Mr Kuykendall
Period C
April 13, 2015
Many of Sweden's popular holidays are religion-based. The majority of Sweden's population is Christian, more specifically Lutheran. Therefore, they have a lot of the same religious customs as Christians here in the United States. A particularly popular holiday in Sweden is called Midsummer. It is on June 24th, St. John the Baptist's feast day. In the 1950s, it was decided that Midsummer should always be celebrated on the Saturday closest to June 24th. On this weekend, people decorate their homes, cars, churches, and cities with garlands of flowers and leafy branches. In almost every town and village, their is a maypole, a cross covered in flowers and leafy branches, where everyone gathers around and dances at various times in the day. City-dwellers and tourists often flee the city and travel great distances to join the festivities on the countryside for Midsummer. Your typical Midsummer meal may consist of different kinds of pickled herring and boiled new potatoes with fresh dill and a dessert of garden-fresh strawberries.
A traditional Christmas dinner in Sweden may consist of ham, pork sausage, an egg and anchovy mixture (gubbröra), herring salad, pickled herring, home-made liver pâté, wort-flavored rye bread (vörtbröd), potatoes and a special fish dish, lutfisk.
pickled herring
http://www.hemslojd.com/swedish_midsommar.html
https://sweden.se/culture-traditions/christmas/
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dreamstime.com%2Froyalty-free-stock-images-rollmops-pickled-herring-fillets-fresh-tasty-image35627779&ei=sYEsVZyIHMX_gwTVlYToBw&bvm=bv.90790515,d.eXY&psig=AFQjCNFxATPDx55kSMZ7099H1ifNQcpTUA&ust=1429066545762870
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