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Chapter 420 Lighting Ceremony
The winter in Iceland is long and dark, so every household here will hang a circle of colored lights in front of the windows, so whenever you pass by the street, you can not only see the street lights, but also see the small lights in other people's windows. light.

Some are colorful and some are a constant warm yellow.

Walking on the street at night, it is cold and dark, and when I look up, there are lights from my own home and other people's homes everywhere, I feel very warm when I think about it.

So Ye Kai also went to buy a small lamp and put it in front of his window. After turning off the light and going to sleep at night, thinking that the light was still on in front of the window, the quality of sleep improved a lot.

Polar night should be coming soon.

In Iceland today, there are only two hours of daylight left.

People who have to get up and go to work every day can never wake up, and they also go to get off work in the dark. People who are new to work will definitely not be used to this way of work and rest.

But Ye Kai doesn't have to go to work, so he can sleep when he is sleepy, and sleep until he wakes up naturally.

It's just that I don't know when I'm sleepy.

Anyway, the sky is always black. If you don’t go out or open the windows at noon, you will miss the two hours of daylight, and you will feel that the day is really long.

Some people can wake up after sleeping five hours a day.

Ye Kai is a little more, he usually sleeps for about eight or nine hours before getting up, and then he has to face almost a whole day of darkness, which makes people feel bored and don't know what to do.

It began to snow in Reykjavik, and Ye Kai's house happened to be on the main road of Reykjavik, so the sound of people slipping and falling could often be heard.

Today, I also heard someone swearing after falling down, so I got up and started to get dressed.

I took out the milk and cheese bread from the refrigerator, spread a layer of butter on it, and ate it. By the way, I picked up my phone and prepared to browse Bilibili to see any interesting videos.

At this time, Ye Kai found that the sky began to light up.

Morning came, but the time was almost twelve o'clock.

In the past few days, I missed the daytime because of sleeping, and it was rare to meet Ye Kai, who was going to go out for a stroll.

Wrapped tightly in his down jacket, and also wore fleece pants. After all, Ye Kai didn't have the anti-freeze skills like young girls, and not getting sick easily is not the reason for being cold.

open the door.

It wasn't snowing outside, but it was so cold that it hurt to even breathe.

The neighbor also opened the door and asked with a smile after seeing Ye Kai: "Are you also going to participate in the lighting ceremony? If so, let's go together."

The neighbor Ye Kai was very impressed.

There are five children in their family, the oldest is in college, and the youngest is only six years old, a very cute little girl.

Today they also went out with the whole family...but there were only four of them, because there were three children who needed to go to class, so there was only a six-year-old little girl and an eight-year-old boy left.

After seeing Ye Kai, they shouted obediently: "Brother Xiao En, good morning."

"Good morning, may the elves protect you and grow up quickly."

Ye Kai didn't know what the lighting ceremony was, but it sounded like an interesting event in Iceland, so Ye Kai nodded and said, "Okay, let's go together."

The place where the ceremony was held was in the small town square, which was always empty, and today it was also rarely lively. The Icelanders Ye Kai met in a month did not have as many people here.

There are small stalls selling snacks and a dining car selling hot dogs, which is a bit like going to a temple fair in China.

There are also a lot of children, showing faces like frozen red apples, rubbing their cold little hands and running around. The adults don't chase after them, but watch them play and play from a distance.

After questioning, Ye Kai learned that the lighting ceremony is actually the first day of December every year, when the Christmas trees in the square are lit.

Ye Kai looked at the Christmas tree.

It is small, three meters high, and the decoration is not gorgeous, but there are many colored lights around the tree. The lighting ceremony is actually to light up these colored lights... If you think about it carefully, you will find that there is nothing strange about it.

Ye Kai didn't know why these Icelanders paid so much attention to the lighting process of such a Christmas tree.

The light is short, it's almost sunset

The sunset is also extremely short, and during this period, the lighting ceremony will also begin.

There were [-] residents of Reykjavik present, and perhaps tourists from other countries who came to Iceland just in time for this festival, and everyone shouted together in Icelandic:

"Ten, nine, eight, seven... two, one."

The countdown is over and the lights around the Christmas tree are turned on.

The sky was dim, and even the street lights in the distance felt less bright, but Ye Kai felt that the lights on this small Christmas tree were particularly dazzling, and the warm light shone on everyone's smiling faces, which was very beautiful.

According to the custom, everyone followed Santa Claus around the Christmas tree, and then Ye Kai saw some parents and children dancing in the cold wind...

December, the month when we see the sun at least in a year, always find ways to make life happier.

Before I started shopping, it was already completely dark.

Had to go home with the neighbors.

In fact, in the past two months, Ye Kai often went out, either to the north to see volcanoes or to the east to see fountains, waterfalls, geysers, etc., and participated in many tour groups.

So spend less time at home.

Seeing Ye Kai preparing to enter the house alone, the neighbor said, "Do you live here alone? Do you want to come to my house to play? We are going to make Christmas cakes today."

"it is good!"

Ye Kai, who found another thing to do, was very excited.

The same goes for the two children. They think Brother Sean is so kind. He has been to so many places, knows so many things, and tells them amazing stories.

I don't know much about the neighbor's family, Ye Kai, except that the host's name is Grantham and the hostess' name is Wendy.

The eight-year-old boy is called Steve, and the little girl is called Little Moon.

Because he doesn't go to school, he often plays in the small yard outside his home, and Ye Kai also likes to sit on a recliner in the yard, read a book, and enjoy the rare sunbath in Iceland. It was only after he accidentally came into contact with this family that he got to know this family.

But it was Ye Kai's first time to be a guest at someone's home.

Back home, he found a Huaxia knot that Ji Qing brought to Iceland. Ji Qing brought a basket of this thing to give to his Icelandic friends.

But she obviously didn't know many Icelandic friends. After a few years, there was still more than half of the basket of Huaxia Knot left.

When he went to Grantham's house, Ye Kai found that there were more than five children in his family... there was actually a baby who was waiting to be fed.

In addition, there is a 70-year-old grandmother named Gerrit, Ye Kai calls her Grandma Gerrit.

The first step in making Christmas cookies is to knead the dough.

(End of this chapter)