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Winter Weather Illinois

A plant is covered with ice in Chicago, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018.

Nam Y. Huh

Winter Weather Illinois

A plant is covered with ice in Chicago, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018.

Nam Y. Huh

Embracing Hygge could stave off Chicago's winter blues

Have you heard about the Danish expression of hygge? We talk to an expert who will tell us how to incorporate its principles into our our lives this winter. Host: Araceli Gomez-Aldana; Reporter: Araceli Gomez-Aldana

A plant is covered with ice in Chicago, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018.

Nam Y. Huh

   

For many, Chicago winters can be difficult especially after the holiday season. We have long winter months with the dark evenings, blustery cold days, and a lack of outdoor activities… it can all lead to the winter blues.

For some tips on how to make it through, WBEZ’s Araceli Gomez-Aldana spoke with Kristen Larson about the Danish expression of Hygge. Larson works at Chicago’s Swedish American Museum and she’s ancestrally Danish.

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