When it comes to baked goods, minimalist design and baby names, the Swedes just do things right. OK, I might be a bit biased, since I’m Swedish myself. Nevertheless, I’m eager to share how our ...

Alan Anderson makes traditional Swedish “grenljus” candles in Baraboo. Inspired by his Swedish family and a passion for making things, Alan Anderson makes a batch of traditional “grenljus” each year ...

, if you're wondering, are Christmas elves who keep watch over Swedish homes. Tradition holds that if you leave a bowl of porridge on the doorstep for the tomte on Christmas Eve, good fortune will be ...

Christmas tree candle clips and holders...Hanging pendulum Christmas tree candle holders... Christmas tree candles... For our grandparents and generations before them, these were mainstays of the ...

Boiled salt cod with potatoes and pickled herring may not sound like the fixings for a traditional Christmas meal, but it was the rule of the house of Carl Leonard Vihlen. Vihlen was city founder ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s Christmas Goat — a giant decorative goat made of straw and wood — is celebrating its 50th birthday, but revelers are being asked to keep the candles away. Every Christmas ...

14:40, Tue, Dec 17, 2024 Updated: 14:50, Tue, Dec 17, 2024 Swedish teen Alida Freding certainly has a head for lights - as she processed through York Minister in a candlelit crown during a traditional ...

The first rule of enjoying a julbord – a Swedish Christmassmorgasbord – is to start with a big plate. “The big meal is on Christmas Eve. Friends and relatives come tothe house, and we used to eat ...

The word itself is a portmanteau – when parts of multiple words are combined into one, creating a mash-up of their sound and meaning – in this case a mix of the words November and Advent. Although ...