Christmas in Germany offers everything from tasty pastries and delicious Christmas food to atmospheric Advent music. This year we have to be careful about travelling due to the pandemic, and it's hard to know what the situation will be like as Christmas approaches. But you can always be inspired! If we can't travel this winter, we can always dream and make travel plans for next year.
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Santa Claus is a famous figure with red clothes and a big white beard, who once a year distributes Christmas presents to good children. But who is he really? We offer some facts about Santa Claus. For example, did you know that 'Santa Claus' originated from the saint St Nicholas, or that there are 13 Santas in Iceland?
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Christmas tables and Christmas food in Sweden have strong traditions, which also differ slightly around the country. At the same time, we are changing the traditions and introducing new dishes. We have collected a lot of information about Swedish Christmas food, and we would like to hear about your experiences.
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Today we feel it's time for the Great Christmas List 2019. For once, we will be celebrating Christmas at home in Sweden, so what could be better than a Christmas list? Feel free to join in too! Answer in a comment, or in your own blog post if you have a blog.
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It's Christmas market season in Budapest, and we've had a chance to look around two of the city's markets. It may be unusually warm for a Christmas market, but the atmosphere is great with mulled wine, langos and Hungarian pastries.
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Yesterday I (Helena) had Christmas dinner at Mr French, on Skeppsbrokajen in Stockholm. It was my second Christmas dinner this year, and the last one before it's time for us to travel to Sri Lanka. Have you eaten any Christmas dinner this year, at home or in a restaurant? What is most important to you on a good Christmas table?
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Last Tuesday, I (Helena) had a Christmas dinner at Vaxholm Castle with my work. The Christmas table was served in the atmospheric vaults of the castle, and we were offered lots of good dishes. Above all, it was a nice excursion by boat, to and from Vaxholm.
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There are a lot of odd Christmas traditions in the world. Others probably think that we Swedes are just as strange when we insist on watching Donald Duck on Christmas Eve or burning down the Christmas tree in Gävle. But that's the exciting and interesting thing about traditions - they don't always make sense. Today we offer 12 different Christmas customs!
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What does Christmas food look like in different countries? Did you know that the French eat foie gras, Greenlanders eat whale blubber and that in Latvia you have to eat nine different dishes to have a good year ahead? We've taken a look at Christmas food traditions around the world, and discovered some exciting ones!
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Today is the 1st of Advent, but what does Advent really mean? Today we dig into some history and facts. We also take the opportunity to recommend some fun Christmas calendars in the blog world, as well as our most Christmassy posts. Wishing you a great 1st Advent!
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