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01 Dec. 2018
White Jade Rhinestone bracelet
The first calendar gift is a simple, yet stunning bracelet made of beautiful 12 mm natural white Jade beads and copper alloy Rhinestone spacers, connected with a lobster claw clasp.
Inner circumference: 17 cm / 6.7 inches with a 1 cm extender
White Jade are believed to help create new beginnings, remove prejudice and preconceived notions, to see the innocence in others, and to clear emotional clutter and silence the inner critic.
Shipping costs are calculated from both the size of the package and its weight. Because of the jade beads' size and weight, the shipping costs for this item, with standard priority mail (covered by the winner) will be:
Within Norway: 48,- NOK
To Europe: 60,- NOK
To the rest of the world: 75,- NOK
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Glæðileg jól!
In the majority of Europe, the old pagan mid winter celebrations has been given a christian name (Christ mas, Weih nacht, Noël (as in birth) and so on), but in Scandinavia the season has retained its old Germanic name jul. (English has preserved Yuletide as an archaic form.)
It is a bit uncertain what the word jul (jól / jólablot / midwinter blot / torreblot / hökunótt) means. It is a plural word and it indicates that there have been names of a number of celebrations. In other words: A party period.
The word jul is first mentioned in Torbjørn Hornklove's quad Haraldskvede, which dates from the 900's. There he writes about «drekka jól» (meaning drinking jul). The saga tells about how people should come together to brew beer and to drink in the memory and honor of the gods. This would promote growth and peace.
In other words, it is related to a pagan custom when you
in Denmark say Glædelig jul,
in Finland say Hyvää joulua,
in Iceland say Gleðileg jól
and in Sweden and Norway say God jul.
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