Today it´s the first Advent sunday and it will be open in the city, lights candled, santa´s and other things happening so me and Nemo are heading out a little later. It´s really cold, -5 degrees, and since Helsingborg is a city by the ocean it feels much colder so I need to take lots of clothes on. But it´s sun and that really is needed for the winter darkness.
It´s also today that we are putting up our advent lamps in the windows and our advent lights that we lit one candle every sunday until x-mas. 4 candles in total. So I need to go buy some white candles and put up the lamps.
Do you have this kinda tradition in your country?
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Hej Anette, it's a lovely post to read. :)
ReplyDeleteIn France we don't have this tradition. We have an advent calendar, starting with december first, and until christmas... And in some part of the Eastern France (Alsace and Lorraine) there's Saint Nicolas with the Père Fouettard.
Have a good sunday :)
*hugs*
Steff
Hello :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a wonderful tradition! I really can't think of a tradition like that anywhere that I've been...
But in Paris, they did put up the Christmas display on the Champs-Elysees :) Very beautiful.
Personally, I want to put up the tree today! Good luck me...
Have a great Sunday :)
Alexandrina
Hej Anette!
ReplyDeleteHere in Italy, Christmas is a little bit different than in Sweden, unfortunately :(
Here we have an advent calendar, with little window that you have to open every day since the first of December until 24th.
Your decorations with candles is amazing! We don't have it :(
Hope to spend a Christmas in Sweden! It seems so different and wonderful!
Hej då!
Hello!
ReplyDeleteVery nice pictures. :) In the morning here was about -20 degrees. But it's so beautiful outside.
Have a nice Sunday :)
Heidi
Hi Anette! :)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a lovely tradition, we don't really do this in Ireland, although some people do light a candle each sunday until xmas. :)
It is also very cold here, around -7! We have lots of snow! :) I'm sure you have lots of snow in Sweden to. ;)
we do have that tradition in england, but i think it is mainly christian people who exercise it :)
ReplyDeleteall of our towns have a "switch on" ceremony, where people gather to watch some one switch on all of the fairy lights, and decorations in the streets...it was amazing this year because it snowed :) my friends and i went on the spinning teacups until we felt ill XD
its vvvv cold here too, and snowing ;) i love snow, and this is the earliest snow we've had since 1993!
hope you are all alright, cant wait til xmas!!!
Tilly x
Hi.
ReplyDeleteI'm not really sure, but we in our family (in Germany) have this tradition exactly how you described it. It would be different from family to family, I think.
Have a nice Sunday, Anette. Mine will be quite boring.
Take care.
Luisa
Anette,
ReplyDeleteWell, in my home country, Lithuania, people sometimes put up those 4 candles in a branches of fir wreath.
Here, in Denmark, where I live now, I don't know what people do. Danish people already use a lot o candles, so I don't really see the difference with the extra 4 candles. I, myself, won't be doing anything Christmas-y, as I will be going home to celebrate Christmas and other events.
I hope you'll have fun today!
Hi Anette! Yes, here in Italy we have the same traditions...christmas period is so special, you can see lights and candles everywhere in the city, especially in the shops ;)
ReplyDeleteHope to see you soon with nightwish, hugs, Erika
Hi Anette =)
ReplyDeleteI'm really happy that here in Slovenia we have the same tradition as you up there in Sweden :)I think this is a beautiful tradition and we already bought 4 candles and put it on the table =)
Also here it's very cold (around -3 degrees)and it's snowing in the moment so its beautiful outside =)
Have a nice Sunday =)
Rebeka
Hi Anette =)
ReplyDeleteI'm really happy that here in Slovenia we have the same tradition as You up there in Sweden =)
so we already bought the candles and put it no the table. =)
Also here it's cold (around -3 degrees) and it's snowing at the moment so its beautiful outside=)
Have a nice Sunday
Rebeka
Hi Anette =)
ReplyDeleteIt's nice that here in Slovenia we have the same tradition as you up there in Sweden =)
Also here it's cold (around -3 degrees) and it's snowing right now and it's beautiful outside =)
Have a nice Sunday
Rebeka
Hi there Anette!
ReplyDeleteI just caught up with your latest posts, I haven't been on here in two weeks, and I read that you wanted a Rika cardigan that you couldn't find in Sweden?
Well I don't know if you know this or not, yet, but you can order it from their website and have it shipped to Sweden. :)
http://www.shopstyle.com/browse/sweaters/Rika
I think that's the cardigan you liked!
Hi Anette !!
ReplyDeleteWe have this kind of tradition but only in certains regions of France, especially in Alsace (you played in Strasbourg, do you remember ?? ). This my birth region and where all my family lives. So at Christmas, my parents and I will meet up with them, it will be cool as always =)
So my grandparents do all that you described, like the four lights until Christmas.
I love to go back in Alsace because it's a very different atmosphere than in the rest of the France. My grandparents live in a small village, where everybody knows everybody, it's quiet, with the hills around and the vines because it's a wine-producing region. I love to walk in the forest, you take some steps and you are in the forest, so cool ! When i was a little girl, with my friends we went to the forest to do dumps =) I have a lots of so good memories about this and that =)
I feel more rested when i come back in my region, so good sensation =)
So, after this loooong answer (sorry !!), i wish you very good moments awaiting Christmas with your family =) Christmas is a so magic period =)
I hope everybody's ok ! =)
Lots of hugs =)
Hi Anette, finally i can write here. This morning i wope up with headache and sick, i sleep for awhile and now i feel better. Now i will try to eat something. About this tradition we don't have it in Italy.
ReplyDeleteIn winter how many hours of light is there in Sweden?
Have a nice sunday!
Big hugs
Today it's the first Advent Sunday here in Italy too.
ReplyDeleteWe are waiting for Jesus to come from today on. We go to the church, decorate our home, Christmas tree and crib where we will put the Jesus statuette on december the 25th;=)
Decoration here is a very important sign to show this expectation, it goes beyond any commercial purpose. They put lights, lights and lights in the city, but I still prefere candles like you because for me it is a more "intimate sign" in a way.
Hugging you and sending all my warming embraces!
Poochie
Hi Anette!
ReplyDeleteI'm in England, and for us advent doesn't start until the first of December. Then we have advent calenders which are little cardboard things with a window for each day, which you open, and they usually have a little Christmassy picture or sometimes chocolate inside :)
I'm so glad it's winter!
Best wishes
xx
Yes, in Belgium we do exactly the same. But there are not many people who actually do that at home (that I know). Except for the people that go to church very often, I'm sure that they will have the candles at home.
ReplyDeleteBut when I was in school, we did it every year. We had a little calendar and we said a little prayer every day for those who are less fortunate.
X
Hi Anette! Have a nice and warm first advent! Greetings from Finland. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Anette! It's a really beautiful (:
ReplyDeleteIn Argentina we start to decorate everything the 8th of December, Virgen Maria's day (I really don't know how you call her). We start to decorate the x-mas tree, and the front of the houses with a lot of little light around. Were I live there's some wonderful decorations, it's like in the movies. The people here don't do much, just the tree and the front of the houses, the rest of it remains the same.
In holidays time it's summer and the weather is very warm, about 31 degrees, so there's no better thing that wait until the 00:00 with the family, make a toast and go outside to watch the foreworks. And of course then open the gifts! (=
And I hace a cuestion for You: Is easy for you to choose x-mas presents?
Hope you and the kids are well. Hugs!!
Hello Anette,
ReplyDeleteI wish you and all of your family great 1st Advent sunday!!!
Hey Anette!
ReplyDeleteI have a question! There is this survey it's called 100 Truths.. ;)
Would you copy it and write your answers in here? Please! It's really quick despite it says "100 truths" and really fun to do.
here is a link:
http://www.bzoink.com/S159960/100_Truths.html
It would be really nice if you did it because that way we could get to know you better! :)
xxxxx
Hi dear Anette :)
ReplyDeleteI think we don't have this tradition in Spain, to put lamps and lit candles every sunday until Christmas. But here there's a little tradition in 1 week from now, people here usually put their Christmas trees in their homes on the days 5, 6 or 7 of December, so next weekend I'll be decorating my tree with my family (always with Christmas carols in the background) I always love that day, feels like Christmas day is much closer ^^
Will you take a picture of your tree this year? Last year it was so cool and beautiful.
Big hugs, take care :)
César
Hello Anette :)
ReplyDeleteYes, we have these tradition here. :)
Mum and I made these 4 advent lights thing today after a long walk in the frozen nature (we have no snow so far). Here it is called "Adventskranz". :)
Greetings and lots of hugs for you and Nemo from Germany
Sarah
Hi, dear Anette!
ReplyDeleteJust felt like sharing this with you.
Just now I was browsing for a couple of videos in youtube and I had the pleasure of watching some from your presentation in Rio de Janeiro. Waw, the crowd was really into it! :D
And it brought tears to my eyes when people screamed several times your name around 4:15 in The Poet and the Pendulum. So desirved. =)
Here is the link if you wanna check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y-QqfZmQS0&feature=related
Kisses and love from Brazil.
We don't have any nifty traditions like that per se in the west, although when I was a little girl I was given a doll called an American Girl doll. These dolls tell the stories of different little girls who immigrated to America from different countries, and mine was a Sweedish girl named Kirsten Larsen. Through Kirsten I learned about Sweedish holiday traditions such as the feast of St. Lucia. It was really cool and a fun way to learn. :)
ReplyDeleteEvening Anette:)
ReplyDeleteYeah, the tradition of Advent lives on here in New York. Its a city with more Houses of Worship for Christian, Catholic, Jewish, Buddhist, etc then I would think almost any other. As for me personally I've not been to involved in any kind of single religion for some time now....haven't had or can't find the necessary time to be active that way. I'm not a church goer except for weddings and funerals. As for others, for what can be seen in all to many apt. windows this time of year Advent, and Christmas is observed to the point of awesome.
Enjoy the evening and keep warm!
lots of love,
Gary
Hello Anette!
ReplyDeletewell, here in Chile nowadays is still being a tradition for mostly devote catholic people... I don't know how do the others religions take this event.
But I think in most homes there isn't any special moods or celebration. They just go to church.
Have a really nice day!
Hugs for you and your lovely family <3
Hello, dear Anette !
ReplyDeleteHere, we also light a candle every sunday until Christmas ;) And we also have an advent calendar, with a small window and you open a window every day, since the 1st of December until the 24th. This is very popular in Switzerland =)
Take care,
Amandine
My family always celebrates Advent (I'm in the USA), but I haven't had a chance to put out my wreath yet!
ReplyDeleteHello Anette !!
ReplyDeleteO.O You must have a lot of cold there !!
Here in Portugal is also very cold,but we dont have -5ºdegrees :S
I wish a good day to you and Nemo !!
In Portugal we dont have many traditions,we only do the "normal" Christmas xD
Kisses and Hugs from Portugal
Liliana
Hey Anette,
ReplyDeleteI think in New Zealand everyone does things a little differently to one another, since we are a relatively new country and we are also quite mixed with our races and religions. What you do sounds really interesting and if possible I would like to know a little more about it, since I never do anything so interesting in the lead up to Christmas. When I was a child my mother used to buy me chocolate advent calendars though!
Sarah
We are having here in Finland currently -19 degrees... And since I also live near the sea, the "sea wind" is really freezing.
ReplyDeleteBut I think that when it comes to summer all that heat belongs to summer and when it comes to winter, the weather should be sometimes very cold. Because then we can go indoors under our blankets and drink some good hot chocolate! :)
Me and my family have always lit a candle during Advent sundays. But that's the only tradition we have. I live now alone so what I did was that I lit a candle (and by the way, the weather today was kinda perfect for this kind of candle thing since it was snowing very romantically :D) and played some Advent song by piano.
The thing you said that there's going to be a santa and all that kind of stuff in the city... we don't have it here. Well, we do have it, but it's never during Advent, it's in our x-mas opening (the center of the city lights all the x-mas lights, there's a santa and fireworks).
Hi Anette! =)
ReplyDeleteIn Peru, we have the same tradition but, we have 4 different candle colors for each sunday. The fist one, today, it's green that means hope, the next sunday it's going to be purple,wich means penitence, then the 3rd sunday it's pink (but very light pink) that means joy, and at last the color is red, and it means love.
I really like this celebration because my parents, my brother and I always are together to light the candles. =)
It's so nice to know you have a celebration like that.
Have a nice advent night Anette.
Love,
Alejandra.
Morning Anette:)
ReplyDeleteHope all is well and your getting enough sleep, and Nemo too.
Have the best day possible, and enjoy!
lots of love,
Gary
Advent är en härlig tid! Speciellt den första söndagen då julpynten börjar plockas fram och man bakar pepparkakor :)
ReplyDelete-5 låter inte så dåligt ännu, här i Helsingfors dras vi med -14 idag, och har lovat -23 senare i veckan...
Hi Anette,
ReplyDeletewe have the same traditions here in Czech Republic. Tha last sunday of November is the first advent Sunday. We set fire to a first candle, so we do that every Sunday til Christmas.
I have one question for you: Next year I'l move to Finland. I'm afraid of course. Afraid of new people, new world, foreign language... Is there something you can say me to be calm? What is good there or what to keep aloof from? Thank you very very much for answer.
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Kisses xxx
Hi Anette!
ReplyDeleteWe have an Advent wreath with four candles on each Advent we light a candle. We also have an advent calendar with 24 doors ... from 1 December to 24 December we open a door every day ... this is very interesting for children, it shortens the wait for the Christ child. We drink hot wine and eat Lebkuchen.Wir have a Christmas tree, but you will certainly have :-) And we love to have snow on Christmas Eve ... I hope you and your family have a beautiful Christmas season!
hey anette,
ReplyDeletewe here have another holiday first,
actually only for kids under 8,
it's called sinterklaas, we celebrate it in The Netherlands and in Belgium.
they say it's a spanish man, born in turkey, who comes here with a steam-powered boat to celebrate his B-day on dec. 5th
I can't think of any christmas tradition here, but we have an annual thing in a neighbourhood, they decorate all houses with loads of lights... beautifull...
also there's 2 christmas days here,
first christmas eve on dec 24th
first christmas day on the 25th
2nd christmas day on the 26th,
just another excuse to close the shops, see you're family and if you have a horrible family you have a 3rd christmas day.
the day that start with a hangover :P
have a really nice and warm christmas with your family.
greetings from holland
X roy
Dear lovely Anette,
ReplyDeleteHere in Brazil this tradition is very common, but only on Catholic families (that are the majority, I must say). Anyway, your pictures are wonderful! Hope you are enjoying this Xmas feeling with two boys now :)
Luis
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