"På loftet sidder nissen med sin julegrød". Norwegian/Danish Christmas carol; text: margretheMunthe

Norwegian/Danish Christmas carol with text by Margrethe Munthe (1911) to a German Rheinländer melody. The Nisse (an elf-like creature that shows up around Christmas time) loves Christmas porridge and the tradition is to put a bowl of porridge to the Nisse in the barn or stable on Christmas Eve. In the song, the Nisse is fighting the rats that try to steal his porridge.