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CULTURE
culture doesn‘t have to
cost an arm and a leg!
Adam Zawadzki
Writer
Vilde Hagen Svanberg
Writer
Illustration: AdobeStock // Katsiaryna
Photos: Kilden
For those of you that don’t like the festive season, the last month of the calendar year is always somewhat
of a challenge. While the thought of the impending avalanche of commercialisation (bordering on the
fetishisation) of unnecessary materiality makes me pray for house binding diarrhoea almost as much as
world peace, we should, at least for a moment, attempt to place these feelings of humbuggery in context.
Consider this Christmas, therefore, an opportunity to purchase the experience itself rather than the paraphernalia
that represents it. Surround yourself with all the music, lights and good food that Kristiansand has to offer, at the
cinema, concert hall or ice rink in the town square, perhaps. For me, this is what Christmas is about: a magnificent
communion. After four months of hard work, gift yourself the present and share it with the new friends that you’ve
made here. Try to enjoy the moment with the people that made it, as that, I believe, is infinitely more valuable.
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