From delivering their gifts with a rhyme (a Swedish Christmas must) to candles in every room, here are 12 of the biggest Swedish Christmas traditions you can incorporate into your own festivities ...

Here, nine Swedish Christmas traditions you can incorporate into your own festivities. God Jul, guys. (That’s Merry Christmas, by the way.) 9 Italian Christmas Traditions to Try This Year 1.

Other than a crown of battery-operated candles worn bySt. Lucia, an annual festival Sunday reflected Swedish traditions. Area Swedes kicked off the Christmas season during the 29th annual St ...

Other popular decorations include the änglaspel, angel chimes which rotate when candles are lit underneath, and the Julbock, a Christmas goat made of straw modelled after the famous Gävlebock, the ...

A number of residents in Morgan County come from a Scandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish) heritage and carry-over some Christmas traditions from the past. One family, the Tryons, follow Swed… ...

Petaluma's Lucia for 2011, Kelsey Weise, led a procession of girls in white robes carrying candles, along with "star boys" wearing conical hats. They slowly walked around a Christmas tree as ...

High season is approaching in Andersonville, home to purveyors of such Swedish culinary specialties as Mongolian beef, lasagna and hummos. Swedish Christmas candles glow in the windows of Beirut ...

In Sweden, the widespread celebration of Lucia, as the holiday is observed today, only began in the 20th century, said Jonas Engman, an ethnologist and scholar at the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm.

The house, decorated for Christmas in the 1700s, has a gift shop that will open at noon, with a wide variety of gift-worthy holiday items in Swedish style.

Think wreaths on doors, hyacinths on tables, candles in every room and straw ornaments. (Psst: Pick up some Swedish Christmas decorations for your home here.) 3. Presents Are Handed Out After Dark ...

Here, nine Swedish Christmas traditions you can incorporate into your own festivities. God Jul, guys. (That’s Merry Christmas, by the way.) 9 Italian Christmas Traditions to Try This Year 1.