Narnia - C.S. Lewis

Today we saw the movie Narnia in class. This is a very good movie although this is not the kind of movies I personally enjoy the most.
The chronicles of Narnia consists of seven books written by the author C.S. Lewis, and the movie (The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe) is the first book written in 1950. The book is about four children: Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucie who is sent away from their family to Professor Digory Kirke, because of the war. In the professor's house Lucy finds a hidden wardrobe while playing hide and seek with her siblings. This seems like the perfect hiding place and which Lucy discovers the wardrobe leads to the magical kingdom of Narnia. Immediately when all of the four children arrive in Narnia they have a mission to help the lion Aslan to save the kingdom from the evil white witch. Edmund meets the evil white witch before knowing who she is, and the white witch uses him for her advantage. The story ends with the children becoming kings and queens of Narnia.

Clive Staples Lewis is the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, as well ass many other books but those are not that well known. C.S. Lewis was also known as a novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist. He is well known for his fictional work.

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December

Holiday in December

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When it's getting close to December the snow starts falling in Norway, and when Christmas Eve is coming up all the schools have a Christmas break. A few days before Christmas Eve all families decorate their homes and make all sorts of Christmas cakes, like gingerbread and roasted almonds. On Christmas Eve there is very normal for the whole family to meet to eat Christmas dinner that consist of ribs, lamb and patties. Some families also go to the church on the day of Christmas eve. In the evening it is time for the Santa Claus to come with presents for the littlest of the kids and after that there is time for the rest of the family to open their gifts from under the Christmas three. This part is very different in Norway from how it is in many other countries where you don't open your Christmas gifts before Christmas day. Another thing that is very normal is to go to the mountains to your family's cottage. A tradition in Norway in the winter is cross country skiing which I’m personally not a very big fan of. Mostly the Christmas vacation goes to having a good time with family and friends, and it does not end before after New Year’s Eve.

Merry Christmas from me!