what does sweden do for christmas

Well, in Sweden, they have a unique way of celebrating Christmas. They have a special Christmas goat called Jultomte, which is a mischievous elf-like creature that lives in the barns and helps with the chores during the holiday season. On Christmas Eve, the family gathers around the dinner table, and the children sit on their parents' laps. The father reads aloud from the Bible while the mother serves a special meal of rice porridge with milk and cinnamon and a bowl of fish soup with rice dumplings. After dinner, the family goes outside to see if the Christmas goat has left a small gift in the snow.