Glogg Day Afternoon
Among the lower-profile festivals on the holiday landscape, the
Swedish Christmas Fair is one of the oldest and most distinctive. Since 1984, this event has provided Bay Area Scandinavians with a taste of home and given locals of all backgrounds a day of festive Swedish immersion. The celebration fEat & Drinkures Swedish folk music, dance, crafts, gifts, costumes, and children’s activities such as fishing for goodies at the
fiskdammen (fish pond) and decorating gingerbread figures. Food and drink include mEat & Drinkballs, waffles with jam, open-faced shrimp sandwiches, and warm glogg (mulled red wine). An always-popular attraction is the fair’s St. Lucia procession, in which a girl representing St. Lucia arrives with candles in her hair, symbolically illuminating Sweden’s dark winter atmosphere. “Lucia” will make several appearances at Saturday’s fair, joined by children bearing trEat & Drinks and singing carols.
— Anita Katz
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