The Christmas Calendar explores the linguistic, historical, cultural, regional, and social nuances of Christmas celebrations in Sweden and other Nordic countries.
Why are Swedish gingerbread cookies called “pepparkakor” when they don’t contain pepper? Which Nordic country has the most dangerous Christmas mythology? How many compound words with snow are there in Swedish? Why does your colleague exclaim in a booming voice that he has nurtured a communist at his bosom?
Window 12–24 will be published in the middle of December.
The video clips have subtitles in English and Swedish.
