Christmas in Sweden is surrounded by numerous modern and ancient traditions, the experience you need to understand them. Moreover, many traditions are now varied in different regions of the country and even each family brings more variations. However, some traditions go far back into pre-Christian times in Sweden and today only the presence of adapted.
One of these traditions is eating rice porridge (Risgrynsgröt) on Christmas Eve, also known as Weihnachtsbrei and Wichtelbrei. In some regions already eat it for breakfast, only to other after the traditional Christmas dinner. At that Weihnachtsbrei (Julgröt), which has little to do with the German rice pudding, among several rituals, such as that in the Tomtegröt (Wichtelgröt) a peeled almond is hidden. The finder of the almond is to marry next year. When eaten the porridge on Christmas Eve, it brings bad luck for next year and forget about the house elves in the evening a small dish to make with Julgröt the door, he will not guard house and property in the following year much.
The typical Christmas dinner in Sweden also differs in Sweden something from each other, but always includes some meals, the Swedes around the world prepare or import. It is not just about the Christmas ham who impressed many visitors to Sweden, but it also includes pickled herring and small Prinskorv (Prince sausage) loan, which has already been seen at the beginning of the 19th Century occurred in Sweden and whose name has been protected since 2002 in Sweden. The salads, prawns, foie gras, Lutfisk (lye fish) or strömming (sour herring) are then already optional, but all have a specific function and tradition in Sweden.
A tradition that Sweden is on the spread of television, is the mission Kalle Anka (Donald Duck) on the afternoon of Christmas Eve. This show is on air since 1960 every year at the same time, the content changes only in a few details. This mission is one of the most watched programs of the Swedish Television and gathers every year more than three million viewers at home. Only children under ten years show less and less interest in the classic animated Disney films.
Even Santa Claus with his presents did not come until the end of the 19th Century tried to Sweden and thus the to supplant Christmas goat, which was only partially successful, as the Swedish Christmas goat occurs not only in numerous tales of Sweden, but also complex traditions in the country brings with it, which even today still live on. "Julafton Lille Vigg Äventyr på " First the amendment, the Viktor Rydberg published 1871, today's Santa Claus in the Swedish houses, but already the word Julklapp (Christmas) goes back to the Christmas goat.
Copyright text and photos: Herbert Karlin
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