Swedish Family Christmas (aka Favorite Things Friday)

Merry Christmas everyone!  L and I took yesterday off, but today I wanted to showcase our Swedish family Christmas celebration because it is one of our favorite things! Every year we host a traditional Swedish Christmas meal complete with Swedish meatballs, potatis korv, rice pudding, potatoes, Swedish rye bread, bond ost cheese, lingonberries, and Swedish creme :) My mom and sister are incredible cooks (I learn so much from them), and the meal seems to be getting better with each passing year; it is one of my favorites. The evening wouldn't be complete without singing Christmas carols, lots of laughter, and remembering the Lord's faithfulness to us throughout the years! May God bless you all this Christmas season.

"And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." -Isaiah 9:6 

With Love,

A

Photos by Preston Anderson

Scandinavian Christmas

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This truly is the most wonderful time of the year! As I mentioned in this post, A and I's Swedish heritage has always been a big part of our traditions growing up. These Swedish traditions are magnified at Christmas because lets be honest the Swedes do a really, really good job decorating and celebrating the season! I collected all these beautiful pictures through Pinterest to showcase the beauty in a Scandinavian style Christmas. Does your heritage influence the way you celebrate this time of year? To get things started I will share a fun fact about both Ang and I - In about 7th and 8th grade we joined a Swedish Girls Choir {can you spot Ang- shes still pictured} where we sang in Swedish around the Twin Cities area. Through our time with the choir we traveled to Sweden twice and both were the Santa Lucia our Sr. years of high school at our Christmas benefit program!

Have a very Merry Christmas!

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Thanks for reading, 

L