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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/clancyisnotdead at 2023-08-18 14:26:24+00:00.
LyriskeFlaeskesvaer at 2023-08-18 14:28:26+00:00 ID:
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Christmas tree candle holder
clancyisnotdead (OP) at 2023-08-18 14:39:57+00:00 ID:
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omg thanks that makes sense i guess, we dont do that here
kun-spidsen-indenfor at 2023-08-18 18:00:52+00:00 ID:
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Tea stirring device
Laotzeiscool at 2023-08-18 22:11:05+00:00 ID:
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We grew up thinking fire and fir trees are a great mix in a house.
Massive_Drummer_1004 at 2023-08-19 09:59:08+00:00 ID:
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It is! Works wonders in the stove as well 😆
VikingPenguin47 at 2023-08-19 02:39:28+00:00 ID:
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You do now!
SimonKepp at 2023-08-18 21:14:11+00:00 ID:
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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
Green-fingers at 2023-08-19 04:00:33+00:00 ID:
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In Århus, Horsens and Struer we still use real candles…… this is the way
Massive_Drummer_1004 at 2023-08-19 09:57:59+00:00 ID:
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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!
Micp at 2023-08-18 21:19:50+00:00 ID:
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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.
SexyBisamrotte at 2023-08-19 05:38:42+00:00 ID:
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They are still releasing new ones, and they have made electric lights that fit the holders too so it still looks nice.
TIL
SimonKepp at 2023-08-18 21:21:53+00:00 ID:
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The Christmas tree must be lit from it is decorated and until you throw it out.
emul0c at 2023-08-18 21:56:37+00:00 ID:
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No one is using electric lights. Also, these candle light holders came out in like the 1990s, far from 70 years ago.
SimonKepp at 2023-08-18 22:01:31+00:00 ID:
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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.
Jona1411 at 2023-08-18 22:07:39+00:00 ID:
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Say you are from Vestegnen without saying you are from Vestegnen
emul0c at 2023-08-19 05:47:11+00:00 ID:
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Nordsjælland
MollyTweedy at 2023-08-18 21:27:23+00:00 ID:
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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.
SimonKepp at 2023-08-18 21:41:09+00:00 ID:
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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.
FullPoet at 2023-08-18 22:53:34+00:00 ID:
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Jylland here , we dont even have electricity!
VikingSlayer at 2023-08-18 22:57:30+00:00 ID:
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Kjøwenhavnere…
Ok-Rip4206 at 2023-08-19 03:18:20+00:00 ID:
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I have been living in Copenhagen a looooong time 20+ years, never used the (unholy) electric lights.
Muriana at 2023-08-18 22:46:18+00:00 ID:
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Born and raised in Copenhagen, we still attempt to set my parents house on fire every year.
SimonKepp at 2023-08-18 22:48:56+00:00 ID:
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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.
Muriana at 2023-08-18 23:06:05+00:00 ID:
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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.
Ok-Rip4206 at 2023-08-19 03:19:59+00:00 ID:
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I only see fake candles in shops and pensioners homes……
TakedaGohe at 2023-08-18 23:56:55+00:00 ID:
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Nøøh, look at me i live in copenhagen and live a boring life…
VikingPenguin47 at 2023-08-19 02:41:09+00:00 ID:
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Someone knows how to julehygge! -finger guns-
CryptographerOdd6635 at 2023-08-18 22:59:12+00:00 ID:
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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!
SpringrollJack at 2023-08-19 06:35:49+00:00 ID:
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Same
GeronimoDK at 2023-08-19 03:22:24+00:00 ID:
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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.
Extension-Cover-1459 at 2023-08-18 16:36:26+00:00 ID:
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Where are you from? Where did you get it? We still use these in modern Danish Christmas tree decoration.
clancyisnotdead (OP) at 2023-08-18 16:38:10+00:00 ID:
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Spain and my grandma took it somewhere she barely remembers, she thought she took it from a cocktail which does not make any sense
SVCLIII at 2023-08-19 07:45:43+00:00 ID:
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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.
clancyisnotdead (OP) at 2023-08-19 07:53:00+00:00 ID:
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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
AppleDane at 2023-08-19 08:21:38+00:00 ID:
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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.
Extension-Cover-1459 at 2023-08-18 16:46:21+00:00 ID:
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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.
clancyisnotdead (OP) at 2023-08-18 16:48:21+00:00 ID:
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she even kept it in the kitchen but i we still have no idea where did she got it since i have never seen this in Spain before
Extension-Cover-1459 at 2023-08-18 18:58:07+00:00 ID:
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Thats just even more funny. Bless her
Tinasiig at 2023-08-18 20:55:02+00:00 ID:
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Only 4-12… :O
We used to have AT LEAST 24… :P
clancyisnotdead (OP) at 2023-08-19 07:42:41+00:00 ID:
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update, we found anotherone, this one has a snowman
AppleDane at 2023-08-19 08:22:36+00:00 ID:
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This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them!
Massive_Drummer_1004 at 2023-08-19 09:55:07+00:00 ID:
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There’s a nest nearby, clearly :)
SpringrollJack at 2023-08-19 06:32:19+00:00 ID:
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People should honestly do that the rest of the year
McFuckin94 at 2023-08-19 00:32:39+00:00 ID:
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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!
nopainjustlol at 2023-08-19 00:53:37+00:00 ID:
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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.
McFuckin94 at 2023-08-19 07:52:16+00:00 ID:
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Hahahahaha “what did you do this Xmas?“ “just set the house on fire!”
Edit; also thanks for giving me the name!
MumrikDK at 2023-08-19 04:19:00+00:00 ID:
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Like this for example:
McFuckin94 at 2023-08-19 07:50:18+00:00 ID:
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Ah I see, thank you!
hyldemarv at 2023-08-18 18:15:01+00:00 ID:
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Expensive too!
neroe5 at 2023-08-18 23:15:35+00:00 ID:
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they go for more than 20€ a piece
SimonKepp at 2023-08-18 21:10:35+00:00 ID:
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I think this is the answer.
GoHappyNeedo at 2023-08-18 16:47:13+00:00 ID:
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From Denmark and I can confirm