Traditional SWEA Bazaar highlights celebration of Christmas

Posted by Susanna at 3:18 PM, Nov 23, 2008 (Comments)

Category: Events

Swedish Ambassador’s wife Eva Hafström and Eva Hansson

ONE OF THE high points of Swedish culture and tradition is the celebration of the Christmas season – the food, the music, the trappings provide a rich environment of wonderful celebration and good times with family and friends. All combine to create a time of joy and delight in the darkness of the season.

SWEA (the Swedish Women’s Educational Association) in Washington, D.C., helped Swedes and non-Swedes alike in the Washington area celebrate these traditions with its annual Christmas Bazaar at St. Columba’s Church in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, November 22.

THERE WERE hotdogs, shrimp and salmon sandwiches (open-face Swedish-style), hot Glögg and lots of tasty sweets to eat. There were also tablecloths and other textiles, and homemade baked goods like cardamom cakes and saffron buns for sale, as well as Swedish Christmas music CDs, advent candelabra and foodstuffs such as Swedish cheeses, red cabbage and mustard. The temptations were many, and surely no one left with an empty stomach or without a lot of Christmas goodies.