0 a Danish word for a quality of cosiness (= feeling warm, comfortable, and safe) that comes from doing simple things such as lighting candles, baking, or spending time at home with your family: --
1 having the quality of cosiness (= feeling warm, comfortable, and safe): --
That's where the ever-important hygge comes in.
Hygge encourages its practitioners to shelter, cluster, and enclose.
Hygge, pronounced "hoo-gah," is a bit of a polysemy.
What kind of hygge is happening in real time?
The most striking thing about hygge, though, might be how its proponents tend to take prosperity for granted.
Winter is the most hygge time of year.
After all, both strong social connections and many of the indulgent foods associated with hygge -- such as chocolate, coffee and wine -- are mood boosters.
