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Hallå. I'm just admiring my young sister's coffee she made and her Lucia buns. Come join, we have plenty to go around. Let me tell you about our Christmas traditions.
Our "Santa Claus" is Julbok. He is a Christmas goat. Jultomten is a Christmas elf that helps Julbok.
We have a ceremony called Saint Lucia. It starts in the morning of December 13th, before dawn. The youngest daughter wears a white robe and a red sash, and has a crown with candles attached. She makes Lucia buns and coffee, wakes her parents up, and gives them this delicious breakfast. While that tradition is being done, another one comes along. Boys dress up in a long white shirt and a pointy hat. These boys are called star boys. They also carry around a star shaped wand.
Christmas trees are common two days before Christmas. They're decorated with candles, straw ornaments, gnomes that are wearing caps, apples, their country's flag, and turnips.
Swedes have a smorgasbord, or buffet of julskinka, which is a Christmas ham, lutfisk, which is dried codfish, pepparkakor, which is a goat-shaped gingerbread biscuit, and many more. Risgrygrot, a type of rice, has an almond hidden inside, and whoever finds it in their bowl will marry in the up coming year.
By morning churches are lit with thousands of candles and lights. It's a very beautiful sight.
Our "Santa Claus" is Julbok. He is a Christmas goat. Jultomten is a Christmas elf that helps Julbok.
We have a ceremony called Saint Lucia. It starts in the morning of December 13th, before dawn. The youngest daughter wears a white robe and a red sash, and has a crown with candles attached. She makes Lucia buns and coffee, wakes her parents up, and gives them this delicious breakfast. While that tradition is being done, another one comes along. Boys dress up in a long white shirt and a pointy hat. These boys are called star boys. They also carry around a star shaped wand.
Christmas trees are common two days before Christmas. They're decorated with candles, straw ornaments, gnomes that are wearing caps, apples, their country's flag, and turnips.
Swedes have a smorgasbord, or buffet of julskinka, which is a Christmas ham, lutfisk, which is dried codfish, pepparkakor, which is a goat-shaped gingerbread biscuit, and many more. Risgrygrot, a type of rice, has an almond hidden inside, and whoever finds it in their bowl will marry in the up coming year.
By morning churches are lit with thousands of candles and lights. It's a very beautiful sight.