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5am-the-foxing-hour · 4 years ago

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The Adventures 2020

3rd Advent (December 13th) Lucia (Saint Lucy's Day)

Year 2020’s Adventures

5 parter, each part posted on advent: 1st 29th November, 2nd 6th December, 3rd 13th December and 4th 20rd December and the last part on Christmas 24th of December

Characters: All of them

Words: 663

Warnings: Remus mentions someone removing their eyes, other than that I don’t think there are any.

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The dark hung outside of the house, making the lights and decorations shine and light up the world around them. Inside Thomas sat on his couch surrounded by the sides as they watched the TV which played the live show of the Saint Lucy's Day celebration.

The live candles in the crown of lights flickered in the low light of the theatre, candles were put out where the audience would be sitting, not there due to the restrictions and recommendations. Lucia and the others in the procession sang different Christmas songs as well as songs more connected to Lucia. Being the third of advent they also lit the three candles while saying the piece from a small poem.

Thomas watched with wide eyes, having not really watched these before, but it was a wish from Patton who wanted to see it, so they had all sat down to do so.

Janus was half asleep, arms crossed over his chest under the thick blanket he had bundled himself in. His hat a bit askew from how he was sitting. Remus was watching with a bored expression, sprawled over the back of the couch. Roman was just as trollbound as Patton as the two sat on the floor closest to the TV to see everything. Logan sipped on a cup of warm glögg, a spiced hot wine, he had only found it last year after the celebrations were over and never got to try it, until this year. He liked it a lot, and wasn’t alone. He and Janus spend a few evenings drinking it while eating some of the saffron buns and gingerbread Thomas had made prior.

“Wonder what they would do if her hair caught on fire.” Remus suddenly piped up. Making everyone who heard cringe or sigh.

“I’m sure they have a fire extinguisher or a fire blanket at the ready if they would need it.” Logan huffed, not looking away from the TV.

“Why are you still here Remus? I didn’t take this as your thing.” Virgil groused as he sent a glance at Remus, from where he himself sat on the back of the couch, leaning against the wall under the big painting.

“Well this is pretty boring, but did you know the saint was said to have gouged her eyes out to give to a guy who said he loved them.” Remus said with a toothy grin. Virgil hissed and Thomas made a gagging noise at the mental image that gave him.

“Hush.” Janus muttered as he reached up a hand and patted Remus on the head. Remus made a weird chirp like noise and instantly pushed into Janus’s hand, growing quiet as Janus once more let himself relax into the warmth of the blanket. only to yelp and groan when Remus decided to flop on top of him, before shimmying in under the blanket. “You’re stabbing my spleen!” Janus wheezed as he struggled to get all of Remus’s bony and pointy elbows and edges away from his softer body parts.

They stilled after a while of movements. Remus hugging Janus like an koala, Janus sighed before he poked out from the blanket to look at the TV.

“You okay Jan?” Patton asked from the floor.

“Yeah.” Janus said before he yawned wide, the added warmth that Remus radiated making him even sleepier. “Wake me when this is over...” he mumbled before he let himself slump a bit more in Remus’s hold, watching the TV through half closed eyes.

Thomas smiled slightly at the sight before he returned his attention to the TV.

Virgil grumbled something under his breath before he slid down from the back of the couch to sit crouched on the couch instead.

“The whole show is a fire hazard...”

“As I was saying, they got ways to deal with it if it ever were to happen.”

“Okay… well, her hair will still be full of candle wax.”

“I…” Logan huffed as he fixed his glasses “Probably.”

#Sanders Sides #TheAdventures #Janus #Sympathetic Deceit #Remus #Roman #Logan #Patton #Virgil #Thomas #text #the fox writes #Lucia #Advent #you've seen the last of queue

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lihikainanea · 4 years ago

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Happy Sunday, friends. I’m just sippin’ some glögg and lighting some candles.

I’m officially on vacation, which is slightly unnerving because there’s just...nothing to do. Sigh.

If I may humbly recommend a baking book, please do get yourself a copy of One Tin Bakes by Edd Kimber. Oh my god, I literally want to make every single thing in it, it all looks divine.

Tomorrow I will make risengrød, one of my favourite holiday breakfast things, and I’ll also make Lussekatter--swedish saffron buns, for St. Lucia’s day (which is today, but I don’t have the right kind of yeast. Oops!)

Just going to wrap some presents then I’ll take a look at my inbox and see what kind of trouble our two favourite idiots can get into <3

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jj-lynn21 · 4 years ago

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Holiday with the Skarsgard Gentlemen: Part 2 Gustaf and Princess

Notes: This has a little bit of everything for my readers. It is about friends on holiday that end up running into Alex, Gustaf, Bill and Valter at a bar they stop at in Stockholm. I got the info about Sweden from google so I hope it is not to unreliable. I shouldn’t need to say but it is AU. Pure fantasy folks. It is subdivided into what kind of night You have with your favorite guy. Flirting, giddiness, sex, dancing, ice skating, and fireworks. “It will be a great adventure.” I say in character as one of your friends on this adventure with you.

tags: @dragsraksllib, @super-pink-a-palouza, @skarsjoy, @loomiz, @bskarsgardlove92, @grandpa-sweaters @romangodfreyownsmyass @hausofobsession

Part 1 Alex and Kitten

Gustaf pulls up a chair beside you when he joins your table of friends. His smile brightens as he waves to everyone. “Hi, I’m Gustaf.” He looks to you. “What’s your name, Princess?”

“You can call me Princess if you want to.” Your cheeks burn with shyness.

“Alright that’s a deal.” He turns his attention to the others. “Sit down baby brother. Don’t be so creepy.” Most of your friends giggle even you. But one rolls her eyes and gets up to go to the bar. Valter takes her seat. “Maybe your friend will get the turtle at the bar out of his shell.”

“I think she can do that.” You smiled dreamily at him before looking away as his eyes caught yours.

His hand stroked your cheek lightly. “You don’t need to be shy with me. Princess. How about you look this way and tell me about yourself, maybe a few hopes and dreams?”

You could not look him in his lovely eyes at first when you turned to speak. After a few minutes of him listening to you, you felt much more comfortable. He really listened. He asked follow-up questions to let you know how much he was curious about things you were saying. Then you got around to asking him some questions. You were mostly curious about his envirmental adventures. He passionately explained his thoughts on climate change. You were just fascinated by his intelligence.

“I can go on sometimes.” His hand in yours. “How are you enjoying Sweden on your holiday?”

“We really have not explored much.” Your eyes batted. “We just arrived late this afternoon.”

“Well, will you trust me to remedy that, Princess?” He got up, extended his hand and bowed.

You took his hand with a giggle. “I do.”

While one of your friends had disappeared with Alexander, another was chatting up Bill at the bar and the other was snickering at whatever Valter was whispering in her ear.

“Hey Valter, you cool with getting home tonight if I take off in the SUV?” He glanced over to Bill, but he knew he could take care of himself.

“I think we can figure out something.” He grinned as your friend giggled.

“Be mindful.” Gustaf reminds him. “You do represent this family. What one does, we all did.”

Valter rolls his eyes and mocks him to your friend quietly. Gustaf ignores this escorting you out. He always hopes Valter will listen to his wisdom but of course he cannot force him. He makes sure your coat and hat are on you snugly before you step outside and opens the passenger door for you helping you up into the large vehicle.

“I will show you how special it is here during the holiday season.” He pulls out to the street carefully. “Then we will park where there is a perfect view of the fireworks tonight. I think you will love them.”

“Sounds fun.” You watch out the window at the lights.

Gustaf gropes for your hand to hold as he drives. “Those girls over there are celebrating St. Lucia. The one with the candled on her head is the Saint and the others are part of her procession. She was a young girl Christian girl who was martyred in 304. She would secretly bring food to the persecuted Christians in Rome, who lived in hiding in the catacombs under the city. She wears candles on her head to light her way and have her hands free to carry thing the people needed. The procession is usually just on December 13th, but some do it throughout the holiday season.”

“That’s interesting.” You watch them as they walk towards a small church in the distance. What about the ice sculptures up there?” You point. “Is that a tradition?”

“Of sorts.” He pulled into a parking area. “It is an ice-skating rink. We all learned to skate here. Or learned to fall on our asses gracefully.” He chuckled. “Do you skate?”

“I have a long time ago.” Maybe you have and maybe you haven’t but the thought of holding on to him while skating is great. ”Can we go?”

“I have my skates in the back, but we are going to have to find you a pair at the Market.” He got out of the SUV and came around to help you out.

“I can’t just rent them?” You shivered from the cold.

He wrapped his arms around you. “We don’t do that here, Princess. It is free to skate here. You need your own skates. Good news is I am sure we can find a place that has them in the marketplace. It is a little touristy around here so call me Bob.”

You laugh. “Okay Bob. Let’s go shopping.”

You easily find the ice skates in your size. When a group of fans start flashing cameras Gustaf’s way, you grab his arm and loudly announce, “Thank You Bob Henry. This is such a fun vacation.” You could almost hear the frowns rise on the fans faces. Gustaf answering, “Yes’em” in an American southern accent that crushed their hopes he was him once and for all.

You both laughed walking over to the ice-skating rink. He put your skates on for you tying the laces up snugly before putting his on. You wait for him to stand first because you are unsure of your footing once you stand. You take the hand he offers wobbling a bit as your ankles try to get used to the one blade. You take a few steps on to the ice and fall into his body.

“Don’t worry, Princess, I got you.” Gustaf lifted you upright. He turned your back toward him and grabbed your hips. “Just relax while I push you. It will help you get the feel of the ice.”

Light music was playing. His hands on your hips. Your hands over his. You let him glide you across the ice. Your smile widens as he skates faster. There are only a few others on the ice due to the late hour. It is really exhilarating. When you slow down, he turns to skate backwards keeping his hands on your waist. You lean forward almost losing your balance.

“Upright, Princess.” Gustaf instructed. He took your hands as you straightened. “That’s a good girl”

You get your bearings. When he slowly lets you go turning to face away you slide right up to his back laying against him. His hands move around to touch you. It is comforting and free as you skate as one. He turns easily keeping you close. You look at each other. He stops you both in the middle of the rink. Hands warm your freezing cheeks. He kisses you as the fireworks go off somewhere above.

“That was nice, Princess.” He escorted you off the ice. “Let’s grab some warm glögg and gingerbread.”

You sit on the bench for him to take your skates off. “I never tried glögg. I love gingerbread.”

He ties your skates together to carry. “You will love it.” He took his skates off and carried both pairs while holding your hand to the nearest café. “Ska vi ta en fika?”

You tilted your head questionably.

Gustaf looked at you, he smiled. “I’m sorry, Princess. Just asking you properly to have a break with me.”

“Of course.” You take his hand from across the table. “I should learn some better Swedish, so you are more comfortable.”

“That is nice of you, but I am comfortable speaking whatever language my friends do.” He patted your hand before going to get drinks and treats.

He came back. You breathed in the steam from the heated drink. It smelled so good. When you sipped it, it was even better. You tasted the cookie. It brought joy to your taste buds. You talked more about the beauty of Sweden as his fingers fumbled with yours. You were so enthralled with his stories you barely felt the fidget air.

When you were done with that little social break you headed back to the car. The music playing as you passed the rink inspired him to twirl you. You land back in his arms. His one hand cups yours while other rests on your lower back dancing slowly. For the most part the crowd ignores you as they rush around the “silly couple” in the middle of the walkway.

When the song ends, he rushes you to the SUV. blasted the heat which warmed up in minutes. You snuggled close to him, hand drifting between his thighs. His eyebrow raised inquisitively as you looked up at him for approval. He caught your chin to lay a passionate kiss on your lips. It is all the approval you needed so you undid his belt, unbutton and unzipped his pants to get to the gift you had always wanted.

“You want to drink your fill from my cup, Princess?” He rasped as your hand brushed over his engorged member still hiding beneath his tighty whities.

“You are so poetic, Gustaf and yes.” You lick your lips.

Gustaf uses one hand to free himself as the other palms the pack of your head easing you to go down gently.

Part 3: Bill and Sweetheart coming soon

Part 4: Valter and Babe coming soon

#holiday with the skarsgard gentlemen #Gustaf and Princess #gustaf skarsgard #dancing #ice skating #ramance #fantasy #smut

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sneakend · 5 years ago

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Hyvää joulua, @fruzsislangblrstuff !!! I had the honor of being your substitute santa for @langblrsecretsanta this year. I made a list of interesting Finnish Christmas traditions with related vocabulary. And since you like baking I added some Finnish recipes at the end! Hope you have a great year 2020!

♢ food ♢

Casseroles

Casseroles are a staple of Finnish Christmas, enough so that most people get sick of them by December 25th. The traditional Christmas dinner includes casseroles made of potatoes, carrots, liver and rutabaga. My family usually also includes a macaroni casserole even though this is a food that people eat throughout the year. It’s great for kids too since they’re often not that into the other casseroles. Moreover, sweet potato casserole has gained popularity in recent years and I think I even saw parsnip casserole at the grocery store this year.

laatikko = a casserole (the same word also means box so a cardboard box would be pahvilaatikko). The name of a specific casserole can be formed just by adding the name of a vegetable in front of this word, peruna (potato) + laatikko = perunalaatikko (potato casserole) just like in English.

bataatti = a sweet potato

lanttu = a rutabaga

palsternakka = a parsnip

peruna = a potato

porkkana = a carrot

makaroni = macaroni

maksa = a liver

Rosolli

A bound salad eaten mostly as a cold side dish, in particular as part of the traditional Finnish Christmas meal.

Rosolli is made of cooked, diced root vegetables, especially beetroot, carrot and potato, often combined with one or more of pickled cucumber (of either the vinegar or brine type), raw onion and apple. It is often served with a dressing made of whipped cream or a soured cream product available in Finland called kermaviili (being a type of viili made with sour cream), laced with vinegar or the pickling liquid of beetroot, which also colours the cream pink.

My personal opinion is that rosolli is gross but each to their own.

punajuuri = a beetroot

suolakurkku = pickled cucumber (literally “salt cucumber”)

etikka = vinegar

kermavaahto = whipped cream (literally “cream foam”)

Rice porridge (riisipuuro)

A warm porridge eaten with cinnamon and sugar. Can be eaten either as a dessert or breakfast on Christmas. A whole almond is hidden in the porridge and the one who finds it in their bowl gets to make a wish.

kaneli = cinnamon

sokeri = sugar

manteli = an almond

Christmas tart (joulutorttu)

A Finnish Christmas pastry, traditionally made from puff pastry in the shape of a star or pinwheel and filled with prune jam and often dusted with icing sugar. Lately people have also started using different jams or even caramel as a filling for these. Some years back there was some controversy in Sweden over the fact that some people think these pastries resemble swastikas. But not to worry, there are several different shapes one can choose from!

luumu = a prune/plum

Chocolate boxes

These are one of the most traditional (and lazy) gifts year after year. Every Christmas everyone gets at least a few of these, eats their favourites and leaves the rest to gather dust until they’re inedible. Every Christmas the supermarkets have special deals where you get a bunch of chocolate boxes relatively cheap (what’s really cheap in Finland?). The most popular are the ones by Fazer and Panda. Other popular Christmas sweets include green jellies, Julia and Budapest.

suklaarasia = a chocolate box

Glögg (glögi)

A Scandinavian, spiced, usually alcoholic drink, served warm. There are many different types in Finland, including a good selection of non-alcoholic glögg that’s sweet and even fit for children. The prices vary from under one euro to 20 euros (potentially even more). Some people add raisins and almonds to their glögg.

mauste = spice

rusina = a raisin

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Little Christmas (pikkujoulu)

A Finnish traditional party held to anticipate Christmas. The Pikkujoulu party is non-formal, highly festive, and themed after Christmas. Pikkujoulu parties are held by various communities, organisations, companies, or just among friends. Pikkujoulu differs from Christmas as more free-form and less religious.

Saint Lucy’s Day (Lucian päivä)

A Christian feast day observed on 13 December, commemorating Lucia of Syracuse, an early-4th-century martyr, who according to legend brought food and aid to Christians hiding in the Roman catacombs, wearing a candlelit wreath on her head to light her way and leave her hands free to carry as much food as possible. Her feast day, which coincided with the shortest day of the year prior to calendar reforms, is widely celebrated as a festival of light. Falling within the Advent season, Saint Lucy's Day is viewed as a precursor of Christmastide.

Saint Lucy's Day is celebrated most widely in Scandinavia and in Italy, with each emphasising a different aspect of her story. The Finnish celebrations have been historically tied to Swedish culture and the Swedish-speaking Finns. The St. Lucy of Finland has been elected since 1949 and she is crowned in the Helsinki Cathedral. Local St. Lucies are elected in almost every place where there is a Swedish populace in Finland. The Finnish-speaking population has also lately begun to embrace the celebrations. (Santa Lucia)

marttyyri = a martyr

pyhimys = a saint

seppele = a wreath

valo = light

Declaration of Christmas Peace (joulurauhan julistus)

Christmas Peace is a tradition based on old Scandinavian legislation created by Birger Jarl in the 13th century, extending the tradition of the Truce of God. Offenders who committed crimes on religious holidays like Christmas were given harsher punishments. The Declaration of Christmas Peace has remained in Finland where it is an essential part of the Christmas tradition.

Declaration of Christmas Peace is announced in several Finnish cities on Christmas Eve. The oldest and most popular event is held at noon at the Old Great Square of the former Finnish capital Turku where the declaration has been read since the 1320s. The Turku declaration has been broadcast by the Finnish Broadcasting Company since 1935. (on YouTube)

julistus = a declaration

rauha = peace

Kauneimmat joululaulut

Literally the most beautiful Christmas carols. An annual event organized by and held in local churches is numerous cities before Christmas. People gather to sing the most beloved Finnish Christmas carols and have a chance to donate money to a charity. The event has become an important Christmas tradition to a lot of people and many attend even if they aren’t religious.

kaunis = beautiful

laulu = a song

kirkko = a church

Heavy Christmas (Raskasta Joulua)

A music project from Finland founded by Erkka Korhonen. Raskasta Joulua have recorded traditional Christmas carols and Christmas hits in a Heavy metal style. Their albums and tours have featured appearances of many notable Finnish metal vocalists. Raskasta Joulua have toured every year since 2005 and the 3 concert tour has become an annual tradition. (on YouTube | x | x | x)

Depressing Christmas carols

Many of the most beloved FInnish Christmas carols are quite melancholy and depressing. Here are some examples:

Varpunen jouluaamuna (The Sparrow on a Christmas Morning) - About a girl meeting her dead little brother who visits her in the form of a sparrow. (on YouTube)

Sylvian joululaulu (Sylvia's Christmas Song) - About a caged bird that can never return to its homeland. Zachris Topelius who wrote the original poem opposed the custom of trapping birds and piercing their eyes so they could be used to attract other birds. (on YouTube)

Konsta Jylhän joululaulu (Konsta Jylhä’s Christmas Carol) - About a little child visiting their mother’s grave on Christmas. (on YouTube)

Christmas sauna

You absolutely can’t have Christmas without sauna! It’s common to clean the sauna before Christmas and to use candles and lanterns to create a cozy atmosphere. It is also possible to buy a frozen vihta/vasta (a bunch of leafy, fragrant silver birch used to gently beat oneself) in some stores and thaw it for Christmas. Moreover, in Finland elves aren’t limited to Christmas elves but it’s believed that every sauna has its own elf that takes care of it.

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Candles

Though candles are common in many places during Christmas, in Finland one should visit a graveyard during Christmas Eve to either light a candle or to simply admire the hundreds of candles already burning. For the Finnish independece day on 6th of December many also buy special blue and white candles (the colors are the same as in the Finnish flag).

kynttilä = a candle

hautausmaa = a graveyard

Poinsettia

This is a very popular Christmas flower in Finland and can be found in nearly all stores that sell flowers in December. It is called joulutähti in Finnish, which literally means Christmas star. People often gift this to others during Christmas. Hyacinths are another common Christmas flower and stores sell them in many different colors.

kukka = a flower

hyasintti = hyacinth

Elf door (tonttuovi)

A tiny decorative door through which the Christmas elves can wander. These are a rather recent craze in FInland but every year it’s possible to find more and more acessories for elf doors in the stores. There are tiny mailboxes, snowmen, sleds, presents, lanterns, Christmas trees, brooms etc. It’s possible to make an elf door by yourself, to buy one you have to paint or to get one that’s completely ready to set up.

ovi = a door

tonttu = an elf (like a Christmas elf, not Legolas)

kelkka = a sled

lumiukko = a snowman

lyhty = a lantern

Advent calendar (joulukalenteri)

Though many Finns swear by the traditional chocolate advent calendar, other options have become available in the recent years. There are the ever popular tea, toy and cosmetics calendars but also ones for cats and dogs, calendars filled with fishing equipment and the most Finnish of all, a salmiakki advent calendar. Additionally, this year an ice cream calendar was released by Vanhan Porvoon jäätelötehdas. Nokian panimo also created a beer calendar consisting of 24 000 beer cans and costing 48 000 euros.

salmiakki = salty liquorice

jäätelö = ice cream

kalja/olut = beer

♢tv♢

Santa’s hotline (Joulupukin Kuuma linja)

A tv show shown every Christmas in which children can call Santa. People can also send Christmas greetings through email and they are read during the show. In between the calls different Christmas themed cartoons are played. (on YouTube)

The Joulukalenteri

Finnish for "The Christmas Calendar"; the English word "the" is part of the name, making it approximately "The The Christmas calendar". It was a 1997 Finnish television miniseries produced by MTV3 that was broadcast again in 1998, 2007 and 2017. It was based on the Danish series The Julekalender from 1991. The series came out in December 1997 with one episode per day, concluding on Christmas Eve. It’s still popular to this day and caused nightmares for me when I was a kid. (Different advent calendar shows for children are popular in Finland but this one’s aimed at adults.)

Santa Claus and the Magic Drum (Joulupukki ja noitarumpu)

A 51 minute long Finnish-Hungarian animation released in 1996. The story is based on a 1995 children's book of the same name by Mauri Kunnas. The movie has been recorded in Finnish, English (British) and Swedish. It was made for TV broadcasting and was first shown on Christmas Eve 1996, and has been broadcast on YLE TV2 nearly every Christmas Eve since. (on YouTube)

joulupukki = Santa Claus

noita = a witch

rumpu = a drum

♢recipes♢

Christmas

potato casserole

carrot casserole

rutabaga casserole

macaroni casserole (I’m vegetarian so I always make this without eggs and replace the meat with soy)

rosolli

rice porridge

Christmas tart

More Finnish pastries

Runeberg torte (Runebergin torttu) = a Finnish pastry flavored with almonds and arrack or rum. It usually has raspberry jam encircled by a ring of icing on top. The torte is named after the Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877) who, according to legend, regularly enjoyed the torte with punsch for breakfast. Runeberg tortes are typically eaten only in Finland and are generally available in stores from the beginning of January to Runeberg's birthday on February 5.

Pulla = a mildly-sweet Finnish sweet roll or dessert bread flavored with crushed cardamom seeds and occasionally raisins or sliced almonds. Typically coated with egg wash and then sprinkled with white sugar or almonds.

Semla = a traditional sweet roll associated with Lent and especially Shrove Tuesday. Today, the Swedish-Finnish semla consists of a cardamom-spiced wheat bun which has its top cut off, and is then filled with a mix of milk and almond paste, topped with whipped cream. The cut-off top serves as a lid and is dusted with powdered sugar. In Finland, the bun is often filled with strawberry or raspberry jam instead of almond paste, and bakeries in Finland usually offer both versions.

pancake (pannukakku) = Structurally, the Finnish pancake resembles a hotcake, and is baked in an oven instead of using a frying pan.

Karelian pasty (karjalanpiirakka) = traditional pasties or pirogs from the region of Karelia. Today, the most familiar and common version has a thin rye crust with a filling of rice. Mashed potato and rice-and-carrot fillings are also commonly available. Butter, often mixed with chopped-up boiled egg (egg butter or munavoi), is spread over the hot pasties before eating.

spoon cookies (lusikkaleivät) = Lusikkaleivät are Finnish "spoon" cookies so named because they are shaped with a spoon. The inside of the spoon cookies is filled with a berry jam, either raspberry or strawberry.

mocha brownies (mokkapalat) = perhaps the most common treat in every child’s birthday party.

#christmas #finnish #finland #langblrsecretsanta2019 #langblr

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meteor752 · 5 years ago

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A Swedish Christmas

So now that Christmas time is near and I’m officially out on the internet doing shit, I’ve come to realize how strange my countries traditions are, compared to for example Americans.

I am Swedish, which I’ve mentioned a few times and it says “Swedish” in the title so it’s hard to miss, and our beloved cold country is really weird around Christmas.

Now, I am aware of the fact that other countries do weird stuff too, but I only know these traditions and I know that they are ridiculous. So let me take you through the Christmas here in good ol’ Sweden, my dear American and everything else (I’m not going to ramble up 189 different countries).

Oh, and before we start, Christmas in Sweden is Jul, just so ya know.

So in September (Yes, you read that right, September) stores start selling a drink called Julmust. Julmust is honestly a pretty bland drink that mostly tastes like water with a bit of sugar and darkness, but everyone loves it and drinks tons of it every Christmas. This exact drink is also sold around easter, where it’s called Påskmust, and there’s no difference between the two but it’s still sold as two different drinks.

When December finally rolls around and you’ve drunk this drink for three months and are already sick of it, you buy a choklad Kalender. A choklad Kalander is a piece of cardboard with a picture on a santa and a reindeer most of the time, and inside it is the worst chocolate you will ever taste, and you eat one piece of it for 24 days.

They also start showing the Jul Kalender, where they play a ten-minute episode of a show consisting of 24 episodes until Christmas eve, with a nowadays horribly written story and the worst child acting you will ever find. Call me nostalgic, but it was better when I was a kid. This year Jul Kalander is how kids have stopped believing in Santa because the parents dress up like him instead, so the current Santa has to make everyone believe in him again, together with his wife who is played by Swedish Kris Jenner and the two kids both with Jul themed names.

This is also the time when you start baking, and god we bake a lot.

There’s Lussekatter, a bun formed like an S that consists of 90% saffron and if you would ask me tastes horrible, Havreflarn that makes you mouth drier than the Sahara, Knäck that you always fail with doing so it’s either so hard that it will crack your teeth or so soft that it gets stuck in the paper and Skumtomtar. If you have ever gone to a school ever, you have probably eaten about a hundred Skumtomtar each Christmas because they are cheap and small, so ever teacher hands them out all the time.

And then there’s Lucia. Lucia is probably the weirdest tradition we have here, and the reason I wanted to make this post. It is taken from Italy (What???), and I won't go too deep but basically on the 13th December everyone dresses in white nightgowns and sing about Jesus.

Alright I will go a little deeper than that, though it might sound confusing.

So in a Lucia tåg (Which it is called), there are three traditional roles.

The Tärna is what the girls are. A tärna has the nightgown, they have glitter in their hair and around their waist and they hold a candle in their hand. Simple, right???

The boys are Stjärngossar. A Stjärngosse also has the nightgown, though instead of glitter they have a cone with three stars on their head, and a star on a flower stick in their hand. They also have a specific song called “Staffan Var En Stalledräng” that has nothing to do with them.

In front of all the Stjärngossarna and Tärnorna is the Lucia, often a blonde girl (Though the real Lucia was dark-haired, but nowadays they always have bright hair). The Lucia has the nightgown as well, but on the top of her head there’s a crown of candles and around her waist a red band that is supposed to represent blood, because lore.

(I have to show a picture, because this all sounds ridiculous)

Yeah sometimes there are Santa’s and Gingerbread’s in it too, but not usually. Also The Stjärngossarna are supposed to wear gowns and the Tärnorna are supposed to wear glitter around their waist, but this was the best picture I could find.

Now, what do the Lucia tåg do, you might ask? Well they wake up at 5 AM in the morning, walks around the neighborhood with a tray of Lussekatter and glögg, aka warm juice that tastes disgusting to me, knock on doors and starts to sing maybe like one or two songs, offer the people a Lussekatt and continue their walk.

This is the weirdest shit I can think of, and also why I love my country so god damn much.

So now Lucia’s behind us, and it’s finally Christmas Eve!

Actually no, let’s talk about the 23rd first. On the 23rd, the entirety of Sweden is sitting in their living rooms and playing Bingo on TV, for whatever reason! After that is over, instead of leaving out milk and cookies to Santa, we leave a bowl of Porridge and some Julmust.

Christmas eve starts out with breakfast where we eat porridge and rhyme to it. Yes, we make rhymes about our porridge. And we are not yet done with the Porridge, nope! In the Porridge we put an almond, and whoever gets the almond gets married the next year. Yeah, we actually do this! We also dip the darkest bread you will ever find in a big saucepan of Hambroth, and then eat it! It’s disgusting I tell you, but tradition!!!

At 3 PM we watch Donald Duck, which is a bunch of Disney Clips that is shown every year since the 1960s, so the clips are really old with really bad quality, and they aren’t in Swedish so a man voices over all the lines in the most monotone voice I’ve ever heard. And you can’t even suggest Skipping Donald Duck, that is fucking tradition and everyone hates you if you do.

As soon as Donald Duck’s over you eat your god damn Christmas food and drink the Julmust, and after it you just sit around and wait for Santa. Yeah, you heard that right, Santa barges in on December the 24th! And from what I can tell (It’s hard to research this), we’re the only one who does this.

So ayways, some dad or grandpa will say “Well, I have to go buy some milk/newspaper” and it’s always those two. Two minutes later a half-drunk Santa comes in with a weird accent and delivers present after present slowly because the man who acts out Santa pretends to not being able to read for ten seconds and mispronounces your name on purpose, before leaving.

I’m sorry, but what exactly happened to Santa when he came to Sweden? In every other country he’s like a spy that sneaks into houses and leaves after a millisecond on his magical sleigh with his magical reindeers and yaay!

Did Santa get stopped by the cops or something the first time he came here?? Or what??

After the presents are opened, all the extended family goes home and you go to bed, and wake up on Christmas day like it’s a normal fucking Sunday. We don’t actually celebrate The 25th here folks, we ignore it! We’re all drunk at this point, either on adrenalin because you can play with your new toys! or on Alcholhol because we drink a lot here.

So yeah, that is Christmas in Sweden, gosh I love my country.

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