Showing posts with label Christmas market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas market. Show all posts

Saturday, 27 November 2010

SWEDISH CHRISTMAS FAIR

As Christmas approaches, it is time for fairs and markets!
Famous (?) Swedish hotdogs welcomed us at the entrance...

I must say that it was really good :)

There were many stalls selling Swedish products. All the staff were dressed in traditional clothes...


There were a lot of hand-made, cute Christmas decorations...


The butcher...

The church had been transformed into a tea hall!

Everyone sat on the church benches and enjoyed tea, coffee and home baked cakes...


The parish grannies prepared all kinds of traditional cakes and sandwiches...



It felt a bit strange to sit and eat in a church... a good idea, but a new experience for me. All around us reminders of where we were...

Candles and sacred hymns...

Below is my slice of Princess Cake. A piece of heaven in your mouth! Light sponge with cream and marzipan :)

Traditional prawns sandwich...

Commemorative canvas tote bag (I got one!)

The bread stall... a lot of gingerbread for sale!

Julbocks!

More decorations :)

Traditional Dala horses. I like them!

Unmissable glogg :)

Textiles...



More julbock... I've always found them a bit scary... they remind me of the wicker man somehow... Well, they are all of pagan origin, I suppose...

Walking sticks... I like the crow's head one.

Time to go! There is more glogg and pea soup (?) outside.

Better not, we had enough treats for today!