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Some correct facts about swedish christmas traditions. :)
Lighting a candle in a window was a tradition in the middle ages and it was a way to guide baby Jesus. The candle represented the star of Bethlehem. Very few people do this nowdays. Today we use lamps in the shape of a star in our windows instead.
The fact that we in Sweden, and the rest of the nordic countries, celebrate Christmas on the "wrong" day is a remnant from Catholic times when vigils were held the night before a holiday. Also in the middle ages the day was not considered to begin in the morning, but rather at the evening before. In Sweden and throughout the Nordics, we still celebrate so-called "aftnar" (evenings), and that is why we celebrate Christmas on December 24th.
Lye treated cod fish is a dish on christmas. Nobody eats it, but it has to be there.
Goose blood soup, or Black Soup, is not at traditional christmas dish. It's primarily eaten on the Mårtensafton, Mårten's eve, on the 11th of november. Mostly only the most southern parts of Sweden that celebrate this today. Think it's more popular in Denmark than in Sweden.
You're welcome! :)
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for you non-swedish-speakers out there...
the snaps-sång "Helan går" sounds like this (not the actual meaning of the words though);
"Hell and gore, Chung hop father Allan ley
Hell and gore, Chung hop father Allan ley
Oh handsome in the hell and tar
and hell are in the half and four
Hell and gore, Chung hop father Allan ley".
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@danielthomas7117
4 months ago
This is from Dec 2013 - in case you got excited that’s it’s new. What a legend.
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