A unique Christmas in Sweden
Daniel
Christmas traditions in Sweden are very different to many other parts of the World and even other parts of Europe so before you take your city break to Sweden its best to get acquainted with Swedish customs so you are at the right places at the right times over the festive season – and you don’t get confused!
Well, Christmas begins in Sweden on 13th December on Saint Lucia Day. Saint Lucia was a Christian who died for her faith and Sweden honors’ her on 13th.
The family celebrates St Lucia where if there is an eldest girl (or the eldest female) in the family portrays Lucia by wearing a white robe and a crown of candles serving her family with Lucia coffee, mulled wine and buns.
On 24th December, Christmas Eve most Swedish locals will form procession lines and march to their local church candles which are lit – it’s quite a humbling and magical site.
Most Swedish households will put their Christmas trees up in and around their homes two days before 25th December. The Swedes are very favorable of their outdoor decorations and outdoor trees and full family homes are always seen highly decorated in seasonal spirit from a range of gingerbread biscuits, flowers and Christmas decorations. Christmas Eve is known in Sweden as Julafton. The Swedish Christmas Eve meal is usually made up of smorgasbord (a buffet of ham, pork, or fish, as well as a variety of sweets).
A very popular Swedish Christmas tradition is to serve ‘Risgryngrot’, which is a special rice porridge with a single almond inside the porridge it. Whoever it is that finds the almond in their rice dish is given a wish, or in some instances is believed will be getting married in the forthcoming year.
The Swedes have a Santa Claus known as Tomte who looks a bit like Santa Claus and out the presents while reciting funny rhymes.
After Christmas in Sweden comes Epiphany this is on 6th January, after this is Hilarymas which is 13th January and marks the end to the Christmas season in Sweden. So they celebrate the season far longer than most other countries!!
With little pubs and cafes, Christmas Markets, ski-ing, snow sports and live Music, Sweden is a very good city break particularly over Christmas and New Year.
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Posted on: Friday, December 12, 2008 at 6:19 am 
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