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Hey Mom! I loved talking to you also, it was great feeling like I was back home for a couple hours and seeing you and grandpa and all the fam. Christmas was great! I will send a QUICK mass email and then we've got to get back to work. We were supposed to email yesterday but we never got the chance. Anyways,
Hey all! So I don't have a lot of time to email right now! Our schedule is super whacked because of the holidays. I will NOT be emailing this Monday and I'm sorry to those who I will not be able to get to today. But I do have a few pictures to send and I'd like to explain Swedish Christmas a bit. It was SO great. First of all, Swedes open their presents from Tomten (not necessarily santa) on Christmas EVE, not Christmas morning. Christmas day to them is actually quite anti-climactic. Not too much really happens, but the day after Christmas is also a holiday, called Annandagjul. Little weird. Tomten is this tiny little mischievous dwarf-like santa who sometimes plays tricks on kids and sometimes gives presents. Not 100%sure about that guy, he's everywhere though.
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| Us and Santa and Tomten. Umm...I'll let you guess which is which. My trainer on left, then the Aussie, then Hainsworth, and then me. I'm the tallest if you can't tell. |
What's in a typical Julbord? Well I'll tell you, I had it 4 times. Basically #1 Fish, in the form of either pickled herring, a potato casserole with fish (jonssons frestelse), or just plain raw fish (Sill). All of those are iffy. Tried em once and moved on with my life. #2 Bread, in the form of this ginger bread and other types of bread, all super delicious. #3 Ham. #4 little sausages and meatballs. Oh yeah. #5 Boiled potatoes. #6 Various other meats and cheeses. #7 No vegetables at all. Sorry mom. #8 We spent almost all three days with members and it was super fun! We got plenty of Julklapper (Christmas presents) and had 4 Julborder (Christmas dinners). That's right FOUR. People just feeding us.
An example of what Julbord looks like. From Julbord #2. You can see eggs, potatoes, Jonssons Frestelse at 12 'o clock. The BEST BREAD. Ham. That's like Brie at like 5 'o clock. That pink stuff was weird don't eat it. As you can see lot's of protein. Not featured: gross pickled herring. And yes those are Swedish meatballs. Me and a random statue we found. We are pointing to heaven.
Me in my brand new Swedish suit from Zara that I got for only 1000 crowns (like 150 bucks). Super good-looking.
That's a super famous church in Helsingborg. Don't know a lot about it yet.
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Love you all,
Äldste Mason
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