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elisi ([personal profile] elisi) wrote2020-12-31 07:55 pm
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Happy New Year's Eve

This extremely funny & entertaining little sketch is a New Year's Eve tradition in Denmark (and elsewhere in Scandinavia too I believe? And Germany?), and is always shown on TV just before midnight. Thought I would share it with you all, since you deserve to smile as this year ends. It is called 'Dinner for One' or 'The 90th Birthday':



(I have set it so it should start at 2.30 minutes in, since the intro is a) in German and b) unnecessary. ETA: OK, might possibly need to explain that since she is so old all her friends have died and her manservant has to impersonate them.)

ENJOY! ♥
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[personal profile] beer_good_foamy 2021-01-01 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Definitely a big new year's tradition in Sweden too. "ADRMIRAL SCHNEIDER!"

Better new year!
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[personal profile] elisi 2021-01-01 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
"ADRMIRAL SCHNEIDER!"
"Oh must I Miss Sophie?"

Forever golden.

Better new year!
Hear hear! Of course we are bow Brexited, so it's all sunlit uplands from here on out... ;)

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(Anonymous) 2021-01-01 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Happy New Year!

May it be better than the last, yes, that wouldn't be hard, obviously.

(re-lurks)
elisi: (Shiny! Kaylee by eyesthatslay)

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[personal profile] elisi 2021-01-01 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy New Year!!!

May it be better than the last, yes, that wouldn't be hard, obviously.
Hey we have Brexited! It's all sunlit uplands from now on! ;)

Hope you are doing well, and have not succumbed to 'super-corona'!
Edited 2021-01-01 12:01 (UTC)
cordykitten: © LJ red_sunflower (Happy New Year Sektgläser)

[personal profile] cordykitten 2021-01-01 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy New Year!
Dinner for one airs always on the 31th but not before Midnight (I know for sure it was the case yesterday because I watched it.)
elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Yay by geeky_graphics)

[personal profile] elisi 2021-01-01 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy New Year!!

Dinner for one airs always on the 31th but not before Midnight (I know for sure it was the case yesterday because I watched it.)
Maybe that's just a Danish thing then. Either way, it is always a joy. <3
cordykitten: © LJ tsukisagi (Happy New Year)

[personal profile] cordykitten 2021-01-01 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Had to check because I've got curious, sometimes somethings airs twice:
According to this site you could watch it from 12.00, 12.40 to 19.00 and 20.00 till just before and after Midnight.
Mostly in the evening then but also around Midnight.
Almost not to miss. :D
elisi: Edwin holding a tiny snowman (Yay by geeky_graphics)

[personal profile] elisi 2021-01-03 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oh wow. That is... a lot of possibilities!
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[personal profile] double_dutchess 2021-01-01 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I knew this was a German tradition, but not that it's the same in Denmark. And I had never actually seen it before, so thanks for sharing it. Happy New Year!
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[personal profile] elisi 2021-01-03 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
It's a tradition all over - wiki tells me that 'It has become a tradition to watch it on New Year's Eve in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Estonia, and, as of 1995, was the most frequently repeated television programme in Germany ever.'

Am very pleased that I managed to get you to watch it! It's such a delight. Happy New Year!
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