Tag Archives: Swedish Christmas
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…
Swedish Christmas words Part II Posted by Gabriel on Dec 16, 2009
Swedish Christmas words, Part 1 Posted by Gabriel on Dec 8, 2009
Julbocken – Sweden’s Christmas Goat Posted by Marcus Cederström on Dec 3, 2009
I have lived in Sweden for over two years now as an adult. I speak the language fluently. I work here. I even have Swedish citizenship. That doesn’t help; I am still not used to the idea of Julbocken. The Christmas Goat. Julbocken is known in two forms. The first being the large straw version…
Dear Santa Posted by jennie on Dec 1, 2009
It’s December, the new Swedish blog has officially been launched and the countdown to Christmas has begun. Let’s pay attention to all of the above and start off this huge task easily with a humble Christmas wish list. Unfortunatley I stopped believing in Santa (tomten) as a toddler when I caught our dog chewing at…