Christmas shopping is already underway in the shops. And at Christmas it’s no longer just tangerines and the smell of cloves. We will also have different and new Christmas products. Last year, for example, the store shelves ran out of Christmas brown cheese early. That’s why Tine has produced 80 tonnes more this year, so that we don’t go on the same Christmas cheese craze as last year. Hoarding Christmas brown cheese Then you can either make your own. Or do like Hallgeir Kvadsheim. Known from the TV program Luksusfellen and the podcast “Pengerådet”. He loves Christmas brown cheese. – I have bought enough Christmas brown cheese, yes. So now I can eat Christmas brown cheese until October next year. I probably have between 30 and 40 packages, says Kvadsheim. news has spoken to several people on the street about the new Christmas products. Among those we meet, the youngest are the most positive about trying new flavours. What do they think, for example, about juice with the flavor of marshmallows? – I love marshmallows, it’s in a way my “go to candy”, so I guess it could be good, says a young girl. – It’s cool to try something new, says another. – What about crisps with Christmas soda flavor? – No, one says, before her friend chimes in: – That could be good. Suddenly it’s good. But the elderly are more skeptical of gingerbread flavored juice – No, I don’t think that’s good. Gingerbread is best as gingerbread. – What about juice with a foam pixie flavor? – Even worse, is the verdict of an adult woman news hit on the streets of Oslo. Hallgeir Kvadsheim has almost become addicted to the new Christmas brown cheese, and has bought in so he can make it through to October next year. Photo: Tuva Skei Tønset – Wants to try new flavors Isabella Øvrehus, known from “Vokteren” on TV 2, and as the “Let’s test” girl on TikTok, believes many young people are open to new Christmas traditions. – The youngest will try new flavours, not least because of influence through social media. It makes many young people more open to it. And the producers, who try out gingerbread-flavored soft drinks, for example, see that, she says to news. Isabella Øvrehus believes that young people are influenced by social media, and are more open to new traditions at Christmas. Photo: Javad Parsa / NTB Gingerbread flavored juice Øvrehus says she thinks it’s great fun with new flavors and traditions. – I became known by testing some fun and special things, and there are many funny products that appear, she says. She especially thinks of all the different flavors of Christmas soda. – And I’ve tasted them all. But I always fall back to the good old brown Christmas fizz. A good and important tradition for me, says Øvrehus and concludes: – But for me the Christmas porridge is the most important tradition. It has always been that way in our family, with almonds and all. And it’s the one I’m most looking forward to at Christmas. – Can’t use up Christmas Christmas conservator at the Folkemuseet in Oslo, Geir Thomas Risåsen, is more reserved about new traditions. – I have not tasted the Christmas brown cheese, or so many new Christmas products. Christmas is much more commercialized now than it was in the 1980s and 90s. We have a different economy than before. Therefore, we can test out a lot of new things, and the taste is different. But Christmas is our oldest holiday, and is a lot about traditions, he believes. Christmas curator Geir Thomas Risåsen sticks more to the old traditions at Christmas. Photo: Privat – Christmas doesn’t really start until 25 December, and then I don’t think we can use up all the Christmas flavors in early December. We must not use up Christmas before it arrives. For Risåsen, the taste of dinner on Christmas Eve, and not least the traditional Christmas baking, is very important. – As a child, the marzipan pig was important, while the Christmas anchovies were most important to the adults. But in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, the Christmas industry was not what it is today. And the range of products is far from as large as today, concludes Risåsen. Published 02.11.2024, at 14.22
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The youngest are more open to new Christmas traditions – news Trøndelag – Local news, TV and radio
