We wanna wish you a happy 2nd Advent !!

(Sorry to post this blog post one week too late. I know 2nd of Advent was last Sunday, but I've been trying to add pictures without luck.)

The weeks since we had Thanksgiving weekend has just disappeared on us. I've been spending my days Christmas decorating the house. Our house is the only house with "Advent" candelabras and star lamps on our street. Last night we went looking at Christmas lights in one of the neighborhoods close to our house. One of the families had gone all out, what we in Sweden would call a real American Christmas light show. The most impressive with his display was a couple of train racks that he had both inside and outside. One track was actually going through an window opening... so cool. I didn't take any pictures of this since it started raining at that point.

In Sweden we count down to Christmas Eve by lighting another candle for four preceding Sundays. We celebrate Christmas on December 24th. These Sundays are called 1st of Advent, 2nd of Advent and so on. On December 13th we celebrate Lucia. This year on Lucia Joakim and I are hosting a Lucia / 3rd of Advent / House warming fika.

On Saturday Joakim and I went to the Swedish Christmas fair in San Francisco arranged by SWEA, a group of Swedish women who live in the area. The fair was a huge success, we bought Advent candelabras and Santas which has a big beard made out of wool.

This week I'll be all busy in the kitchen baking and making candy. I'm looking forward of all the great smells, I hope I can smell them as soon as my cold is gone. I've had a cold since Friday and finally I'm feeling better.

kramar
Joakim and Camilla