Blogmas 2017 Day 14: Presents

Last year I notice I did a ‘bah humbug’ post, while in an hotel in Auckland. This year’s equivalent is … More

Blogmas Day 13: Lucia

An updated reblog from last year…. It’s already 13th December, and Christmas is coming fast. Today in Sweden it is … More

Last year, I wrote about how one of the biggest thrills of childhood Christmases was the stocking at the end … More

With having done a blog post every day this week, picking out particular things as small pleasures that I haven’t … More

No series of blogmas posts is complete without some reference to Christmas music. Whether it be A Festival of Nine … More

Today we picked up our supply of Swedish food for Christmas. With a fridge now full of different herrings, and … More

So here we are at the end of week 1 of Blogmas and Christmas only a couple of weeks away. … More

Today’s post comes with help from Jamie of Don’t Give A Jam who I ‘met’ during last year’s blogmas. … More

Every year since 1966, a 13m Yulbocken or Christmas goat or is erected in the town hall square in Gävle.

This is the season of food. Whether you are in the northern hemisphere and enjoying soups, stews and hot chocolate, … More