Christmas Day 2017

We spent Christmas Day with hubby's family and my Uncle and his wife

My two ♥

A mix of Swedish Christmas foods and Australian Christmas foods

Julmust - Swedish Christmas drink 

and spiced (cinnamon and cloves) ginger beer

The Christmas Day Dessert Buffet

All of us

   

♥ Merry Christmas from us four! ♥

Christmas Eve 2017

Christmas Eve breakfast

Traditional rice porridge/pudding with cinnamon sugar and milk.

This is the exact dish we place outside in the snow 

for our Tomte (Swedish Santa) instead of milk and cookies...

 

On Christmas Eve we lit the fourth candle.

Happy 4th of Advent!

Christmas Eve Buffet - A Swedish Christmas feast!

Christmas ham, pickled herring, cured salmon (gravlax/gravlox) meatballs, beetroot salad, jellied veal, egg halves with aioli and roe and wort bread - all made by yours truly!

 

♥ God Jul - Merry Christmas - Happy Yule ♥

End of the school year!

Last Thursday was the last official day of the school year and there were break up parties all around the school. I dropped by both kids' classrooms to join in the festivities.

I started out in Jonah's class - 5M

The students had made Merry Christmas buntings 

and decorated the classroom. It looked very nice and Christmassy!

Jonah and his teacher Mr McK

Gotta love a teacher who isn't afraid to wear reindeer antlers!

Jonah with his papier mâché creation, 

the school year's last big job.

♥♥♥

...and then I went to Lily's class 2D

Party in full swing when I arrived!

Happy Holidays from Lily and her friend K!

Bon Voyage!

After about six weeks here in kangaroo country, 

it was time for mum to fly back to Sweden last night 

so we said Au Revoir at Brisbane International Airport.

Merry Christmas

La Familia... (with hubby behind the camera) ♥

Spectacular Christmas trees at the airport

Mum and I

♥ Bon Voyage... and Au Revoir ♥

First of Advent... Broadbeach Markets and Swedish Church

Before Mum travelled back home to Sweden,

we spent a few hours at the Broadbeach Markets.

The markets are only a short walk from the beach.

Broadbeach Markets

After being at the markets,

we went to the Swedish Church in Brisbane.

First of Advent and an early Lucia Celebration.

It was hot and humid outside, but inside the church

you could really feel the Christmas spirit

thanks to the students from the Swedish Saturday School.