Christmas Eve

Starting the day with an early breakfast we saw the sun rise and were surprised that Christmas Eve would offer an absolutely stunning day with clear blue sky and sunshine. So we got dressed and went for a long walk and popped by the shop to pick up some last bits for the Christmas lunch. It was a very stress free morning and by the time the clock struck 1PM we were all sitting down to enjoy the traditional foods of Swedish Christmas.

At 3PM, as per usual..Donald Duck. In Sweden all Christmas Eve activities stop at 3 in the afternoon when the Donald Duck Classics comes on TV and everybody, absolutely everybody sits down to watch this that has become as much part of the Christmas celebrations as anything else.

By the time the show was over, the sun had set and it was time to await Tomten (Santa). And yes, he did indeed make it to our house this year again. All thanks to Noah for eating his veggies during the year ;-).
After opening all the pressies, it was playtime with all the new things. We ate some more later on in the evening, enjoyed a glass of glögg and just relaxed. Noah kept his spirits up all day - no tears, no nagging - just pure joy all day! I believe that the best gifts for this year was the kick bike and the family game that we managed to play X amounts of times before Noah crashed in bed at 10PM :-). Below are some shots from the day.