Month: December 2016
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Quiet? I don’t know the word
I’ve spent the last 5 days alone with the kids and their various friends who come over to visit. My life has a running background soundtrack of Pokémon, Minecraft and […]
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Why I can’t seriously look for work
Because when I read ads like this, all I can think of is this… Spara
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Merry Victorian Christmas pt. 4
Who do you think Sophisticated Beet Man is bringing this Christmas greeting to? If it’s Demure Carrot Woman, then he’s out of luck because she’s spending Christmas with Distinguished Onion […]
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Christmas in Sweden – Santa
In Sweden, Santa delivers gifts personally. Santa visits Swedish homes (after Donald Duck) to hand out gifts personally to the kids. Unfortunately, this usually happens after dad or another male […]
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Christmas in Sweden – Rhyming
The Christmas gift poem is not as widely done these days, but some people still practice the tradition. The gift-giver writes a couple of rhyming couplets on their presents, hinting […]
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Christmas in Sweden – Donald Duck
This Disney Donald Duck Christmas special has been shown at 3pm every year on Christmas Eve since 1959 and almost all Swedes organize their celebrations around the show. Most families, […]
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Christmas in Sweden – Advent Calendar
Every family has at least one Advent Calendar, usually with bits of chocolate on the inside. There is also a tv calendar and a radio calendar. The Christmas Calendar (Julkalendern), […]
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Christmas goat
Christmas goat A straw Christmas goat guards the presents under the tree. The tradition is very old and is thought to date back to Viking times during the harvest when […]
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Merry Victorian Christmas pt. 3
I’m not really sure if this is an actual Christmas card, or just a general “My headless goat wants some apples” card that people often send. Though I prefer “headless […]
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Wish list
Why does my husband ask me for a Christmas wish list if he isn’t going to buy anything I put on it?
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Christmas in Sweden – St. Lucia
December 13, St. Lucia day Today begins early in the morning when it’s still dark. A girl dresses up as a dead Italian saint with fire on her head followed […]
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Christmas in Sweden – Food
We celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve and celebrations start with lunch at noon. Christmas food in Sweden is ham, pickled herring, meatballs, potatoes with anchovies, small sausages and dry crisp […]
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A few things about Christmas in Sweden, pt. 1
I thought some people who read my blog and do not live in Sweden might be interested in what goes on here during the month of December. Sweden has so […]
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Merry Victorian Christmas pt. 2
This week’s Victorian Christmas card depicts a party of birds apparently on their way to torch another bird’s nest. At least that’s how I interpret it. Bird army. I also […]
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Wrong season, I know…
… but my son just told me this weekend about what happened when he went trick-or-treating this year in Stockholm for Halloween. I guess he forgot to mention it before. […]
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Merry Victorian Christmas pt. 1
It’s that time of year again… time to wonder what kind of drugs people in the Victorian age were on when they made Christmas cards. Also time to wonder what […]