It's an event, a gala, so putting on festive wear is compulsory, whatever your style.
On festive occasions folk costumes are worn and folk singing is performed especially on Grunnlovsdagen (Constitution Day), commonly called Syttende Mai (May 17), the date of its celebration.
On festive occasions, usually 'tava' (flat pan for roti) is considered inauspicious, and instead fried foods are consumed.
On festive stationary adorned with images of pencils and apples, the kindergarten teacher wrote in curly script that she had instructed my sweet boy that day to use "kind" words, when talking with other students.
The aristocracy was quick to imitate this patronage by providing similar performances, its members vying with one another on festive occasions.
In some places it is known as Benachin, which means "one pot", and it is usually eaten on festive or ceremonial occasions.
And, even if it cannot efface golden memories of the one he did at Stratford in 1958 and is a bit short on festive exuberance, it catches perfectly the play's melancholy and preoccupation with time, transitoriness and loss.
Toronto's Mayor Rob Ford is calling it one of the worst storms in the city's history, wreaking havoc on festive holiday plans.
Like the light on festive water.
