Christmas Day 2025

Christmas Day started with our own little Santa, distributing the gifts from under the Christmas tree in a very orderly and fair fashion. There were so many gifts!

Linnea got some books she had wished for, Christmas tree decorations, her yearly Santa, playing cards, Pandora jewellery, a book camel from the Camel-Lady, perfume, woolly socks, her own Hitster Rock game and much more.

 

Nathan got some Svenska Nubbar, a new Tumi backpack, perfume, a rather special luggage tag made out of one of the old Etihad planes, PJs and - woolly socks...

For his own Santa collection:

Lucas got training clothes, a fleece jacket, a Santa, chalk for his climbing, books... and - woolly socks.

I was also spoilt, I got a mug from Royal Copenhagen with a 'B' on it from Lucas. Linnea had been to loppis and bought me a Christmas decoration (she knows how I hunts), and also had made a very special piece of jewellery, a heart pendant with a photo of Mormor and Morfar inside. Naw. 
I also got a book (that I had ordered myself), a Santa and a Christmas tree decoration from Ullared which made me very happy! And socks...

Mormor was also spoiled. She got a candle light holder, things for her Santa village, a glass bowl, a Christmas bauble, a Santa that Linnea had made all by herself, a gift card for a colour consultation and a new phone!

Nathan also got tickets to Copenhell. He is ready to go!

And Lucas and Nathan got a 'Fyllehund' each, that I had bought at the Spritmuseum in September. This is the molecule for alcohol, forming a shape of a dog. A 'fyllehund' in Swedish means drunkard, and can be more directly translated to "boozehound". :)

For our turkey lunch the Turners came over, bar Will who was working into the afternoon. This year we had taken our take-away from Westin (well, Vogo) again, and it was just the right amount of food. Yum!

Turners came bearing gifts... mmm...

In the middle of Christmas dinner, my Christmas gift from Kathleen turned up!

Time for some games: 

Will arrived and caught up on the Christmas food, and beer.

More games, we had a good run of Hitster together with dessert:

The local carol singers came by:

And finally we ended the night in front of Die Hard.

 

Julafton 2025

It sure was a different Julafton than Mormor is used to. Blue skies and sunshine with palmtrees outside the window, not her usual Christmas surroundings.

But the Christmas food was mostly imported from Sweden, so all the same there!

We even had a fire going!

And I managed to convince everyone to spend some of the afternoon playing some board games:

In the evening we were invited for some Christmas snacks at Linda & Johans place. Got there just in time for 'Kalle Anka':

Pre-Xmas Pizza Party

The day before Christmas, we had a low-key pizza party at ours. It turned out to be a bit of a Brunei-evening, with the whole gang. 
The Turners were all here, Matt and Ashley made it - literally on their way to the airport - and even Bevvan. All ex-Brunei peeps! (Unfortunately the Browns couldn't make it, as they were traveling).

Like no time has passed.

Pizza pizza pizza, before all the Christmas food.

Well, maybe some time has passed..!