[LINK] "Danish 'hygge' is the antidote for a cold dark winter"

[rfmcdonald]

Published this January, CBC North's Robyn Burns has an article explaining a Danish cultural trait that appears quite relevant to me, now that the snow and the cold have really hit. (Scandinavians and Nordic people, thoughts?)

[P]eople living in Denmark have something that could make the winter just a little bit easier for everyone to bear. It's called hygge — loosely pronounced 'hewg-gay', with a thick Canadian accent of course.

It's essentially uninterrupted together time with loved ones. Anything from a home cooked meal with friends, to a walk complete with hot chocolate.

​"It's almost as if you can feel it physically in your body," says Helene Elisa Skov, "It's this warm fuzzy feeling that you get in your stomach."

Skov lives in Denmark and grew up with hygge. She smiles when she talks about it.

"When you're in the middle of it and you realize it all of a sudden... you realize this is the place you're supposed to be and this is just perfect."