This is a European tradition—very popular in the Nordic countries. It works like this: You have a name. Your name has a day. On your name’s day, you celebrate!
In Sweden, many day planners or calendars include “namnsdagar,” along with the usual holidays. I remember that when I lived in Sweden, our family always raised the flag on name days and you would usually get a little trivial gift.
So today it is Noah's namnsdag, and also his first one! Shawn and I celebrated the little man by taking him to an Aquatic Centre. He loves going into the pool so what a great treat!
You can look up your name—or at least a Swedish approximation of it—online. This will require working through a little svenska, but I'm sure you’re up to it. Try www.dagensnamnsdag.nu.
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