Tag: candy
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Another tale of Swedish trick-or-treat
My son’s friend went trick-or-treating with his sister last weekend (because in Sweden, Halloween is 2 weeks for some reason). The Swedes are still learning how Halloween works, which leads […]
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A Swedish Halloween
Happy Halloween all! We had a Halloween dinner last night at a friends’ house and the kids got to go trick-or-treating. That’s right – LAST NIGHT, October 30. But this […]
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What to have with my afternoon coffee…..
I wanted a small piece of chocolate to have with my coffee. Could only find Pop Rocks. Does this make me only half an adult?
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A traumatic experience for the 8 yr old
My 8-yr old was carrying around his empty candy wrapper. I asked him to put it in the trash. He walked over to the trash, carefully dropped the wrapper inside […]
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Is it 2015 already?!
Wow! I think I fell into some sort of candy coma. The last thing I remember was loads of gingerbread, chocolates, saffron buns, and beef jerkey (to even out the […]
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Easter Monday
Sweden celebrates Easter Monday so we have another day off. I’m not sure why we celebrate, but I don’t complain about extra holidays. Anyway, instead of a basket of eggs […]
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Incredible shrinking pants
I put on a pair of pants the other day and they had shrunk. I could hardly button the top button. Strange. I haven’t worn them in a while. Then […]
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Trick or treating – the Swedish report
We actually got invited to another Swedish/American couple’s house yesterday for a Halloween dinner plus trick or treating with their kids. It was wonderful! Finally my kids got a fun […]
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Candy Corn = Gold
There are a few things for an American in Sweden that equal gold. This would be Velveeta cheese and candy corn. (Not together, but hmm… I wonder….) I just got […]
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Halloween
This is a message for the Swedes – HALLOWEEN IS OCTOBER 31 ! IT IS ONLY ONE DAY AND IT IS ALWAYS OCTOBER 31. When I first moved here twelve […]