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