1 December

Christmas Calendars. There are lots of them. Last year i decided to do something completely new every day. That was a lot of hard work so this year i thought I'd take an easy route. instead of creating content myself i thought i would find other christmas calendars and introduce them to you all one by one. I will also have my own little project and I will also write something here every day. Now to my project and to the first Christmas calendar I will be sharing with all you good people.

Calendar For December the first.

Jostein Gaarder is most known for his book Sophie's World which follows events that force Sophie Amundsen into learning about the history of philosophy. We however are not very concerned with this story because it has very little to do with Christmas or christmas calendars, however Jostein Gaarder also wrote a book called the Christmas Mystery. The Christmas mystery starts with joachim buying an antique Christmas calender. Inside it he finds little pieces of paper describing the  travels of the 20th century girl Elisabet Hansen to the birth of Jesus. As she travels southward towards Betlehem she also travels back in time through the history of Europe and the history of the spread of christianity. Along the way she meets a number of important characters in the nativity and they follow her on her travels.
The book is quite beautiful and gives some great insights.
The book is available in english at amazon

My project, day 1

Now to my project. Every day in the Christmas mystery Elisabet hansen meet a new Character with importance to the the Nativity scene. Therefore I'll make each character as they arrive in the book and I'll post pictures. but first I'll introduce Elisabet:

Elisabet Hansen being bored in a shop right befor christmas

I've never really gotten the hang of faces but im pleased i managed this well.
Sheep on the other hand I can do in my sleep:

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Suddenly a toy lamb comes to life

Elisabet Hansen decide to follow the lamb