13th of December is a very special day in Sweden - the darkness is dispersed by the bright lights brought by Lucia and her escort.
We were invited to the Lucia celebrations together with all the other Swedes living in Delhi/NCR at the Swedish Embassy. One simply cannot turn down an invitation like that!
Ambassador Harald Sandberg greeted us.
The beautiful garden was beautifully de decorated with lights everywhere and the .. leaning Christmas tree of Delhi.
The newly inaugurated fountain.
I have to share this picture - a Christmas tree together with flowering bougainvillea! A first for me.
Mingling (we seem to be doing a lot of that lately ...) with some lovely glögg (eng. mulled wine, germ. Glühwein - but none of them beat the Swedish version!), lussebullar (saffron rolls) ...
...and appetizers in the form of dark bread or knäckebröd with pickled herring or köttbullar (meat balls) - not very convinced of this particular combination of food and drink.
The wonderful catering at the embassy then treated us to drinks of our choice and the very Swedish delicacy tjock grillad med bröd, a.k.a. hot dog. Delicious.
Today's weather - yes, I know it says Gurgaon, but Delhi is right next door.
It actually felt a bit cool and there was a little wind as well. Oh, I doooo know that many of you are looking out the window right now and see snow, strong winds and ... well, in short, winter. But after 9 months of HEAT 17 degrees actually feel cool! Go ahead, laugh ...
And now for the main attraction - here they come, Lucia, tärnor, tomtar and pepparkaksgubbar.
The children are all Swedish and they are all students at the Swedish school - a little bit of Swedish language training, culture, music and traditions. They had done a great job of rehearsing the traditional songs and performed wonderfully!
The lucky little christmas elves ...
... venturing out from hiding in the corners to feast on some christmas pudding.
The three Gingerbread men arrived, as tradition demands, with their hats askew and without the gingerbread pig.
After a long day with two Christmas (well, Christmas related anyway) dos we said our Merry Christmases and made our way back home. A few more pictures taken upon leaving the party.
The beautiful garden was beautifully de decorated with lights everywhere and the .. leaning Christmas tree of Delhi.
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| Maia is choosing carefully |
...and appetizers in the form of dark bread or knäckebröd with pickled herring or köttbullar (meat balls) - not very convinced of this particular combination of food and drink.
Today's weather - yes, I know it says Gurgaon, but Delhi is right next door.
And now for the main attraction - here they come, Lucia, tärnor, tomtar and pepparkaksgubbar.
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