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The countdown to Christmas! Posted by jennie on Dec 1, 2011
Finally! December is here and today we are properly kicking off the countdown to Christmas. Well, this is not entirely true, since first of Advent was last Sunday (November 27) and that’s the day when most Swedes goes candles-and-stars-mental and decorate every window possible. You know the story, Sweden is pretty dark and miserably around…
Bring out your candles and stars – it’s Advent! Posted by jennie on Nov 26, 2010
As all you people know – and might have experienced – end November in Sweden is dark, depressingly dark. Snow is a blessing, since it kind of makes things lighter and brighter (and it’s loads of fun of course) but come this weekend, this awful darkness is about to get a kick in the butt…
First Advent Posted by Transparent Language on Nov 29, 2008
Tomorrow is the First Advent and I dutifully dragged out my Advent lights (the electric kind) only to find out they don’t work. Sometime between last December and today they decided to go to the Advent light heaven, or wherever it is that broken ornaments go. So my first Advent Sunday will be lightless. That’s…