• Dannebot@leddit.danmark.partyOPMBdansk
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        SimonKepp at 2023-08-18 21:14:11+00:00 ID: jwry2l1

        we dont do that here

        In Denmark,many if not most have transitioned from paraffin candles on the Christmas tree to electric lighting to reduce the fire hazard, but 70 years ago or so, every single Christmas tree was lit with live candles and Georg Jensen would release new candle holders for the Christmas Tree every year

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          Green-fingers at 2023-08-19 04:00:33+00:00 ID: jwtfghi

          In Århus, Horsens and Struer we still use real candles…… this is the way

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          Micp at 2023-08-18 21:19:50+00:00 ID: jwryxlc

          They are still releasing new ones, and they have made electric lights that fit the holders too so it still looks nice.

          My parents have a bunch of these with electric lights and have it lit basically the entire time the tree is up. Prettiest night light ever.

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            SimonKepp at 2023-08-18 21:21:53+00:00 ID: jwrz90o

            have it lit basically the entire time the tree is up

            The Christmas tree must be lit from it is decorated and until you throw it out.

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            SexyBisamrotte at 2023-08-19 05:38:42+00:00 ID: jwtowuo

            They are still releasing new ones, and they have made electric lights that fit the holders too so it still looks nice.

            TIL

        • Dannebot@leddit.danmark.partyOPMBdansk
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          emul0c at 2023-08-18 21:56:37+00:00 ID: jws4gd1

          No one is using electric lights. Also, these candle light holders came out in like the 1990s, far from 70 years ago.

          • Dannebot@leddit.danmark.partyOPMBdansk
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            SimonKepp at 2023-08-18 22:01:31+00:00 ID: jws56b6

            Lots of people use electric lights on their christmas trees. I don’t know when Georg Jensen started their tradition of new annual christmas tree candle holders, but the concept of live candles on the Christmas tree far predates Georg Jensen.

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          Massive_Drummer_1004 at 2023-08-19 09:57:59+00:00 ID: jwu91o4

          That can’t be true. It’s got to be a (very) small minority of established family households that use electric lighting on their juletræ!

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          MollyTweedy at 2023-08-18 21:27:23+00:00 ID: jws0357

          Speak for yourself, you wuss. It’s not Christmas unless you come dangerously close to calling the emergency services at least thrice - an ambulance for overeating, a fire engine for the candles, and a police car for the drunken brawl.

          • Dannebot@leddit.danmark.partyOPMBdansk
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            SimonKepp at 2023-08-18 21:41:09+00:00 ID: jws25pw

            I think, that may be a regional thing. Here in Copenhagen,most of us are able to celebrate things without a need for requesting blue disco lights.

            Edit: typo.

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              Ok-Rip4206 at 2023-08-19 03:18:20+00:00 ID: jwtav2t

              I have been living in Copenhagen a looooong time 20+ years, never used the (unholy) electric lights.

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              Muriana at 2023-08-18 22:46:18+00:00 ID: jwsbhz3

              Born and raised in Copenhagen, we still attempt to set my parents house on fire every year.

              • Dannebot@leddit.danmark.partyOPMBdansk
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                SimonKepp at 2023-08-18 22:48:56+00:00 ID: jwsbv4k

                I did say “most of us”. I thought this style of celebration was much more popular in Jylland and Udkantsdanmark, but won’t rule out, that it also occurs in Copenhagen.

                • Dannebot@leddit.danmark.partyOPMBdansk
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                  Muriana at 2023-08-18 23:06:05+00:00 ID: jwse8dk

                  It’s funny, because I would have thought it was a province thing to go electric. Not that I inspect a lot of Christmas trees, but I dont think I’ve seen a single one with fake candles. So in the circles I move in its not a thing. And my social bubble us very concentrated around Copenhagen, for better or worse.

                  It just goes to show how different an experience we can have within a honestly fairly small city.

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          CryptographerOdd6635 at 2023-08-18 22:59:12+00:00 ID: jwsdalk

          We still use both. Electric lighting most of the time, but when we do dancing around the tree we light the candles and turn on the electric lights. So cosy!

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          GeronimoDK at 2023-08-19 03:22:24+00:00 ID: jwtbbtc

          70? My entire family used real candles when I was a kid, and I’m only 40, since I can still remember it that means it must have been less than 35 years ago or so, maybe 30.

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        Extension-Cover-1459 at 2023-08-18 16:36:26+00:00 ID: jwqp52y

        Where are you from? Where did you get it? We still use these in modern Danish Christmas tree decoration.

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          clancyisnotdead (OP) at 2023-08-18 16:38:10+00:00 ID: jwqpfir

          Spain and my grandma took it somewhere she barely remembers, she thought she took it from a cocktail which does not make any sense

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            AppleDane at 2023-08-19 08:21:38+00:00 ID: jwu1sm9

            You could place it in the garden orange tree and put a candle on it for evening sit-arounds. Y luego tienes el “hygge” danés.

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            SVCLIII at 2023-08-19 07:45:43+00:00 ID: jwtz4jz

            It would actually make a weird kinda sense.

            If you’re not familliar with traditional Danish fire-hazards this “cola de gallo” would be a great stirrer for long drinks. You could rest the hook on the rim to keep it from falling into the drink and put gsrnish in the spiral.

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              clancyisnotdead (OP) at 2023-08-19 07:53:00+00:00 ID: jwtzoao

              now, knowing that it is not for drinks, she thinks she bought it as a souvenir while traveling but she forgot about it an thought it was for drinks

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            Extension-Cover-1459 at 2023-08-18 16:46:21+00:00 ID: jwqqru3

            Maybe she got drunk and put into her drink herself haha. It did also surprise me that there was only one as well? Usually we have 4-12 pieces.

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          McFuckin94 at 2023-08-19 00:32:39+00:00 ID: jwspxj9

          I am so curious as to how these go on a tree

          Edit; if anyone can give me a name so I can Google it, I’d appreciate it!

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            nopainjustlol at 2023-08-19 00:53:37+00:00 ID: jwssqbj

            Google: Georg Jensen lysholdersæt.

            Put a candle into the curly spiral thingy on top, and use the hook under it to put it on a branch of a dead, dry Christmas tree. Put around 20 of these on your tree and dance around it, knocking into the candles once in a while.

            Not a real Danish Christmas without a lil fire hazard.

            • Dannebot@leddit.danmark.partyOPMBdansk
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              McFuckin94 at 2023-08-19 07:52:16+00:00 ID: jwtzmar

              Hahahahaha “what did you do this Xmas?“ “just set the house on fire!”

              Edit; also thanks for giving me the name!