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On a stormy Christmas Eve in Christiania, a young lieutenant recovering from fever longs for his family home. An invitation from his landladies brings him into a warm room where children and older visitors gather beside the fire. Peter Christen Asbjørnsen builds his Christmas stories around this evening of conversation, mixing the lieutenant's observations of the old house with tales requested by the children.
Brownies and trolls enter the gathering through stories about farms, kitchens and hay-lofts. Peter Gynt sets out with a tame white bear to face trolls at a farm, while another tale concerns a girl who eats the cream porridge meant for a brownie. Singing and dancing link the stories to the people telling them. The book offers readers interested in Norway's folklore a sense of how household routines, holiday customs and lively company provide a setting for tales of strange beings.
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