The Christmas calendar is the fifth of its kind and again this year presents a tale about Her Majesty The Queen’s handcrafted elves. In this year’s Christmas tale, The Queen sends the Elf Girl out on a journey through the realm to find her two siblings, with whom the Elfin Family has not celebrated Christmas for a hundred years. The Elf Girl’s siblings settled down in the Faroe Islands and in Greenland, respectively, during Christian the 10th and Queen Alexandra’s big Royal Tour in 1921 – and no one has seen them since. The Christmas journey of the Elf Girl becomes an encounter with both Faroese and Greenlandic Christmas traditions, myths and legends interwoven with stories about the Royal Danish House through the ages.

The tale about the Elf Girl’s Christmas journey through the realm can be followed every day on the Royal Danish House’s Instagram profile. This year’s Christmas calendar can also be followed on the Royal Danish House’s website, kongehuset.dk, in the following languages: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic and English.

The Christmas calendar’s first door is opened on 1 December 2020 at 7:30 a.m. But, on kongehuset.dk/en/media-centre, it is already possible to download selected press photos for editorial purposes related to media coverage.