This year's almond gift idea

The risalamanden did not start as a dessert, but as a cheap, filling appetizer.

One of the most important competitive Christmas traditions on Christmas Eve is undoubtedly the 'fight for the almond gift'.

But do you know why we have an almond gift and have to find the whole almond in the rice bowl?

This tradition dates back to the 18th century, when the Christmas Eve feast was typically started with a starter of the cheap but filling sweet porridge, which was supposed to ensure that not as much of the expensive meat that awaited afterwards was eaten as the main course and the actual feast.

To lure as much sweet porridge as possible into the company's stomachs (primarily the men's), the housewife typically made a small competition out of this appetizer.

She simply hid a small nut in the large portion of sweet porridge – and the lucky 'finder' of the nut won the prestigious prize – the precursor to the almond gift. The prize that time was a kiss from the girl on the farm.

Back then, people didn't think much about whether there was consent... but today, it's hardly acceptable as a prize for the winner of the almond giveaway?

That's why we've found this year's almond gift idea - which will undoubtedly bring just as much joy to the happy 'man' who wins the battle for the almond gift. Right now you can buy the book "SURE SHOTS - STORM P. AND THE DANISH HUNTING 1900-1949", which for only 149,- is the perfect almond gift, and which can be purchased here at the museum or in our webshop.