YMMV / The Julekalender

• Awesome Music:
  • The Støveldance have since become one of the most beloved Christmas songs in Scandinavia. After all, that's there not to love about such a catchy song?
  • The up-beat Knokkel Pukkel Man. Especially the Norwegian Version, that really rips the scenery apart.
• Captain Obvious Reveal: Probably intentionally. The mysterious man (Benny) is revealed to be a Nåsåer in Episode 15, but the show drops a lot of obvious hints before this reveal: Starting at Episode 5, he takes advantage of the farmers' hospitality by telling them Blatant Lies. His weird mannerisms are also a clear sign that something is off. In Episode 8, he asks the farmers some questions that are clearly about the Nisses even though he tries to hide it. In Episode 9, he's very interested in the Nisses' lost map. In Episode 10, he lies to the farmers and goes to steal The Big Book. Finally, in episode 12, he uses The Big Book to practice black magic, which the Nåsåere are known to do. It helps that the narrator's repetition of stuff like "The Big Book is incredibly dangerous in the hands of a Nåsåer" makes it clear that there's a Nåsåer in the cast — otherwise it'd be pointless — and Benny is the only good candidate (the Nåsåere can't take the form of Nisses, and the two oblivious farmers clearly aren't Nåsåere).
• The Catchphrase Catches On: A lot of the Catch Phrases among the Danish people.
• Memetic Mutation: A lot of the Catch Phrases among Danish people, and to a lesser extent among the Norwegians.
• Narm: Benny, because of his ridiculous and over-the-top scenes.
• Narm Charm: Despite the Benny's ridiculousness, quite a few fans are scared by him anyway.
• Nightmare Fuel:
  • Benny's true form.
  • The creepy sequences at the end of the episodes.
  • Hansi just before "Knokkel Pukkel Man". He's so pissed that it looks like he's going to rip Fritz to pieces.
• Nightmare Retardant: The sequences at the end of the episodes are creepy... then the narrator parodies Find Out Next Time, and you start laughing.
• Padding:
  • The song "It's hard to be a nissemand" debuts in the first episode and is repeated about eight times. It even has two other versions that are played once each. That's right. One song is used in almost every other episode.
  • The narrator opens every episode with a recap, and a lot of it is recycled between episodes. Sure, it allows you to get into or keep up with the series even if you miss some episodes, but it's very noticeable if you watch multiple episodes back-to-back.
• Woolseyism: The Finnish and Norwegian versions are on the whole very faithful to the original Danish version, though some lines, jokes and references have been altered to fit the country or the actors better. For instance, in the original Danish, Hansi is referred to as the one with "the biggest teeth and the ugliest clothes," but since this description does not fit his Norwegian actor, he instead is called the one with the "longest face and the ugliest clothes."