JUL Traditions 🎄 | A Brit Reacts to WEIRD Festive Scandinavian Customs!

[@nanirado5493]

I've never seen PÖLSA on a Christmas table. Rice porridge, which we also call "Tomtegröt" is usually eaten in the morning with cinnamon and sugar. The second porridge dish is a cold dessert called RIS à LA MALTA and it is ABSOLUTELY NOT rice pudding that you bake in the oven.

[@RuthlessMetalYT]

never seen pölsa either on a christmas table, this is fake news!

[@hachimaki]

The reason why he has a british accent is most likely because he (just like me) was taught "the queens english" in school and most likely is a bit of an anglophile since he decided to stick to it. I gave up on the british pronunciation a long time ago since we're bombarded with US media in this country, and since it helps with your overall fluency if you're not obsessively focusing on mastering a specific accent.

[@MsAnpassad]

No, it actually has to do with that we don't dub films or series from a quite young age.

[@MrBern91]

Yeah, putting the almond in the porridge is said to bring marraige and fortune upon the one who gets it, another little more modern idea is that you get to make a wish for the new year. But since so many people are allergic to almonds these days, it is not done anymore. At least not in public christmas dinners. Not even sure if it is still a tradition that goes strong, even by the family dinner. I don't think we've ever had this tradition in my family.

[@SegerSims]

His christmas eve is far away from mine. No alcohol that day, only a some glögg, so no headache morning after, no Pölsa, The Porridge is breakfast, but we eat Ris a la malta, same porridge but with cream. The almond is about get married, but it happans that the one who gets it must do the dishes. The Donald Duck is a tradtion because, my generation 50+ didnt have cartoons on tv when we was kids. So we loved that as kids and it has been a tradition, but the kids today wonder why its so important to us older because they can watch cartoon when they want.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

Saying pölsa is eaten at Christmas is like saying Haggis is a Christmas dish in Britain. I'm sure some do, but I've never heard of any. Every family does things a bit different, in my family Rice Porrige was eaten very late at night on Christmas eve, and Christmas day was more of a fine dining thing when we dressed up and had stuffed roasted Turkey and a fancy desert.

[@mh56487]

The rice porridge thing does have the almond (sometimes its a cinnamon stick). Rice porridge was always served in schools, and as a kid you always said that the people who got the cinammon sticks were goonna get married one day. Ive also heard different fortunes for those who gets it. In some places it can be general happiness, a good marriage, or you get a wish. Also, this dude looks EXACTLY like a grow-up Karl Bertil Jonsson, the main character of a famous old animated christmas movie we watch in Sweden.

[@Mycatsveaissocute]

The ham is the best about Christmas here. I love the fat slice of ham on the really dark piece of bread with some mustard. I can’t wait.

[@billigmad3720]

In Denmark, we also watch the Disney Show. It starts at 16:00 Christams day. When I was a child, The danish version and the Swedish version were at the 24. and the 25. og December (Yes we has one danish TV channel and 2 Swedish where I lived). So christmas were a blast cartoon wise.

[@swedishmetalbear]

Where in Denmark do you live? In the late 80's early 90's I felt like we were closer culturally to both Norway and Denmark than we are now. We even had the first internordic TV channel (TV3) and childrens programs that started, but they ended up failing mainly because Swedish and Norwegian dialects came to dominate over the Danish ones (The Swedish and Norwegian children struggled to understand the Danish spoken dialect so Danish wasn't spoken as much on the channel). Do you remember that there was talk at that time in the Nordic council about uniting all our currencies to one internordic Krona back then as well? All our currencies at the time were almost the same rate (just a few öre off), so it would have been possible at the time. It actually got really close to happening. But Norway decided that they didn't want to. So that idea was scrapped.

[@billigmad3720]

@@swedishmetalbear I'm from copenhagen and was born in 1975. TV3 came a long when I was a teen I think. And Danish TV2 was also intruduced during my teen years. But yes - I cannot really speak swedish (I can try - but you guys would laugh at me), but I understand it, because I grew up with swedish TV. Pippi Langströmpa and Emil from Lönneberg, "Rädda Jobbbe död eller levenda", were some of the children tv series I watched. And yes nowadays there are 100 tv channels + youtube etc, so the children on both side of Øresund doesn't learn swedish/danish. They do learn english though from a much lower age.:) I only slighty remember something about the krone (I was probably partying a lot to even care about politics). But all of our countries rejected the Euro. Norway isn't even part of the EU. I guess we are too proud to get it :)

[@andersschyberg3965]

Don't know about the "pölsa", it's not a staple food at Christmas but it's kind of like haggis. And yes the almond in the rice pudding is a thing. You get a wish if you get it

[@herrbonk3635]

The 25:th and onwards is when we really *enjoy* the jul (xmas). All the obligations and stress are gone, and the only people and relatives still in your house are the ones you really care for, and vice versa. The others has gone back to their respective homes.

[@herrbonk3635]

Because our jul (xmas) formally continues to tjugondag knut (january 13:th), when we toss the julgran (xmas tree). Most people nowadays perhaps don't see it as *that* long, but it's still several days (mellandagar), almost up until new year.

[@lekafilmproduktion9421]

OMG! His humor are so dark! 🤣 You really found a gold nugget 😅

[@Scones777]

Yes, you should watch Kalle Ankas julafton!

[@nattuglaHK]

He is fun, but a little sarcastic too. Like a youth opposing old traditions.

[@Scones777]

I used to watch Charlie is so cool like back in the day! Did not know this!

[@duntarwen2043]

Yes we put a almond in the porridge. If you get the almond you have to make a rime.

[@EEmB]

Cary Grant and Gregory Peck are two of the biggest movie stars during the REAL Hollywood era, 40s, 50s and 60s. I am a bit shocked you don't know who they are!!

[@frecka1316]

Pölsa isnt a christmas related food whatsoever. Its normal everyday food. Looks bad but is good

[@NickiSixx1]

I’m Swedish, grew up in the north and have never been to Thailand. Spent three Christmas-is in Australia and even though I love when it’s warm and nice, December needs to be cold and dark with snow. Otherwise it’s not Christmas for me.

[@MsAnpassad]

Pölsa is more or less the same thing as haggis. A long time ago, the Norwegian vikings picked up a recipe from us Swedes for it, then decided to invade Scotland and brought the dish with them (as if the r**ing and pillaging weren't enough). Back then, it was made from venison, but our developed to Pölsa made from beef annd barley and the Scots variety developed into Haggis, that is made from Sheep and oats.

[@Chrille9145]

that whit gröt is true whit that nut is mixed but its was more in the 1800- early 1900 i beliving it was form that time when food was scares in sweden. allsow the was a litel bit of butten in the gröt as well.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

You may enjoy the channel Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time

[@nanirado5493]

He said KNÄCK = butterscotch.

[@hannaskoog7897]

If You get the almond in the porridge rice They say that he or She is getting married that year or next year i dont remember!!!

[@piratsnygg]

Karl-Bertil Jonsson here is a bit wrong about Christmas day; a lot of people go out drinking.

[@annikajonsson9871]

Pölsa is not a regular meal at the table.

[@thedryparn1279]

It is for people who like it. I got it at my dads house at least once a week. I hate it though.

[@Fritjof-or7bt]

In the north of Sweden it is. I love pölsa! And also blodpudding (blood pudding) 😊 /Norrlänning

[@Boomforce]

@@thedryparn1279 Yeah but not at christmas eve?

[@DefinitelyCaseOh123]

Bro I’m Swedish and where I live there’s literally 3% snow…😅

[@mr.sts.p]

Yes he is joking a lot and look like a blond Harry Potter haha 😂

[@FXGreggan.]

I heard Stockholms christmas market is fun to visit, if you're looking for something to do if you visit in the winter.

[@Mycatsveaissocute]

The reason we watch Kalle anka is because it’s nothing to do with the day before like

[@susannenymanback]

What!!?? There is lots to do. You arent a parent 😂😂😂

[@Mycatsveaissocute]

@ drinking and preparing ain’t doing shit.

[@MsAnpassad]

No, the reason we adults place small and adult kids infront of Kalle Anka, is so we can set the table and cook without you getting in our way.

[@sivsuikki9428]

The one who get the almond will get married the coming year…

[@lm9029]

Swedish TV: Not allowed to show ads. Also swedish TV on christmas: "Sponsored by disney"

[@aniieesteiner]

"Sponsored" would indicate that Disney paid SVT to show their special. In reality, SVT pays Disney.

[@lm9029]

@aniieesteiner I know that. Its just funny to joke about. Disney must think we're insane for paying to watch commercials. "Thats a terrible practice...i love it!"

[@freewill8218]

Balle Anka😂

[@thedryparn1279]

Half of the things this guy says are wrong and he's very boring. Find another guy.

[@swedishmetalbear]

Pölsa is NOT a Yule food.. I believe he is trying to be funny there by tricking people into thinking we have it. Pölsa is basically the same thing as Haggis except it isn't cooked/baked in a sheeps stomach. It is fried in a pan. It isn't disgusting.. But it does contain organ meats, spices and barley grains. So it is an acquired taste. Back in the day you ate everything from the animal and wasted nothing. And the animal was slaughtered a long time before the Christmas season. And you have to eat the "precious" organ meats first, because they won't keep as long as the meat itself. So hence pölsa is not eaten at all on Yule. The almond is most definitely a thing. (In our family we don't do it because of nut allergies).. The guy is definitely Swedish and probably from the same area of Sweden as I am from. A lot of Swedish people do speak English nowadays with either a British or American accent and it can be difficult to tell if they are from Sweden. In fact. The population of the younger Swedish generation is technically, percentage wise more proficient in advanced English than both the population of Canada and USA. To me, it sounds like he has an Eastern Mälardal accent when he speaks Swedish. So the general area Stockholm/Uppsala/Nyköping/Enköping/Eskilstuna/Strängnäs area in Svealand (Sweden proper).

[@Aragorn430]

1:42 yea most swedes is in phuket

[@lekafilmproduktion9421]

WHO EATS pölsa on christmas?😮

[@annicaesplund6613]

So much things are wrong...

[@bengtolsson5436]

You shall not watch his bad movies. You learn nothing from his nonsense.

[@GuinevereKnight]

This looks like the same video posted a few days ago on Swedish Christmas, same original video and everything- why post it again? It"s still up... 🤔