Traditrons in U.S and Sweden

Hello blog!

It’s Linnéa J who’s writing again. Do you remember my last post? I said that I had thought about the similarities and differences between the U.S and Sweden. I wrote about food, especially Christmas food. This time I’m going to write about something else. Traditions. I asked my host familiy in Sweden which holiday they associate with U.S. They said directly Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Day is a day we celebrate in the U.S to show appreciation and gratitude. It’s a very poular holiday in the U.S. The holiday falls on a Thursday, and it then becomes a long weekend for most people. I love this weekend though it organized many sports activities such as football matches near where I live. We usually give each other fruit and flowers as gifts and send postcards to show our gratitude. Food is something that is really important during Thanksging Day. We always eat lots of turkey, pumpkin pie and fruits. These things eat almost all Americans during this day. I can tell you that my mom makes the most delicious pumpkin pie in the entire U.S! The rectepie is top secret of course.

My mom's pumpkin pie served with whipped cream

Durig my time in Sweden, I noticed that Thanksgiving Day is somethig that is not celebrated there. I noticed theirs Midsummer acquttial instead. My host family and I celebrated Midsummer with dance around the midsummer pole (see picture) and by eating food like herring and potatoes. I must say I liked it very much (although I didn't understand why we were dancing around a pole decorated with flowers...), but Thanksgiving Day is a much better holiday. I really don’t know why. Perhaps because of its cosiness and that it lasts longer than Midsummer. Or maybe it is because of my mom’s pumpkin pie... Anyway, this was all from me this time. But look out in the blog for more exciting posts from me, Linnéa or Linda.

Cheers, Linnéa J