To Dasha from Lasse

Dear Dasha!

I am happy to hear you like my gift. Your gift stands in my family’s living room in the window. I also like badminton. Next Sunday I am going to a big badminton competition. I sail only in the summer time, I play badminton instead in the winter time. This winter we have lot of snow and cold weather. How cold is it normally by you?

Best wishes from Lasse.

To Maxim from Lasse

Dear Maxim !

I am happy to hear that you like my gift. Your gift stands in my family’s living room in the window. I also like badminton. Next Sunday I am going to a big badminton competition. I sail only in the summer time, I play badminton instead in the winter time. This winter we have lot of snow and cold weather. How cold is it normally by you?

Best wishes from Lasse.

To Sasha from Emma W.

Dear Sasha

Thank you for the letter.And thank you for the present, I love you present very much. Was it a good competition you were in? For how many years have you had English at shcool? With this year I have had English for 5 years.It was a nice picture you have sent with your letter!!

Best wishes
Emma W

To Olga from Ann Sophie

Hello Olga!
Thank you for the present. Christmas was a very nice time for me. Together with my family we visited my grandparents, and I got very nice presents, and very good food to eat. In Denmark we have had a lot of snow. More than we use to. I have made a small igloo together with my sister. We had fun but now the snow is gone.
A week from now we have school holiday, I am going to visit my grandparents in Aarhus. Aarhus is the second largest city in Denmark.
From Ann Sophie

To Ivan L. from Piet

Hello again, it´s me Piet your Danish friend.
I´ve got your present and I like it thank you for the flute. Do you like my present? Do you like pets? I have 1 dog and 3 cats.
Are you living on a farm, in an apartment or in a detached house ?
Do you have facebook?
Best wishes from Piet

To Stepan from Thorbjørn

Hi there Stepan.
It’s me Thorbjørn. I like your present thank you.
I also like pets I have 1 dog and 3 cats. I play really much football. Do you do some sports?
I travel a lot to the south of Europe. Do you travel much? Have you got facebook?

Best wishes from Thorbjørn.

To Kate from Trine

Dear Kate

It´s Trine your penfriend from Denmark.
Thanks for your present I am really happy for it. I hope you also like my present.
I hope you and your family had a good Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Kate I have a question to you:
How do you celebrate Christmas in Russia?
How many Children are there in your class?
How many hours do you go to school in a week?
What do you learn in school?
How many members are there in your family?
Do you have any pets in your family?
Is your school far away from your home?

Kind Regards
Trine

To Dmitry from Jeppe

Hi Dmitry.
Thanks for your gift. It´s hanging in my window it’s very nice. My name pronounces in German Jäppe. The stress is on the first syllable. How warm/cold can it be in Russia?
Best wishes from Jeppe.

To Danil from Emilie B.

Hello Danil

Thanks for the nice rabbit, it's very sweet. Was it a rabbit for I have one. Do you have a rabbit or another animal?I hope you liked your gift. It's rice pudding ( but here made as a candle )if you do not know. We put rice pudding up to the pixie on the loft. I hope you had a good Christmas with your family and got some good gifts.What did you get for Christmas?
Write soon.
Emilie

To Pavel from Emilie B.

Hello Pavel.
I just want to write to say thanks for the nice gift. I´m very happy for it. It was funny to taste your candy and the little rabbit figure is standing in my window and decorating. Is it on purpose it was a rabbit figure, for I have a rabbit, it's very sweet. Do you have a pet? I hope you liked my gift.It is rice pudding ( but here made as a candle )if you do not know. We put it up on ceiling to pixie when in Christmas. I hope you had a good Christmas with your family.
What have you got for Christmas?
Emilie

To Nikita from Sarah

Hello Nikita
I have got you box and letter - thanks for the presents. I am so happy for your present. I love that. Today I do gymnastics and I love it. At home I have a bird and its name is Laffe. Do you have animals? The weather is not good here in Denmark. It`s stormy here. What are you doing in your spare time?
Best regards from Sarah

To Yulia from Frederikke

Dear Yulia.
Thank you so much for the sweet rabbit. I sleep with it every night. I have a dog called Lady. It is a girl and she is so cute. And yes we have a lot in common. I have never been in Russia. How is it there? Have you been in Denmark? On Sunday I´m travelling to China, because I have holiday and I´m flying over Russia, so please be ready to look op for the SAS machine. When do you have winter holiday?
Best regards.
С наилучшими пожеланиями
Frederikke.

To Ivan from Christian

Dear Ivan
Thank you for the gift. Congratulations with your birthday the 1st of February. My birthday is the 14th of June. We have bought 2 motor cross machines and we have a lot of fun with them. It is very cold here in Denmark and I look forward to summer.
Please write a letter to me.
Best wishes
Christian

To Dmitry and Konstantin from Villads

Hi Dmitry and Konstantin
Thank you for the gift and Christmas card! Did you like the candy I sent to you? And do you go to sport? Because I go to handball and football. And by the way do you have facebook just because we can chat there.
Best wishes from Villads

To Irina from Emma S.

Hi Irina ,
It’s me, Emma S, your Danish pen friend. It was a very nice gift, thank you very much.
My birthday is September 8th and my brother’s birthday is the day after, September 9th. – just like you, I also celebrate my birthday together with my brother.
Here in Denmark it is winter now, for Christmas we had a lot of snow, but now it is not so cold.
Today I was singing for the first time in the church choir, it was hard to stand up for more than one hour, but it went well.
This week, we will have three theme days in school; it is about lyrics, music and art. I like painting very much; I am sometimes going to painting classes.
Next week, we have one week of winter holiday. I am very much looking forward to that. I am going to Copenhagen with my family – Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark.
Best wishes
Emma S.

To Polina from Maria

Dear Polina.
Thank you for the present box. I am very happy for my present,
It was very nice. Thank you for my Christmas card it was also very nice.
I can´t understand what the teddy bear says, will you help me?
If you can remember, what it says hi hi.
Write soon again please.

Best wishes from
Maria.

To Angelina and Nikita P.

Hi! It´s Mathias H from Denmark!

We have got your presents and we are very happy to get them.
We also got your pictures and they were nice.
It was funny that some of the teddy bears could talk.
It´s funny to write letters to each others.
Hope that we can write more. It´s always funny to get a letter from Russia!!!
There is no more snow. Is there snow where you live?
Best wishes from Mathias

To Alexander from Emilie L.

Dear Alexander.
How are you doing? I'm fine. Thanks for your present! It´s really great ! Do you like the present from me ?Hope you do !!! Write soon;
Best Wishes, Emilie L

Christmas

Dear Russian pen friends . In Denmark we dance around the Christmas tree. And when we are dancing around the Christmas tree we are also singing. We are singing: “silent nigth ”, “a child was born in Bethlehem” and “Now it´s Christmas again” and many other Christmas carols! We put a star on the top of the tree. We also put present under the tree. When we come to December we are decorating are houses, with pixies, Candles, and other Christmas decorations.

Love Frederikke, Emilie H and Emilie L .

Christmas Eve

We will tell you a bit about Christmas Eve.
On Christmas Eve family and friends go together to celebrate Jesus´ Birthday. After the Christmas Food the family dance around the Christmas tree and sing many Christmas songs. After the dancing and singing everybody gets presents. After we opened all the presents everybody goes around and say thank you for the presents. Then we eat some chocolates and drink some tea and coffee. On Christmas eve the family go to bed late and sleep until the afternoon next day.
Best Wishes From your pen friends in Denmark!
Lasse and Villads

Advent calendars

In Denmark we have an advent calendar in TV, and a chocolate advent calendar, which we open every day up to Christmas. We have also a stocking for presents. The Santa Claus come and put presents in the stocking. Someone get presents in the stocking every day up to Christmas, and other persons have a present every Sunday up to Christmas.
In Denmark we called Santa Claus: julemand.
Do you have an advent calendar in TV?
And do you maybe have a chocolate calendar?
Best wishes from Emma S, Emma W and Maria.

24th of December

Like this we are celebrating Christmas in Denmark:
We are celebrating Jesus’ birthday on the 24th of December. Most of us are going to church in the afternoon. Jesus was born in Betlehem. But Pontius Pilatus were hanging him on the cross later. Most of our churches are many hundred years old. A few of our churches is nearly 1.000 years old. We are dancing around the tree in the evening and then we get presents. Some of the presents are very big and expensive others are small and cheap. The small one is very cozy. The expensive presents can be: A mobile or a remote controlled car or upgrades to it and many other things. The smaller presents can be: a teddybear, socks, other clothes and very much more.
From Mathias and Sarah.

Santa Claus

Santa Claus has red clothes and a pixy hat. Santa Claus has a big stomach, white beard and black boots. When Santa Claus flies out the 24th of December his sleigh is pulled by eight reindeers. On Christmas Eve Santa Claus is flying out and giving presents to all the sweet children. The one with the present are just a story. We also get presents from our family. Do you also use Santa Claus as a tradition? Do you have pixies? Do you get advent presents?

Pixies

Here in Denmark we have pixies and some families use the pixies in the house. Some families have a pixie who lives on the loft and sometimes they tease us. Pixies have a red pointed hat and a white beard and some pixies have red clothes on. The people here in Denmark give the pixies rice pudding and sometimes Christmas beer. Some people get presents when the pixie has teased them.

About our Danish Christmas Traditions

Hello our Russian penfriends.
In December we celebrated Christmas, and here we are going to tell you about the Christmas traditions in Denmark. We know that your Christmas traditions are different from ours, so we´d like to hear about your traditions, too.
Best wishes from your Danish pen friends

To Piet from Ivan L.

Dear Piet!
It is ,Ivan, your friend from Russia.
We have got your box with Christmas presents. I like your gift very much! Thank you a lot!
I am in grade 6, and in my class we are 16 pupils : 11 boys and 5 girls.
In this picture you see me in the Russian Navy uniform. It was a holiday in our school . So I wore those clothes.
Best wishes from Ivan.

To Villads from Konstantin

Dear Villads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is me, Kostian, your friend from Russia. We have got your box with Christmas presents. I like your gift very much!!!!!!!
Thank you a lot !!!!!!!!!:-)
It was interesting for me to know about your family.
Do you have any pets at home? Next time I’ll send you a picture of my favourite dog.
Bye!
( Uin: 430658018!)

To Maria and Thorbjorn from Olya.

Hi, Maria and Thorbjorn!
My name is Olya. And my surname is Bolotskaya. I`m a new pupil of teacher Valentina. I`d like to be your pen-friend.
I`m study at school very well. I live in Nefteyugansk with my Mummy. I like to sing to karaoke and I sing a lot of songs really well. Sometimes I sing English songs (Scorpions, The Beatles and Michell Jackson) and I just love them! I have a lot of fun doing that. I like to listen to pop-music (Shakira, Maroon 5…),rap (Eminem, Guff…) and some of rock (Metallica, Kipelov). I like to dance. I like to study a lot of subjects: English, Russian and Music. I go to Drama Club and I like to act on the stage.
Please, write me your letters!
Best wishes,
Olya.

To Emilie HB from Danil

Dear Emilie HB!
It’s me, Danil, your friend from Russia. I’d like to thank you for your Christmas gifts for me! I like them a lot! By the way, have you received our parcel yet?
Emilie, it’s interesting to know that you go dancing. I’d like to watch you dancing in the street! I’m also fond of arts. I go to music school where I learn to play the piano and I go to art school where I learn to draw and paint.
Write me soon, please!
Best wishes,
Danil.