On Kitsch

Kitschy Christmas

At the end of the year I see the kitsch-atmosphere sneaking in every door. The sentimental sound in your voice saying ”happy Christmas” thinking of the big, read pulsating heart called Christmas. It’s coming again and again… Jussi Bjørlings, ”O Helga Natt” sends you directly to your tender feelings, which can only be compared with lovesickness. Even the modern curator in the white newspaper is in between her cold critics planning her Christmas-eve steak and puts up her outdoor- illumination just to make ”a little” warm atmosphere. Especially in a protestantic country, which...

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