So she lights up the lamp and keeps waitingīut I'll change all my ways and I'll meet her Though she prays that I'll come back to see herīut I've sinned against my home and my loved ones In the lamplight each night I can see her When it's lamp lighting time in the valley When It's Lamp Lighting Time In The Valley Here are some Swedish carols translated in English listed below. They express so much of the longing for peacefulness - a time to pause and reflect on a spiritual level, far away from daily uncertainties. Beautiful Christmas carols are most important for conveying the true Christmas sentiment. Shortly thereafter rice pudding is served. ![]() ![]() Then the best part of the day follows when Santa arrives with presents to all. In Sweden, the holidays are a time for relaxation and reflection, to creep into your winter den, light candles and in the afternoon sing Christmas carols and dance. Each Sunday one more candle is lit just before the Christmas in anticipation. The excitement begins on the first Sunday of Advent with the lighting of the first candle. There are Christmas concerts in every other church from the beginning of December until mid January as Sweden is a grand choir country. The biggest and longest holiday of the year is the magical Christmas of Sweden. Christmas Day marks the beginning of a long resting period to enjoy with family and friends. Lucia and as a kid always wanted to walk around with candles on my head, but unfortunately my parents thought maybe that was a disaster waiting to happen.Christmas is a festival to rejoice in the joy and blessings of lord's love. I love the Swedish Christmas tradition of St. Her kitchen table looks very similar to the dining room table but has a little bit more blue on the candle tree:Īnd here you can see how she used the goats as napkin ring holders:Īnd last but not least she had the three goats guarding her drink station:Īnd that’s how you decorate for A Swedish Christmas! Mom served Swedish Meatballs, Tea Ring, dill potatoes, Potatis Skorv (a type of potato sausage dish) and ostakaka with She also served a non alcoholic glogg to drink. These cute wooden ornaments are very Swedish and I love the little St. And those cute trees with the red berries might just make their way to my house sometime soon…Īnd look she even has nativities hanging on her candle trees: The centerpiece of each table was a candle tree surrounded by greenery and goats. ![]() ![]() She served at two tables, the first is in the living room: (I wish I had a good picture of it because it looked really cool with all of them lining the tables, but alas, her guests actually took their party favors home, so I didn’t get a photo of them). She bought one of those little goats for each person at her party for favors and used them as napkin rings on her plates. Here they are all packed up in her suitcase like a miniature goat army: So for her parties my mom collected some of my family’s decorations to supplement her own and we lucked out and found the little straw goats at Ikea for (you guessed it) super cheap. And so the Swedish traditions have stuck around a bit, we have tea ring (a breakfast roll) at many family gatherings and several members of my family decorate with the Dala Horse and straw decorations that permeate traditional Swedish decor. So my mom and all her sisters grew up in a very Swedish community full of Larsons, Johnsons, and Isaacsons. My great-grandfather was full blood Swede and my extended family all settled into a small Swedish community in Kansas. I am not mostly Swedish by percent, but as far as the heritage that has been celebrated in my life, the Swedes have been the strongest. Over the last few years she has picked a theme for her parties and this year it was a Swedish Christmas. Have you been enjoying the week of posts about mom’s house at Christmas? If you are just joining us here’s what you missed: the best of her nativity collection, the most bizarre nativities and her two Christmas trees!Īnd for the final post of the week I’m showing off her Swedish Christmas decor! I mentioned earlier in the week that she hosts a multitude of people every year at Christmas at three separate Christmas parties all in one weekend.
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