Two Christmas cards an a little present. Santa said that I  may not open it before Christmas. This Christmas site is full of secrets :-)

Aw, the package smells nice.  NO RÖDLUVAN, DO NOT SMELL ON THE PACKAGE ! Santa, I do NOT smell on it, but I can feel the smell from distance. LOL :-)

2008-12-02. It was snowing and me hood became white. :-)
Happy me in the woods by work.
2008-12-02. At lunch I went to the pond by the hospital. The ducks came when they saw me. They were very hungry.
2008-12-02. And all wanted to stand on my boots :-D
2008-12-02. A part of the pond has ice. Ducks were sitting on the ice.
2008-12-02. This duck dare not to eat out of my hand. I put a bit of bread on the bridge railing.
2008-12-02. Finally the duck took it, still very shy.
2008-12-02. I also fed the ducks who were in the water.
2008-12-02. More ducks were sitting on the railing now, waiting for food.
2008-12-02. Me in the tunnel at the hospital. I took the picture  in a mirror. I was on my way to work with new secrets.
2008-12-02. I was in the basement at work and met a ghost.
I said to the ghost. It's Christmas and not Halloween. But the ghost only was standing there and was smiling. ;)
2008-12-02. I decorated my office with Christmas flowers and a tomte. And God decorated the woods with snow.
2008-12-02. In the evening I went to town and met a Santa.
2008-12-02. The galleria was decorated with many lights.
2008-12-02. There were lights named "Marchaller"  (big burning outdoor candles) on the market place.
2008-12-02. This Christmas tree was put up by the town.
2008-12-02. This store was decorated with many lights.
2008-12-02. The market place.
2008-12-02. The tree and the store.
2008-12-02. The market place and the big candles.
2008-12-02. There were blue balls over the street with light inside.  The store Åhlens at the right.
2008-12-02. I bought a Christmas tea towel and 2 Christmas balls of glass at the store Åhlens
2008-12-02. More blue balls and small Christmas trees.
2008-12-02. A blue ball over the street.
2008-12-03. I met a snow woman on her walk to work.
I was so amused about the woman snow sculpture. And it still was snowing
2008-12-03. A Christmas trees by a condo down below,
2008-12-02. Look a Christmas cow!
2008-12-02. The Christmas tree at work.
2008-12-03. The blue hour in the woods by work. It was so beautiful
2008-12-03. The blue hour in the woods by work
2008-12-03. A red star made of paper at work.
2008-12-03.  The Nursing Department was celebrating a good thing. And we all got a cake. Then I took a whole cake.  But only for the photo. There were raspberries on the cake. It was delicious.
2008-12-03. The squirrels and the birds in the woods by work also had a party.
2008-12-03. They got sunflower seed.
2008-12-03. It started raining when I walked home. The rain was pouring down. The angels in heaven were crying. Santa Rödluvan got angel tears on her hood.
2008-12-03. The reason that the angels were crying was that the tree on the yard  for the second time this week was out of power. There was only darkness. Deep sad darkness. Now I had to fight again for the light.
The next night at 2008-12-04, the tree still had no lights. I was standing in the woods feeling sad and shivering of cold.  I had to vent about this to my friends. I got much comfort of friends. And one of them wrote:

"Rödluvan, be of good cheer. The forces of darkness can NEVER extinguish the light of Christ".

And the light shone in the darkness and the darkness comprehended it not.
       (from the Gospel of John, the first chapter).
But the light came back. And then God decorated the tree with snow. It was beautiful. And the tree has been glowing and spreading it's light in the darkness.

Also the little real tree was decorated with snow.

Wilhelmina Schedin 2016-03-10 2016-03-10