It’s After-Christmas Sales at Lena and Ole’s Gifts

Happy Holidays to all of you. We are open Saturday, December 26 from 10-5, Monday, December 28 from 12-6, Tuesday, Dec. 29 from 10-5 and Wednesday, Dec. 30 from 10-5. Then we close for the months of January, February, and March and head for Arizona (sorry — not really)!

There are sales throughout the store. 30% off Del Mundo jewelry (a very rare sale on jewelry that’s already well-priced) plus 10% off all of our other jewelry including Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, and Finnish jewelry. Also on sale: boxed Christmas Cards, Christmas tree ornaments (excluding the rosemaled ornaments), Christmas napkins and trays, selected Christmas decorations and gourmet foods, Christmas linens, Scandinavian sweaters and jackets, selected Norwegian art, pillar candles, and a first ever –30% off all soy candles (container, votives, and tea lights). Come early for the best selection.

If you need lefse for New Year’s (or just to eat while we’re gone), please call 715-698-4111 to reserve. We have a new order coming in Tuesday, December 29.

We look forward to seeing you in Woodville soon. We’ll be off to three gift shows while we are out west, so if you have some particular items you’d like us to stock, just e-mail, call, or let us know when you come in.

Happy New Year!!

Come in today for great gifts at Lena & Ole’s Gifts

Get your gifts wrapped free while you enjoy a cup of coffee and one of Lena’s special samples! We have beautiful decorations for your tree or as gifts: traditional Scandinavian straw decorations, rosemaled wood & glass ball ornaments, metal ornaments from Sweden & Norway, Finnish & Danish candles and candle holders, and wonderful unique table runners and table cloths plus fun napkins in many colors & designs. We have lots of very special decorations featuring cardinals, silver sparkly deer, snowflakes and more.

Food makes a great gift and our cookies (Anna’s in a variety of flavors) plus Dutch rum balls, German Black Forest & Orange Liquor cakes, Glogg & spiced cider mixes to name a few!

Kitchen equipment for your holiday baking — rosette & krumkakke irons, lefse grills, rolling pins, cookie presses, cookie sheets, mixing bowls, and more!!

Jewelry — fabulous jewelry from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland plus our handcrafted, great priced Del Mundo line is sure to please everyone — even jewelry for the little girls in your life.

Calendars — personalize them with the family birthdays, anniversaries and it becomes a special gift for the hard to shop for person “with everything” — limited quantity of Danish, Swedish, & Norwegian calendars plus 2010-2011 pocket calendars.

Special sale on Norwegian & Swedish sweaters plus a new collection of felted wool jackets in Red & Black — come early for best selection.

For the kids on your list — get well-made, well-priced toys (including little trucks, airplanes and a neat train or ferry boat) from our Viking (Swedish company) or old-fashioned blocks made in Michigan — language blocks as well as nursery rhymes. Remember books — we have lots, including little kid’s cookbooks & cooking accessories.

T-shirts for that favorite Scandinavian in lots of sizes & sayings — also ski caps.

questions — call 715-698-4111. See you soon… Remember we’re open 6 days per week through December 30 including Monday from 12-6 and Tuesday – Saturday 10-5 pm.

Lena’s Cookie Pumpkin Dip a great Hit for Parties!

Looking for a unique, easy, light dessert after the heavier meal.  Or perhaps a quick dessert to serve along with gingersnaps (your favorite home-made recipe) or Lena's favorite — Lar's Swedish Gingersnaps or Anna's Ginger Thins available at Lena and Ole's Gifts.  Then try the following dip and you'll be sharing the recipe with everyone!  Thanks to Lena's friend Jan  from Sheboygan for this recipe:

Lena's Pumpkin Dip

•  4 oz. package cream cheese, softened (or 1/2 8 oz. package) 
• 5 oz. pumpkin butter –about 1/2 cup (available at Lena & Ole's Gifts)
• 2 Tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 tsp. vanilla           1/2 tsp. cinnamon or ginger
• 4 oz. frozen whipped topping (thawed) = 1/2 of typical 8 oz. container

1. Cream softened cream cheese
2. Add pumpkin butter, sugar, vanilla & spice
3. Mix together until well blended.
4. Gently fold in whipped topping.
5. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
6. Serve with ginger cookies as a dip.

Recipe keeps well in the refrigerator.  Remember to keep it chilled as it is served.

Lena has “real” Norwegian Coffee (Kaffe) for you to taste & buy

Friele Frokost kaffe

Friele Frokost Kaffe is an exquisite blend of up to 7 different coffee types in addition to a constant quality and taste all year round.  You can see how it's made and "visit" Norway at the same time on their Norwegian website at www.friele.no. 

The Friele Frokost Kaffe has been roasted and ground mainly with southern- and central American Arabica coffee, grown at a high altitude.  The coffee has a nice combination of body and acidity.

Friele Frokost Kaffe is a quality coffee you can safely serve at any occasion.  This may be the reason why Friele Frokost Kaffe is Norway’s number one selling coffee and is now available at Lena & Ole's Gifts in Woodville Wisconsin — it's a great flavor and available at $15.95 for a 500 gram bag — perfect gift for the hard-to-buy-for Norwegian.  It's easy to ship — we'll gift wrap it and mail it for just $3.00 anywhere in US.

Scandinavian Almond Cake in the German Rehruckenform pan!

      

 One of the most popular items in the "kitchen room" of Lena and Ole's Gifts is the Scandinavian almond cake pan.  Actually the pan is made in Germany and come in two different styles — the one is a loaf shape in a wavy long aluminum type pan that is seen in the lower half of the diaplay picture.  The other is a pan of the same shape (pictured above), also from Germany, and made with a special nonstick coating that makes it very easy to remove the cake after baking.  Both are called rehruckenforms.  This cake is very popular with my customers because it is easy to make, freezes well, and is very pretty when done.  There are two different recipes posted in our recipe section that work well in this unique pan.  When served on one of the beautiful trays, perhaps with fresh strawberries and whipped cream at this time of the year, your guests will be impressed and will love the prominent almond flavor of this outstanding moist cake.            

Gourmet Foods

Gourmet food products from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway are available at Lena and Ole’s.

In this category Lena will keep you posted on the latest arrivals and announce any new products to be carried in the future!