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THANK YOU - TACK!
Tack to all SWEA members and volunteers that make everything and anything possible. Tack to our vendors, sponsors, contributors and facilitators. Tack to the Lucia pageant by Svenska Skolan and students/aupairs and to all musicians. Tack till Vasamuseet/Vasa museum in Stockholm for the assistance with this year´s exhibit. And Tack to all our Visitors that make our scholarships and charitable activities possible. God Jul and Happy Holidays! More glimpses will follow ...!
Welcome to Swedish Yuletide! The SWEA Fair and Holiday Celebration Saturday December 3, 2011
Thousands of visitors come to enjoy the largest annual Scandinavian event in New England. 10am - 4pm. Lucia processions at 11:30 am and 2 pm. Admission $10. Children under 13 free! Swedish Yuletide Coordinator: swedishyuletide@sweaboston.org Proceeds go toward scholarships and local charities.
View pictures from Swedish Yuletide Vasa at Swedish Yuletide 2011!
In 1628, as the Vasa commenced her maiden voyage, the ship began to founder - and a mere twenty minutes after setting sail, the 64-cannon battleship sank to the bottom of Stockholm harbor. For the next 333 years, the Vasa rested on the seabed, a repository of 17th-century maritime life. Only after a laborious and painstaking salvage effort in 1961 did the Vasa break the water's surface again - and in 1988, the Vasa made her last voyage to the purpose-built museum in which she remains housed today. |
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TACK to all for joining us at SWEDISH YULETIDE 2011! And for contributing to another cozy, happy and welcoming Christmas fair.
Hard to fathom, perhaps, but Scandinavia's most visited museum is a once-sunken warship in Stockholm, Sweden. Now celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Vasa Museum is home to the royal battleship Vasa, the only preserved 17th-century ship in the world.
Christmas in Sweden is a special time of year. The weather might be cold and gloomy with not much daylight, but the Swedes remain in good cheer by beginning celebrations with the start of Advent, four Sundays before Christmas. One candle is lit every Sunday to mark the coming holiday. Or by attending a Lucia procession on December 13. Known as the Queen of Light, Lucia wears a white dress with a red sash and a crown of candles on her head brings the promise of light for the upcoming holidays with her young entourage.
Swedish Yuletide offers a smorgasbord of both traditional and contemporary Sweden. Visitors can enjoy Nordic style sandwiches, Swedish meatballs and waffles in the many cafés and, of course, glögg, the hot spicy beverage of the season. Unique gifts and designs are available to view or purchase through SWEA and the many vendors, such as home accessories, clothing, jewelry, Sami crafts, books and other extraordinary gifts. Foods and baked goods are also available to bring home.
Lucia is the celebration that takes place in Sweden on the year's darkest day, December 13 - the shortest day according to the old calendar, i.e. before 1753.
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