SEASONAL GREETINGS

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Seasonal greetings

From all of us to all of you, we wish you....

Merry Christmas, God Jul, Gezur Krislinjden, Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah, Feliz Navidad, Eguberri On, Vrolijke Kerstmis, Feliz Natal, Tchestita Koleda, Gladelig jul, Joyeux Noël, Kala Christouyenna, Selamat Hari Natal, Gledileg Jol, Buon Natale, I Kurisumasu O, Jok Nay Sing Dawn Fy Lot, Sung Tan Chuk Ha, Sretan Bozic, Priecigus Ziemassvetkus, God jul, Feliz Navidad,
Sawadee Pee Mai, Fröhliche Weihnachten, Chuc Mung Giang Sinh and in finnish Hyvää Joulua

I hope you all will have a peaceful and joyful holiday!

Take care my friends, Lots of Love / TYRA

The Start of the Season of Advent.

Tyra wrote this post at the blog Tyra’s Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com

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Advent Sunday

Advent Sunday is the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day.
It also marks the start of the wonderful season of Advent.

The first candle is now lit and we are entering the season of Advent. Today the family gathered to celebrate the first Sunday in Advent. Baking the wonderful Swedish saffron bread which filled the house with a most wonderful scent, the smell of fresh baked bread and saffron. I have written about it in an earlier post. I will give you the recipe in English when we are approaching the day of Saint Lucia and that is on the 13th of December. In the season of Advent we also drink ‘Glögg’ and that is a mulled wine served warm with almond and raisins, it is really nice especially when it’s cold outside. This mulled wine goes very well with the saffron bread and the traditional ginger biscuits.

Last year we were going to Kerala, India for our winter holiday so then I decorated my Advent candleholder inspired of that, a non traditional candle holder with an 'Indian elephant and spices from Kerala'.

This year we will stay at home and I have no special theme I choosed to take some moss and Ivy from the garden and a small orchid I hade at home. This is how it looks...not very traditional but I like it.

Now during Advent the house is filled with the wonderful Hyacinths, blue , white and pale pink. After they have bloomed I usually plant them in the garden and they will flower again late spring or early summer. I do love the wonderful sweet-scented Hyacinths, I know the fragrant can be very strong but no one in our family are over sensitive to the scent.

Idag har vi äntligen kommit in i Advent, som jag har längtat! Nu får vi börja njuta av decembers alla delikatesser. Jag får till och med ett par pepparkakor till morgonkaffet så att jag skall vara snäll hela dagen J. Idag har vi bakat saffranbröd och familjen har varit samlad för att dricka glögg och äta pepparkakor och annat godis, riktigt trevlig. I år har jag en ny variant på adventsljusstake igen varje år hittar jag på något nytt i år blev det med en enkel liten orchidé. Man tager vad man haver som Kajsa Varg en gång lär ha sagt.

Have a wonderful week this first week of the season of Advent!