Danish Hygge Socks

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If you have children, this is a great resource for shifting your perspective on how we approach going outdoors particularly in the winter months. One thing about a Scandinavian hygge winter is there probably isn’t a resident that wouldn’t have candles in their home. There are a lot of reasons why hygge has become so popular! For one thing, it’s a way to counteract the stresses and anxieties of modern life. We’re all so busy and connected all the time, and it can be really hard to just slow down and relax. Material goods rarely alter our levels of happiness, unlike emotional experience. Having can never replace being.”– Ilsa Crawford If you have a lot of clutter in your living room or kitchen, try organising it so that it looks less cluttered and more like a cosy space where friends would want to hang out. A clean home is always a welcoming one.

You can’t buy a “hygge bedroom,” and while eating good food (or even a treat) can definitely be hygge, but there are no specific foods to buy that are “hygge foods.” Gratitude is more than just a simple “thank you” when you receive a gift. It is about keeping in mind that you live right now, allowing yourself to focus on the moment and appreciate the life you lead, to focus on all that you do have, not what you don’t. Cliches? Totally.” – Meik Wiking, The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living When you can’t seem to enjoy winter because you hate it, it definitely seems like it lasts forever. Thankfully it doesn’t, but what better way to shorten that time due to a newfound lifestyle with hygge activities and ideas? Hygge is about having less, enjoying more.The pleasure of simple living. It is generous and celebratory. A way to remember the importance of the simple act of living itself.” ~Louisa Thomsen Brits If you can’t do regular candles, there are a lot of great realistic-looking battery-operated candle options now too! Music

What does hygge home mean?

Hygge offers space for both reverie and relatedness. The heat of an open fire draws us close. Its shadow gives us a place to hide and softens our gaze.” – Louisa Thomsen Brits Yes, I know, you heard me, candles! I already mentioned it before, but it’s because it is important (and also because I happen to love candles). It’s a way of life that’s all about creating a welcoming and relaxing atmosphere, indulging in simple pleasures, and finding joy in the little things. No one can deny the difference in the “feelings” that are felt when standing in a crowded metro station versus lounging in the sun watching the water glisten and a cool beverage. One morning in October, I walked around John Lewis’s London flagship store with Philippa Prinsloo, its head of design: we ran our hands over fake-fur throws and hot-water bottles, felt the nub of Scottish woollen blankets, admired hyggelig tableware that favoured sharing and simplicity. The theme of the homeware displays was, she said, “winter warmth. Making sure things are ready to cosy down.” An early adopter, the store first promoted hygge as a theme last autumn (“we should have done it again this year,” said Prinsloo). Will hygge last, I asked her? Will it be more than a flash in the plan? “Oh yes, definitely. People really want it and need it at the moment.”

That means making sure everyone has their own space, but also that they feel like they belong together. Think about activities you can do together such as having board games to hand or a shelf with movies on for you all to enjoy together. Another essential component of creating a hygge winter is to feel happy and satisfied with the simple things in life and focus on contentment. Don’t feel compelled to rush out and buy things just to adopt a hygge lifestyle.Since you’re here reading this, it shows one of two things, and we can help with both: either you saw the word hygge and wondered, “what is that?” or, you definitely are motivated to figure out how to enjoy winter more because you hate it! Almost nothing written about hygge in Britain suggests that it has a troubling side. Wiking’s book does mention that hygge may sometimes feel excluding to outsiders. “It would be considered less hyggelig if there were too many new people at an event.” Foreigners, he told me, find it hard to penetrate tight-knit Danish social circles: hygge can only really exist within groups who know each other already. But he stops well short of the kind of critique that, for instance, Dorthe Nors brought to bear when we spoke. “Somewhere along the way, hygge became a form of social control,” said the Danish author, whose novel Mirror, Shoulder, Signal will be published in Britain in February. “It’s a little like ‘feel-good’ in America – the cult of the ‘feel-good’ book or the ‘feel-good’ movie. It’s a cocoon.” Hygge is definitely still a thing! In fact, it’s more popular than ever these days. People all over the world are embracing the hygge lifestyle, and it’s not hard to see why. In a world that’s often fast-paced, stressful, and disconnected, hygge offers a way to slow down, find comfort, and connect with the things that really matter.