Easter Tradition in Sweden
Easter is a religious holiday
and many
of the traditions we still
practise
today, originated from
Biblical events.
In Sweden Easter is a four
day
holiday starting with Good
Friday.
We eat a lot of eggs, often
decorated,
together with a lot of
other good foods.
The food, a smorgasbord,
is very similar to
the Christmas table. And
just as good!
The house is decorated
in yellow and
purple, always a lot of
chickens, eggs,
feathers in fresh twigs.
The latest tradition
is to decorate a live bush
or tree outside your
house with feathers in
different colors. This
looks really nice and colorful,
together with the
first spring flowers which
are blooming at this time.
We do have an Easter Bunny
as well,
but he´s called the
Easter Hare!
He comes and hides the
big Easter eggs,
which the children then
look for. One older
tradition is to hide the
eggs in the garden,
but due to the weather
it´s usually done indoors.
The children dress up as
Easter witches
and go "trick or treating".
They
give
you an Easter letter (usually
a drawing)
and you give them candy
in return.
My own personal Easter traditions
are not so many,
but for my daughter´s
sake I´d like to have a few.
So I decorate a bit in
yellow (usually around and on the
kitchen table), have a
few chickens, twigs with feathers.
I´ve also decided
to get one new Easter item each year,
like a chicken or bunny
or a table cloth. I´d love
to have an Easter Penguin....
Of course there´s
candy too...Lots of it! Mostly egg-shaped.
We have Easter dinner at
my Mom´s as a tradition
and the food is always
fantastic! In a year or two I
expect my daughter will
go out "trick o´treating" as well.
Updated 2005-05-06
Easter twigs & candy basket
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