Christmas traditions vary around the world. For example, in Sweden the whole country basically shuts down to watch a 1958 Donald Duck holiday special? Would you like to know more about Swedish ...

They’re watching "Donald Duck". Perhaps the most loved and sacred Swedish Christmas tradition, Donald Duck, or "Kalle Anka" as the Swedes call him, is the name given to a 1950s Disney special ...

The tradition of building a giant goat out ... and as an ornament on Yule trees across Scandinavia. The goat is to Sweden what Christmas poo fixation is to Catalonia. But every year, it comes ...

That tradition continues today. Some say this tradition goes back to local Swedish legends about Christmas elves riding the ...

He was a kind, popular diplomat and sorry to leave his Swedish friends. “However,” he said, “I shall return.” On Christmas Day, in high spirits, he gave a farewell party in the legation ...

Christmas is here and the Nordic traditions have begun. The primary denomination of the Nordic countries has been Lutheran, so the church traditions are very much a part of the season’s ...

Swedish teen Alida Freding certainly has a head for lights - as she processed through York Minister in a candlelit crown during a traditional Scandinavian carol service. The atmospheric family ...

A day after Belgium warned against eating Christmas trees, Swedish officials said that the needles can be safely used to make butter and other products – as long as the trees are young and wild.