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How to Celebrate the History of the Winter Olympics. The Winter Olympics offer plenty
of opportunities for celebration. Here are a few of the more unusual ways to celebrate.
You will need Smorgasbord restaurant French lessons Australian man or woman Beer Gravlaks
and products of the usa. Step 1. Visit a smorgasbord -- Swedish for open sandwich table -- restaurant.
The Scandinavian countries were staging their own Nordic championships in Sweden as early
as 1901. Step 2. Learn to parlez-vous. The International Winter Sports Week, held in
Chamonix, France in 1924, was retroactively dubbed the first Olympic Winter Games. Know
what events have been played in the past -- the first Winter Games featured Nordic skiing,
speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey, and bobsledding. Step 3. Buy an Aussie a beer.
As of 2014, the Winter Olympics have never been hosted by a country in the southern hemisphere.
Step 4. Enjoy some Norwegian gravlaks, a favorite smoked salmon dish. Norwegian athletes have
won more medals in the Winter Olympics than any other country. Keep in mind past medal-winning
leaders -- cross-country skier Bjorn Dahlie of Norway holds the record for the most medals
won at the Winter Olympics: 12. Step 5. Buy American. The Winter Olympic Games have been
held in the USA four times, the most of any country. Now enjoy cheering on the athletes
as you celebrate the Winter Games! Did you know In the 2010 Vancouver games, the Canadian
ice hockey team became the first host country to win the men's hockey gold medal since 1980,
when the U.S. team beat the USSR in the famous "Miracle on Ice" gold-medal game.