Yes, I do a Veddy Swedish Tree -- though finding the various traditional ornaments has been the work of years. All those cheap bits and bobs get expensive and rare once you transit the Atlantic. But it Must Be Done, you know. It's one of those things you usually get in emigrants, one way or another. Some aspect of nostalgia gets sealed in amber as homage to the homeland. My mother makes dopp i gryta and a jillion different cookies every Christmas, for instance, despite an avowed indifference to all things Swedish.
Yes, I have all the Moomin re-issues that are out so far. I've been very pleased with the production quality, not to mention being able to show them to my anglophone friends.
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Yes, I do a Veddy Swedish Tree -- though finding the various traditional ornaments has been the work of years. All those cheap bits and bobs get expensive and rare once you transit the Atlantic. But it Must Be Done, you know. It's one of those things you usually get in emigrants, one way or another. Some aspect of nostalgia gets sealed in amber as homage to the homeland. My mother makes dopp i gryta and a jillion different cookies every Christmas, for instance, despite an avowed indifference to all things Swedish.
Yes, I have all the Moomin re-issues that are out so far. I've been very pleased with the production quality, not to mention being able to show them to my anglophone friends.