The Blom family is in full swing with the Christmas party and has a pretty tough plan to deal with this the day before Christmas Eve. Edward says that everything is prepared, but that there are quite a few small things left.
– Today I will sit in the library and paint all the rhymes. We will also put the finishing touches on the Christmas table.
The nap – an old Christmas tradition
An important Christmas tradition for many is decorating. The Christmas tree with glitter and the home with various decorations. A tradition that Blom holds dear – and very traditional. Seven moving boxes with Christmas decorations are going up.
– We wait to bring in the tree and decorate it until the evening before Christmas Eve. It’s an old-fashioned tradition. Everything should just explode with beauty on Christmas Eve with everything that shines and glitters.
During the often intense evening where a lot has to be squeezed in, you can feel tired and maybe even want to take a little nap. According to Blom, there is absolutely nothing wrong with sleeping or two hours in the middle of the day on Christmas Eve.
– In the past you had a light Christmas lunch out on the farms and then there was the big Christmas bath. After that everyone went to bed for an hour or two before the big Christmas dinner.
However, there is a concern with dozing off.
– In the worst case, you might miss Donald Duck, but you can live with that.
Diversity is important
Many people probably have a favorite or two on the Christmas table, but Edward Blom believes that it is not possible to only choose one favorite dish. Historically speaking, it has not looked like that.
– The important thing about the Christmas table is precisely the diversity!
In the old days, you didn’t have much food, so you gathered throughout the year for the big Christmas party. There was very little of very many different things, in other words.
– If you slaughtered a pig, you shared it with the neighboring farm. Then you have a snout or a snout. It won’t be four or a whole bucket of grunts.
Beer drinking ritual
When it comes to the selection on the Christmas table, there are many dishes that go back a long way in history. The Christmas beer, for example, stretches all the way back to the Viking Age.
– The Vikings had a pre-Christian ritual called “Drinking Christmas”. It was a magical beer drinking ritual that honored gods and deceased parents.
Another veteran on the Christmas table is the lutefish, which has been around since the Middle Ages.
– The lute fish has had a very important role. It was what you ate on Christmas Eve when it was still fasting and you weren’t allowed to eat meat.