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Some of the Xmas lights in and around Gothenburg's Liseburg amusement park, December 2006.

The entry arch to Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden. On December 22, it was open from 3pm to 10pm, in order to optimise the effect of the Xmas lights.

Whilst I had been getting into the Jul spirit here in Sweden with my advent calendar, furious writing of ''God Jul'' cards to some of the students here, and the seven-candle light display, I had also heard mention of this Tomte fellow. I didn't know what it was all about, but thankfully Paul O'Mahony at thelocal.se was able to answer my ...

I am continually amazed at the different Christmas traditions here in Sweden. Most of them have something to do with light. This is hardly surprising, since it is dark for more than 17 hours a day here, and this figure is higher almost everywhere else in the country. Starting from the evening of November 30th (Sweden is very into this 'evening ...

This news article caught my attention http://www.thelocal.se/5771/20061212/. It seems the majority of Sweden's reindeer are in danger of starving to death due to the uncharacteristic weather we've been having here. I really feel sorry for them and wish there was something I could do. Poor guys. Maybe Rudolph needs to turn on his nose early and ...