Winters in Iceland are long and dark, so every house here hangs a ring of lights in front of their windows, so whenever you pass by the street, you can see not only the street lights, but also the small lights in other people's windows.

Some are colored, some are constant warm yellow.

When I walk on the street at night, it is cold and dark, and when I look up, I see the light coming from my own home and other people's homes everywhere, and 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, and after turning off the light and sleeping at night, he thought that the light was still lit in front of the window, and the quality of sleep was much better.

The polar night should be almost here.

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

People who have to get up and go to work every day never wake up, and they also step into the night after work, and newcomers will definitely be very unaccustomed to this way of resting.

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 dark, and if you don't go out at noon, don't open the window, and miss the only two hours of daytime, you will feel that the day is really long.

Some people wake up after sleeping five hours a day.

Ye Kai is a little more, he usually has to sleep for about eight or nine hours before getting up, and then he has to face almost the whole day of the night, making people bored and not knowing what to do.

It started to snow in Reykjavik, and Ye Kai's house was right on the main road in Reykjavík, so you could often hear the sound of people slipping and falling.

Today, I also heard the curse that someone made after falling, so I turned over and got up and started to get dressed.

I took out milk and cheese bread from the refrigerator, smeared it with a layer of butter and ate it, and by the way, I picked up my mobile phone and prepared to visit Station B to see if there were any interesting videos.

At this time, Ye Kai found that the sky was beginning to dawn.

Morning came, but it was almost twelve o'clock.

In the past few days, I missed the day because of sleeping, and it is rare to meet it, Ye Kai is ready to go out for a walk.

Tightly wrapped in his down jacket, and his pants were also worn with fleece, after all, Ye Kai didn't have the anti-freezing skills of a young girl, and it was not easy to get sick was not a reason to be cold.

Push open the door.

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

The neighbor also opened the door and came out, and when he saw Ye Kai, he asked with a smile: "Are you also going to attend the lighting ceremony? ”

This neighbor Ye Kai was impressed.

They have five children in the family, the eldest is in college, and the youngest child is only six years old, and he is a very cute little Lori.

Today they are also out as a family...... But there were only four people, and because there were three children who needed to attend classes, there was only a six-year-old Lori and an eight-year-old boy left.

After seeing Ye Kai, they obediently shouted, "Brother Sean, 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 it should be a very interesting Icelandic event, so Ye Kai nodded and said, "Okay, let's go together." ”

The place where the ceremony was held was in the town square, which was always very empty, and today was also rare and lively, and there were not many Icelanders that Ye Kai saw in a month.

There are stalls selling snacks and food trucks selling hot dogs, which is a bit like visiting a temple fair in China.

There are also a lot of children, showing their faces like frozen red apples, rubbing their cold little hands and running around, and the adults do not chase them, watching them play from afar.

After inquiry, Ye Kai learned that the lighting ceremony is actually the first day of December every year, and the Christmas tree in the square will be lit.

Ye Kai looked at the Christmas tree.

It's small, three meters high, and the decoration is not gorgeous, but there are a lot of colored lanterns around the trees, and the lighting ceremony is actually to light these lanterns...... Maybe when you think about it, there's nothing strange about that.

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

The light was short, and the sun was almost setting

The sunset is also extremely short, during which the lighting ceremony begins.

There were 300 residents of Reykjavík, and perhaps tourists from other countries who had come to Iceland just in time for the festival, shouting in Icelandic:

"Ten, nine, eight, seven...... Two, one. ”

At the end of the countdown, the lights that surround the Christmas tree come on.

The sky was dim and dark, and even the street lights in the distance felt that they were not so bright, but Ye Kai felt that the colored lights on this small Christmas tree were particularly dazzling, and the warm light shone on everyone's smiling faces, which was particularly beautiful.

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

December, the least sunny month of the year, always find a way to make your life happier.

Before I started shopping, it was already completely dark.

I had to go home with my neighbors.

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

So spend less time at home.

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

"Good!"

Ye Kai was very excited to find another thing to do.

The same goes for the two little children, they think that Brother Sean is so good, he has been to so many places, knows so many things, and will tell them magical stories.

Ye Kai doesn't know much about the neighbor's family, only that the male host's name is Grantham and the hostess's name is Wendy.

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

Because he doesn't go to school, he often plays in the small courtyard outside his home, and Ye Kai also likes to sit on a recliner in the courtyard to read and enjoy the rare sunbathing in Iceland, which is why he knows this family.

When he said that he was going to someone else's house as a guest, this was the first time for Ye Kai.

When I got home, I found a Chinese knot that Ji Qing brought to Iceland, and Ji Qing brought a basket of this thing to give to an Icelandic friend he knew.

But she apparently didn't know many Icelandic friends, and after a few years, most of the basket was left in the Chinese knot.

When he went to Grantham's house, Ye Kai found that there were more than five children in his family...... There is actually a baby waiting to be fed, the cry is deafening, and it is estimated that he will be an energetic young man when he grows up.

In addition, there is a seventy-year-old grandmother named Gretel, and Ye Kai calls her Grandma Gretel.

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