Category: Christmas

Why a goat?

Why are goats a thing in Swedish Christmas? Let’s look at the historical lore on the origins of the Christmas goat.

Pro Winter Tip

Great tip for making your apartment more cozy during the winter when you don’t own a fireplace.

Finnish pronunciation

Putting the emphasis in the wrong place in another language can cause a lot of confusion.

#47 All Hail the Christmas Pig

This week on the podcast, Marta, from the popular Instagram and Blog, A_Girl Who Travels, talks with us about her...

Actual nice Swedish Christmas music

Most years, I share my list of horrible Christmas music, but today, I’m sharing some Swedish Christmas music that’s actually...

Gingerbread contest

Every year at the Architecture Museum in Stockhom, they hold a gingerbread house making contest during the month of December....

Wax on, wax off

Yesterday was Lucia day here in Sweden, the holiday where we celebrate St. Lucia and the light in the darkness...

#5 Julbord and Dog Sledding

The latest episode of the podcast is up! I talk to Melanie from Michigan who is competing to enter a...

Climbing Clown

On our recent trip to Estonia, I left my family in a small shop filled mostly with Russian souvenirs and...

Ding! Ding!

One of my favorite Christmas gifts from my husband about 3 years back was this hotel bell. One of my...

Boxing day

It is only this year that I learned what “Boxing day” means. Most Americans have heard this term and I...

Lucia madness

December 13th in Sweden is Lucia day. It’s basically a celebration of light in the darkness, based on an Italian...

Gifts for enemies

It’s the giving season! I’ve picked out this special gift for a number of people on my enemies Christmas list!...

Svart fredag?

For several years now, here in Sweden, I’ve been seeing stores advertise for “Black Friday.” It’s not the chaos of...

Christmas tree plundering

  Today is Knut’s Day, January 13, where many Swedes celebrate julgransplundring (‘Christmas tree plundering’), stripping the tree of its...