5 UNEXPECTED Cultural shocks | Swedish Christmas Traditions

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

Every families do things a bit different. When I grew up it was an all out buffé on Christmas eve, several sorts of pickled herring, egg halves with caviar, Janssons frestelse, smoked eel, ham, you name it... On Christmas day it was more of a formal day, suits and dresses, roasted stuffed Turkey, wine. It was like a fine dining thing, but with better food.

[@arvidsson56]

Donald Duck has been a Christmas tradition on Swedish television since 1960. I think much of its popularity comes from the fact that for a long time it was one of the few opportunities to watch cartoons (especially Disney's) on TV.

[@HippoOnABicycle]

Among young people, Christmas day is actually a very popular day to have parties and go clubbing. This is because people who have moved to other places often come back and visit their old home towns for Christmas, so Christmas day parties are a way for people to go out and meet old friends classmates from childhood that they haven't seen in a long time. They're called hemvändarfester (home coming party), and Christmas day itself is sometimes called hemvändarkvällen (home coming evening)

[@martinostlund1879]

God Jul till dig med och din familj!

[@Gelis8]

Yes, we Swedes buy Christmas presents and then discover that what we bought is sold in the mid-day sale for a much better price. In other words, we get fu... up every year.☹😀😉

[@PeterMagnusson-t6q]

lol end up in fighting