At the Swedish embassy in Washington, D.C., which hosts an invitation-only Christmas table for 1,000 guests every December, chef Frida Johansson (and her team of one) begin prep work two months ...

The typical Swedish Christmas Eve table is loaded withdelicacies such as pickled herring, beet salads, cold poachedsalmon, crispbreads with butter and white cheese, as well as bakedvegetables and ...

Forget jumping out of bed to tear open your gifts as soon as you wake up. In Sweden, kids and grown-ups wait until the sun sets on Christmas Eve before seeing what Santa left them underneath the ...

It’s called a julbord, which translates to “Christmas table” in Swedish. It’s a tradition in Scandinavia, one Hawks goalie Arvid Söderblom knows pretty well himself as a fellow Swede.

In the fallen afternoon dusk, I saw a bent figure in a red parka and thick boots coming up the snowy walk, carrying a lantern and a big bundle. It was Tomten, the Swedish Santa, right on cue. I had… ...

In Sweden, kids and grown-ups wait until the sun sets on Christmas Eve before seeing what Santa left them underneath the tree (never in stockings hung above the fireplace with care).