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Three Last Minute Epic Awesome Gifts to Give
23, Dec 2011It’s countdown time to Christmas. Can we scream Yayyyy!!? YAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! Christmas is my favorite time of the year. It happens to be around my birthday, which can be a big bummer some years since everyone’s forget. But who cannot resist the decoration! And the food! And the cookies! Mmmmmm….coookiiiess….. If you’re celebrating Christmas on the [...]
Christmas Traditions in Iceland
20, Dec 2011I asked one of my girlfriends, Tinna, to share her Icelandic Christmas traditions. She’s amazing and has written up about all the major dishes and treats as well as traditions on days before and after Christmas. Tinna hails from Isafjördur in the West Fjörds of Iceland but is a true globetrotteur. Please check out Tinna’s [...]
Today is St. Lucia Day (Sankta Lucia Dag), a day to celebrate light and saffron rolls in Sweden. If you have always wondered about girls wearing candles on their head, this is the holiday to do so! A rather unusual Luciafirande at Erikdalsbadet, one of the major swimming houses in Stockholm via http://www.dn.se/sthlm/har-kan-du-lyssna-pa-luciasangen-i-dag A bunny’s [...]
Christmastime in Sweden means julbord. It is a traditional Christmas dinner. The julbord is a smörgåsbord, a collection of dishes from cold to hot served on a table, like a buffet. Families have a julbord on Christmas Eve but companies also have a julbord at a Christmas party. If you will be celebrating julbord with [...]
Q&A on American and Swedish Christmas Traditions
10, Dec 2011I’ve been thinking about what makes Swedish Christmas different from American Christmas. After emailing with a friend back home in America, I realized there’s so many Swedish traditions not found in America and vice versa. I put together a list of questions and answers on how Christmas is celebrated in each of the countries. This [...]
A Photo Guide to a Swedish Christmas
6, Dec 2011If this is your first Christmas in Sweden or your quest to learn about Christmas around the world, you’ve come to the right spot. I put together a comprehensive guide to having a Christmas in Sweden and abroad. Even if you don’t have access to thousands of tomtar, you can still incorporate Swedish traditions into [...]
Merry Christmas & God Jul!
25, Dec 2010Warm wishes from Sweden for a wonderful holiday week. I am posting on Dec 25th and not the 24th because I am not used to celebrating Christmas on the wrong day, or eve! Some photos from around Sweden during Christmastime. Christmas sunset over Kärna, west coast Sweden Boats on the ice The Charlie Brown Christmas [...]
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Swedish Christmas Food & Dishes
3, Dec 2010Swedes love their food and their drinks. Swedish food isn’t very exciting in terms of spiciness or even spices. But Christmas is different. Christmas is full of exotic spices and delicious flavors not normally associated with Sweden. Maybe the cold, dark, endless winter means doing something spunky for food and decorations. If you are cooking [...]
Happy Thanksgiving from Sweden!
25, Nov 2010Wishing all of you a very happy turkey day. If you are not celebrating overeating, overindulging holiday where we supposedly thanked the Native Americans for helping Americans by more or less killing them, then well you have point. May you have a wonderful weekend Black Friday shopping at least! Hugs and kisses, Sapphire PS- If [...]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
31, Dec 2009happy happy joy joy 2010!!! Okay, Christmas has passed but happy belated wishes to everyone. It’s been a crazy 2009 and I hope all of you had the opportunity to spend it with someone(s) special. I went up to Sälen, a ski town, in central Sweden for four days. Here are some photos below. We [...]
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