How Christmas is celebrated and celebrated in Sweden. Christmas traditions in Sweden
Rating: 8,1/10 (1566 votes)  Sweden B Preparations for Christmas in Sweden begin at the end of November during the Advent period, and the holiday lasts until January 13, when most people in Sweden start throwing out Christmas trees and getting rid of Christmas decorations. Christmas in Sweden, as elsewhere, is more meaningful. and more exciting than New Years. It is believed that Christmas is surrounded by an aura of divinity, and New Year is just a calendar date. In the morning of December 24, all Swedes begin to prepare for the holiday, bake cookies with the kids, pack gifts, watch cartoons during the day, and get together with the whole family in the evening ... On Christmas, all the shops are closed, the street is almost empty, but unusually beautiful. On the contrary, they try to meet New Year's Eve with friends and at midnight they go out with a bottle of champagne outside, where they wait for the striking clock. Not many are having fun all night, mostly after the fireworks, the Swedes wish each other a good New Year and go home. Responsible for Christmas in Sweden is the Christmas gnome Yultomten, who lives near the town of Mura in the Tomteland residence. Many magical creatures also live there - trolls, fairies and elves, as well as a cheerful witch. Each of them has their own house, where you can go to see everything and take pictures, as well as learn magic and magic. Dwarf Yultomten is helped by deer, moose and other animals. It should be noted that Tomteland is a tourist place, artificially created, where the program of events is very rich and hectic.  If you want to visit not only Stockholm for Christmas, you can visit small towns near the capital. Sigtuna - the very first city in Sweden, located an hour's drive from the capital. Here, on Bolshaya Street and Bolshaya and Malaya Squares, 4 weeks before Christmas, traditional fairs begin to work, Christmas music is played, the dwarf Yultomten accepts letters with wishes, and characters from fairy tales walk the streets. Uppsala is a town located an hour's drive from Stockholm. Here, in addition to the fairs that operate at Uppsala Castle and the Art Museum, you can visit a separate farmer's fair in front of the station and the Resecentrum Travel Center. Christmas concerts are held in the main cathedral.  Straw kzel in Gavle Gavle is a city located a little further from the capital (1.5 hours drive). Here you can go ice skating, make your own Christmas wreath, watch Christmas concerts and shows. In addition, Gavle has a Christmas attraction - Gavlebocken, a huge 13-meter straw goat that is built every year one month before Christmas and burned after the holiday. This tradition is already 46 years old. In order to fully celebrate Christmas in Swedish you need to: - try gingerbread cookies, and it is better to become a participant in its preparation with children; - try the Christmas ham and fish casserole"Temptation of Jansson"; - decorate the room with an Advent candlestick, decorative compositions on the theme of the birth of Jesus, as well as figurines of a Christmas goat, because it was he before his replaced the dwarf Yultomten, brought gifts to children; - prepare a rhyme for each gift. which will contain a hint of the content of the gift, this is exactly what the Swedes do; - on New Year's Eve, make a promise that will relate to changing your lifestyle; - to wish you a Merry Christmas and a good New Year by saying"God Jul och Gott nytt ar!" ("Gud yul o got nyut op!"). - decorate the room with an Advent candlestick, decorative compositions on the theme of the birth of Jesus, as well as figurines of a Christmas goat, because it was he who brought gifts to children before the dwarf Yultomten replaced him; - prepare a rhyme for each gift. which will contain a hint of the content of the gift, this is exactly what the Swedes do; - on New Year's Eve, make a promise that will relate to changing your lifestyle; - wish you a merry Christmas and a good new year by saying"God Jul och Gott nytt ar!" ("Gud yul o got nyut op!"). - decorate the room with an Advent candlestick, decorative compositions on the theme of the birth of Jesus, as well as figurines of a Christmas goat, because it was he who brought gifts to children before the dwarf Yultomten replaced him; - prepare a rhyme for each gift. which will contain a hint of the content of the gift, this is exactly what the Swedes do; - on New Year's Eve, make a promise that will relate to changing your lifestyle; - to wish you a Merry Christmas and a good New Year by saying"God Jul och Gott nytt ar!" ("Good yul o got nyut op!"). which will contain a hint of the content of the gift, this is exactly what the Swedes do; - on New Year's Eve, make a promise that will relate to changing your lifestyle; - wish you a merry Christmas and a good new year by saying"God Jul och Gott nytt ar!" ("Gud yul o got nyut op!"). which will contain a hint of the content of the gift, this is exactly what the Swedes do; - on New Year's Eve, make a promise that will relate to changing your lifestyle; - to wish you a Merry Christmas and a good New Year by saying"God Jul och Gott nytt ar!" ("Gud yul o got nyut op!"). We also recommend reading Tatami in Japan Topic: How Christmas is celebrated and celebrated in Sweden. Christmas traditions in Sweden. |
