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Originally posted by Mehoni
Doesn't sound all that weird to me though.. but I'm Swedish. 
A Swedish Chrismas is celebrated on the 24th of December, ie Christmas Eve.
We usualy eat before 3pm (15.00) because there exists a 30 year old tardition in Sweden where the whole country sits infront of the TV and watch "Donald Duck and his friends wish you a Merry Christmas". I'm not kidding you.
The normal food at the christmastable (set lika a smorgasbord) consisting of various kinds of pickled herring, liver pâté, smoked sausages, cabbage, meatballs, "Jansson's Temptation" (a potato gratin with pickled sprats) and the much longed-for ham - often followed by "lutfisk" (dried ling previously soaked in lye) and rounded off with rice pudding.
Yes, we eat ham instead of turkey. Ham slices with mustard on on flatbread.. yum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holidays_in_Sweden
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I had Christmas in Sweden at my aunts in Stockholm. We did almost exactly as you describe. I
loved the smorgasbord with all the different types of fish and cheese and meats.
Oh yea, the akavit with beer chasers...yum.