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THE SEARCH FOR CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

Ginger-snap is a great way to get into the Christmas spirit (Collage: Ellen)

If you're a student like me, you know Christmas spirit is hard to come by during December (specially here in Norway, where all the exams are before Christmas). I'm currently drowning in project work, spending nothing but 14-15 hour days at school.

Therefore, as my last post suggested, I'm really not in a Christmas mood. Luckily, I have some fantastic flatmates that help a lot on that front. Specially Ellen entrepeneur when it comes to finding Christmas spirit. (Andreas is like me, very busy at school, so he is benefitting from Ellen's "Christmas spirit project" as well).

Here's a list of Ellen's Christmas spirit strategies, I encourage everyone to try them out - it really works!

1. Christmas decorations! We don't have many of them, but they are good reminders that Christmas is just around the corner. I doubt that Andreas and I would have taken ourselves time to put them up.

2. Scented candles! Another simple, but really good idea. The smell that welcomes you after a long day at school really boosts my mood, almost inspiring.

3. Ginger-snap! Ellen and Andreas made ginger-snap yesterday! It's nothing more "Christmasy" than ginger-snap, and we had a great time decorating them while watching Love Actually (the elephant above is mine *proud*).

4. Christmas Calendar! Ellen suggested we should make our own calendar, so we did. Every day, one of us gets to an encouraging gift to open before school. This is also a tradition I've had throughout my childhood, so it truly makes Christmas spirit come around!