#swedish christmas traditions

[nymla]

Lussekatt aka lussebulle aka saffransbulle aka lussekuse aka julkuse aka dyvelskatt - kärt bakverk har många namn 🤤 Maybe these seem strange if you dont have an emotional connection to the saffron bun. They are a tradition for advent, Lucia and jul (christmas) here in Sweden - let me know if you have the same in other countries? Fun fact: they used to be called dyvelskatt/dövelskatt meaning ”devils cat”.

There are some necklaces and tea infusers for your fika in my shop! https://www.nymla.se/shop These here are real edible saffron buns:

Music: Carol of the Bells (Celtic Version) by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

[vizzly-sama]

You leave cookies and milk for Santa.

In Sweden we just throw some candy on the trash bin...

[tizeline]

I love the fact that non-swedes have discovered the Gävle Goat and are all cheering for it's inevitable annual demise

[delightful-mirth]

Swedish Advent candle holder (Adventsljusstake) with three lit candles for the third Advent Sunday.

📸: Niklas Nordblad

@justsimplythebest

[pom12art]

Today I drew the Swedish straw goat and APH New Zealand in my sketchbook

[lucimiir]

I just read the bear and the nightingale! I loved the little household spirits, and they reminded me of my family’s tradition of hiding tomte (gnome-like creatures in swedish folklore that will do your chores at night if you leave them offerings of bread and milk but cause mischief if you don’t) around the house at Christmas for the kids to find.

So I made some! I’ll give them to my grandmother when I see her for the holidays.

[dendro80]

Julafton hos oss. 😊

Christmas at our home. 😊

December 2023

Avesta, Dalarna, Sweden

[chaiberry]

SWEDISH TRADITIONS; CHRISTMAS TABLE

[kattahj]

Today is the 9th of December, and in Swedish tradition, it's the day to start soaking your lutefisk. So if you have a lutefisk, get on it!

[alittlebitbethany]

For Day 13 of #averydollychristmascountdown we have the lovely @americangirlbrand #kirstenlarson dressed as #stlucia in honour of #stluciasday she is sitting on a #sled that my mum very kindly bought me from @hobbycrafthq. Image Description: a doll dressed in a #stluciagown and #stluciawreath sitting on a sled. There is a festive backdrop. #agig #agiger #americangirldollkirsten #agkirsten #americangirl #americangirldoll #americangirldolls #swedishtraditions #americangirlbrand

[nonenglishsongs]

Non-English Songs Celebrates Christmas #24 | Agnetha & Linda - Nu tändas tusen juleljus (Swedish)

[birchshutter]

An often forgotten Swedish Christmas tradition is watching a movie set in summertime about a kid who does not know how to whistle and his friend. The kid is jealous of his friend who knows how to whistle and has a grandfather. So go to a retirement home and adopt a grandfather.

[coupleofdays]

The Gävle goat is getting a lot of attention around here, but I would like to make a case for a couple of other Swedish Christmas goats: The Kävlinge "Horny Goats".

It has been a Christmas tradition in the town of Kävlinge since 2015 to put up a pair of goats in a traffic circle. And for just as long, there has been a somewhat more inofficial tradition that someone will move those two goats into a mating position, giving them the nickname "kåtbockarna" (literally "the horny goats", a Swedish term similar to the English "horndog").

One year an unknown person even put up three smaller goats around the two large ones, to indicate that they've had children.

This year, however, the goats have been positioned in a somewhat less intimate position, simply kissing eachother:

Swedish television news did a short feature where they interviewed citizens of Kävlinge about this latest change, and most of them expressed disappointment, apparently preferring the "horny" version.

Considering that "bock" usually refers to males of the species, this means that Kävlinge has had a public display of gay sex each Christmas for several years, enthusiastically supported by its citizens. I think that's a Christmas tradition well worth celebrating.

[bratjedi0]

SWEDISH TRADITIONS; CHRISTMAS TABLE

[dendro80]

Årets pepparkakshus är dekorerat. ❤️

Gingerbread house. ❤️ Decorated this years gingerbread house. Have always associated the gingerbread smell with Christmas. My mother always baked a big house for Christmas Eve and the aroma spread throughout the house. Also we eat gingerbread cookies for jul (chrismas).

December 2023 ✨

Avesta, Dalarna, Sweden

[markyrph]

SWEDISH TRADITIONS; CHRISTMAS TABLE