Wednesday · 17:30 - 19:30
Nørrebro, Copenhagen
Exact venue shared with ticket holders
Who Fought Against Christmas, and Why?
A surprising history of Danish Christmas traditions, and the social battles that shaped how we celebrate today.
With Caroline Nyvang Historian and senior researcher at the Royal Danish Library
About the evening
Christmas is often presented as a season of shared traditions, but it has also been a battleground. Behind familiar rituals are arguments about taste, morality, family, religion, class, and what a proper celebration should look like.
Historian Caroline Nyvang explores the surprising history of Danish Christmas traditions, including the people and movements that resisted, reshaped, or tried to regulate them. Rather than treating Christmas as timeless, she shows how customs become traditions through social negotiation and disagreement.
Expect an accessible evening about celebration, conflict, and everyday life, followed by questions and conversation about how competing social norms and ideals still shape the way we gather today.
- Christmas
- Danish history
- Everyday traditions
The speaker
Caroline Nyvang
Historian and senior researcher at the Royal Danish Library
Caroline Nyvang is a historian and senior researcher at the Royal Danish Library. Her research explores the history of food, celebrations, and everyday traditions.
How the evening unfolds
- Doors open and the bar is ready
- Talk begins
- Short break
- Audience questions and conversation
- Evening ends