print email comment close God Jul! [Merry Christmas!] URL: http://www.bry-backmanor.org/holidayfun/sweden.html Description: This page contains an overview of Christmas activities in Sweden, including Advent, St. Lucia's Day (the oldest daughter wears a wreath and candles on her head while serving saffron buns and coffee), Christmas Eve (children set out porridge for the Jultomten, the Christmas gnome, who leaves them presents), Christmas Day, and St. Stephen's Day (for the patron saint of animals). Includes directions for making a St. Lucia wreath. Publisher: Bry-Back Manor Extra Keywords Lussekatter Library of Congress Subject Headings: Christmas -- Sweden Holidays LII Database Information: Record 6561 created by Margaret Myhre on 12/07/2003 Last modification on 12/08/2005 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 03/19/2006 Published: 12/07/2003   Republished: 05/04/2006 , 10/06/2005 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/6561