OUR SWEDISH SANTA CLAUS | SCARY TO JOLLY | MY SWEDISH CHRISTMAS CALENDAR #3

[@laurelarnold4198]

Watching this series has become part of my annual Christmas tradition, getting me in the spirit. Blessings to you Maria!

[@elinderfler9358]

Tomten! I was raised by a Swedish mother, she brought all of her traditions to America.. ♥️

[@makeupjunkie82]

I love your videos about Christmas (Weihnachten as we say here in Germany) the beautyfull pictures and decoration, the swedish landscape and houses, the music and your nice calm way of talking ❤️🎄

[@andrewperry6991]

Hi Maria, it's snowing here on Canandaigua Lake 22 degrees Celsius thank you for version of Santa Claus and the history behind him. I always thought my Uncle Roy was the real Santa Claus and I'm being serious when I was a child I was always good around him all year round. Needless to say it did not work. When Christmas Comes Around I always think of my late Uncle Roy and how jolly and kind he was to everyone. Thank you again for what you are doing and bringing joy to many of us with you are videos. I hope you and hubby are well?

[@TeresaMaria-i4c]

God Jul, Maria!

[@julietbatten5541]

You cheer me up and both my son and I really enjoy watching your videos' I wish there more kind and warming,cheerful people in the world such as you, your ginger cookies are on our list, although I have never suceeded in baking any sucessful cakes or biscuits ever..............even the birds refused to eat my last cakes which i had to throw away as they were like rocks!!!!

[@marthacarlyon8761]

Thank you, Maria for your enchanting videos!!

[@Around_the_253]

Thank you for sharing your video.

[@mellibee100]

Hi Maria! I have been binge watching your videos since I just discovered your channel. My great grandfather was Swedish but sadly I have never been to Sweden YET. A couple years back I wanted to have a Swedish Christmas by researching Swedish traditions etc - and there was no beautiful resource like your channel at the time - so maybe this year I will designate as our true Swedish Christmas thanks to your wonderful videos ;). Thank you ;)

[@ingagirard9656]

I am so enjoying your channel, because it brings me closer to the traditions and beauty of my Grandmother's homeland♥ I still have my Grandmother's posters of the JulTomte and I framed them and bring them out every season.

[@reesekolcow6136]

God Jul - watching in 2020 - hoping you’re safe, happy and healthy.

[@CookALifebyMaeva]

Hello Maria, Thank you for this little story, I liked to know more about the evolution of your Santa ^_^

[@NorthernHeart]

Thanks hun, I am so happy you liked it!

[@dharmendrarawat2524]

Tack for dessa historiska insikter.kan julemannen get lycka till ditt liv..

[@NorthernHeart]

Tack, glad att du tycker om mina små avsnitt!

[@nagendrababu2201]

Hi Maria Happy Christmas to you.thnk u so much for your awesome videos.your swedish advent calendar is very interesting. I enjoyed a lot.

[@NorthernHeart]

Hi hun and God Jul to you too!

[@weltwirrwesen]

it is so warm (12 degrees) here in germany and it's really difficult to get into a december-coldness-chrismas mood. soooo i'm happy about your advent calendar, because this is the only reason why i already decorated my home with those luminating stars, candles and some other christmas-winter-stuff. looking for episode no. 4! ❤︎ ❤︎ ❤︎ p.s. and how lovely is the postcard with santa and the cat lying in the hay. naaaaw, i wish someone sends me such a cute card for christmas.

[@NorthernHeart]

Oh I can totally undertand that, it's hard to get in the spirit when it feels more like early autumn than winter and Christmas. I am so happy my little advent calendar is making you find that Christmas feeling, yay!

[@amybeth1696]

I 💛 learning about different cultures and traditions. Than you ❄️

[@NorthernHeart]

I am so happy you feel that way, then this calendar will be perfect for you!

[@matlusagar]

Looking beautiful!

[@NorthernHeart]

Thank you so much!

[@sly901]

👍👍👍

[@irenedemydova5181]

Very interesting! Didn't know about this little gnome before)))

[@NorthernHeart]

No, probably not all Swedes know wither, not sure what it's like in other cultures but that's our history behind the evolution of Santa, well part of the history at least. :)

[@adamsawyer779]

I had heard of the Coca-Cola Santa story, but was very interesting to hear about the Swedish Gnome predecessor as well. The subtitles here are in Dutch btw 🤨 Speaking of Coca-Cola and you wrapping up with thumb up ; there's a soft drink in India called Thumsup. Can be seen as a cousin to Coke and Pepsi, but in its original formulation (which I hope still continues) is better than them both for many (including me). Of course, none of these are not health drinks and shouldn't be had too often .

[@birddog2017]

In snow quiet flight Three shepherds sight Angels whispering bright Heralding newborn Light

[@Jose-bt6ri]

LOVE SVENSKA JUL

[@NorthernHeart]

Me too :D

[@irmabronder]

In the Netherlands we celebrate Saint Nicolas on the 5th of December. The Dutch brought this to America. There it became Santa Claus as they couldn't say sinterklaas. Nowadays Sinterklaas is less celebrated in The Netherlands. It is now seen as discrimination, which is strange it is a child focused celebration and kids are totally not busy with this subject. So in the Netherlands we celebrate Christmas twice. 5th December Sinterklaas or Saint Nicolas, 25th and 26th of December first and second Christmas day. I never heard the story of the Swedish Christmas. I welcome the gnome in my Christmas.

[@brendaarnold3395]

Where can we purchase the beautiful paper snowflake ornament??

[@preethysatheesh1976]

We know about Santa ,as he comes from Finland every year in a cart filled with prices for all . Actuality confused , still we are expecting..

[@randomriver7019]

♥ it

[@arjantjeee]

Wooden clogs? Santa was Dutch? XD Modern day Santaclaus seems to be the hybrid between the Swedish version and the Dutch Sinterklaas :) But Dutch Sinterklaas is a hybrid between a Christianity and the old germanic god Wodan/Odin. He is, like Wodan/Odin, portrayed as a wise old man with long wild white hair and a beard and rides his magical horse that can walk and jump over the rooftops like Sleipnir. Odin has always been depicted with a raven, who is his messenger. Who, later became krampus, a goatlike demon that would kidnap misbehaving children in a bag, who then, even more later became the "now so controversial" black Pete, which in America have become Santa clause & the elves with magic reindeer. Children were always feeling a mixture of tense happiness and fear in the time of sinterklaas. Because you would hope that pete woulndt kidnap you but bring presents instead. Modern day Santa really seems to have influences from both sides and its nice to know that, even how often this figure has transformed, the core of the tradition comes from one the same thing :)

[@leamerrill3618]

Do you edit your own videos? Because they just seem so professionally done, like a show on tv. Anyways, thank you and God bless you.

[@enidmelanie1]

Very interesting, thank you! I have started watching your Adventkalender with my kids and they are really enjoying it although most of the content is more "Mom-stuff" :P Nevertheless, the feel of your little films is so incredibly festive, warm and fuzzy that they are loving it anyway. I will think about whether this one is appropriate for them though. Haha! They haven't questioned the Santa they know too much yet :) By the way, is Astrid Lindgren's Tomte Tummetott basically the original Santa?

[@NorthernHeart]

Naawww, that sounds so cozy, I hope that there will be more episodes that suits them better ;) Since I know what's coming I think there will be :) And thank you for sharing, that makes me so happy and give me so much energy. :) Regarding Tomte Tummetott I think her is her version yes. The little house gnomes took care of the house/animals and so on that is pretty much what that little "tomte" aka gnome is doing if I remember it correctly. So yes, it's pretty much where our Swedish Santa "originates from" but not original Santa, so to speak.

[@mellibee100]

How do you spell that artist’s name?

[@MudlarksAlmanac]

Jenny Nyström. Love her illustrations.

[@aruvielevenstar3944]

We have Sinterklaas, or st Nikolaas in Holland, he is not really scary, but in the old days hè put children in a bag to spain, if they were naughty.