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23 December – The day before the Dipping Day Posted by jennie on Dec 23, 2010
Yet again, all of Sweden in completely covered in snow and you can’t find one single thermometer (outside…) in the whole country showing above zero. -20, more likely. Snow is causing chaos all over Sweden with cancelled trains, unsafe roads and icy conditions and lots of people won’t make it home in time for Christmas Eve…
The day before the dipping day Posted by jennie on Dec 23, 2009
Christmas Eve is not only known as julafton in Swedish, it is also known as the Dipping Day (Dopparedagen). And although we are Vikings and quite fond of our winter baths, this name has nothing to do with dipping in the ice cold sea. No, the name Dopparedagen comes from a very old tradition of…