They’re watching "Donald Duck". Perhaps the most loved and sacred Swedish Christmas tradition, Donald Duck, or "Kalle Anka" as the Swedes call him, is the name given to a 1950s Disney special ...

Sweden has some charming Christmas traditions. For example, it’s customary to serve a Christmas Eve buffet of traditional foods including risgrynsgröt, a rice pudding flavoured with cinnamon.

That tradition continues today. Some say this tradition goes back to local Swedish legends about Christmas elves riding the ...

Swedish teen Alida Freding certainly has a head for lights - as she processed through York Minister in a candlelit crown during a traditional Scandinavian carol service. The atmospheric family ...

Sweden has one of the highest numbers of official holidays in Europe. Today there are 13 official public holidays in Sweden, and despite being a largely secular country, nine have their history in ...

The tradition of building a giant goat out ... and as an ornament on Yule trees across Scandinavia. The goat is to Sweden what Christmas poo fixation is to Catalonia. But every year, it comes ...

Window No.15: "Experiencing real snowfall here for the first time was magical" – We have always celebrated Eid in Pakistan, but Christmas in Sweden feels uniquely special. We never realised it came ...

Stockholm (AFP) – A day after Belgium warned against eating Christmas trees, Swedish officials said that the needles can be safely used to make butter and other products -- as long as the trees ...

Join us for the 2024 Swedish Christmas Fair! SWEA Toronto's beloved annual tradition returns live this year at a new venue: George Brown College's Waterfront Campus, located at 51 Dockside Drive ...

STOCKHOLM – A day after Belgium warned against eating Christmas trees, Swedish officials said the needles can be safely used to make butter and other products – as long as the trees are young ...