Tagged: Halloween

The Swedish Halloween report

From having no pumpkins or celebrations for kids when I moved to Sweden over 20 years ago, Halloween has improved.As...

#41 Listen or the Babaroga Will Get You

Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow
Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow
#41 Listen or the Babaroga Will Get You
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It’s the time of year for Serbian tales of vampires, the Babaroga and Nikola Tesla! Jelena fills us in on...

Stakeholders

Every time I read a job ad that includes any mention of “stakeholders,” I just think of an angry mob...

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...

Victorian Halloween

Sometimes I think it must have been terrifying to live in Victorian times just based on their holiday cards.

A Swedish Halloween

Happy Halloween all! We had a Halloween dinner last night at a friends’ house and the kids got to go...

Halloween in Stockholm

When I arrived in Stockholm 2000 they hardly knew what Halloween was. But today I give you – Halloween Globen!...

Halloween is the 31st!

As usual, I like to complain each year about Sweden not understanding that Halloween is one day, not a week...

Candy Corn = Gold

There are a few things for an American in Sweden that equal gold.  This would be Velveeta cheese and candy...

Halloween

This is a message for the Swedes – HALLOWEEN IS OCTOBER 31 !  IT IS ONLY ONE DAY AND IT...

Cell phone conversations in public

I found myself embellishing my cell phone conversation yesterday for the entertainment of my fellow subway passengers. My husband and...

Halloween costumes

Next week is fall break here in Stockholm – much like spring break, but in the fall…. yeah, you get...