Jul i Skomakergata is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 TV-show

Television program

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 produced in 1979. It is a televised advent calendar

Advent calendar

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, meaning it is broadcast from December 1 to December 24. It has been broadcast several times in Norway by NRK

Norsk Rikskringkasting

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 and is one of the most treasured programs in Norwegian television history. The story revolves around shoe repairer Jens Petrus Andersen, played by Henki Kolstad

Henki Kolstad

Henki Kolstad was a Norwegian actor, considered one of country's best and most versatile actors. He had his theatrical debut at the age of 13, in 1928, for Nationaltheatret . Two years later he acted in his first movie, titled Eskimo...

, and his shop. He is visited by friends and townspeople who need their shoes repaired before Christmas. A part of the show consists of showing a clip from Sandmännchen

Sandmännchen

Unser Sandmännchen, Das Sandmännchen, Abendgruß, Sandmann, Sandmännchen is a German children's bedtime television programme using stop motion animation...

 (Jon Blund in Norwegian) which tells children about the United Nations

United Nations

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' Convention on the Rights of the Child

Convention on the Rights of the Child

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.

In 2006, the Norwegian comedian Zahid Ali

Zahid Ali

Zahid Ali is a Norwegian stand-up comedian. He is known for his participation in the TV2 show "Rikets Røst" which is hosted by Otto Jespersen...

 created an advent calendar show called Jul i Tøyengata

Jul i Tøyengata

Jul i Tøyengata is a Norwegian televised advent calendar created by the Norwegian comedian Zahid Ali. The show is a parody on another Norwegian advent calendar Jul i Skomakergata from 1979, one of the most successful Norwegian TV series.-Cast:...

, a parody of Jul i Skomakergata which shows a multicultural street in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

and deals with problems such as racism and cultural clashes.