Tag: holidays

  • image shows meatballs on a plate

    #112 Meatballs for Every Occasion

    Ameury from France wants to know why the same food is served for every Swedish holiday.

  • Trying once again to explain Halloween to Swedes

    Listen to the latest bonus episode of our expat podcast as we make our yearly attempt to explain Halloween and Day of the Dead to the country of Sweden. Available […]

  • 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! Bus driver who didn’t stop for my son and I […]

  • Hot Dr. Pepper

    Never really caught on. 

  • Horrible Vintage Christmas cards pt.2

    Happy Friday! Did you know this Sunday is the first of Advent? Well here’s a horrible vintage Christmas card to mark the occasion!

  • Back to the grind

    Today most Swedes go back to work from the holidays.  The subways and buses will be full of bleary-eyed people chugging coffee and wondering where all those mornings in bed […]

  • Candy coma

    I’ve been away from the computer for a few days.  I blame it on candy coma.  The holidays were just a 2 week candy binge.  It’s actually not over yet.  […]

  • Slogans

    I noticed that most countries (at least in Europe) have some sort of slogan.  At the airport, I saw, “I Need Spain” and “I Feel Slovenia.” This got my husband […]

  • Meeting

    Am I the only one taking my vitamin D up here in Sweden?  Everyone seems quite depressed lately.  Today was the first day back at work from the holidays.  They […]

  • The in-between days

    The days between Christmas and New Year are what we call the “in-between” days. “Are you working the in-between days?” “Yes, because I don’t want to take vacation days.” The […]