Presents are wrapped

Christmas can come now. I'm ready for it!! It's even been snowing a bit the last couple of days, even if it's mixed with rain it's good enough for me. Better than nothing!
The few Christmas presents I am giving away this year have been wrapped. I can't tell you what I am giving my sister in case that she reads this. But the girls who I am a Nanny to will be recieving two books. "Who can love Ella?" and "Kalle as Lucia". Heartwarming stories about children who are just as normal as anybody else, but are still being treated differently by society. It's more common than we think that boys wants to be Lucia too (In Sweden we have the tradition of walking in a "Luciatåg". In the front of the line there is always a girl who represents Lucia with a crown and candles on her head). But grown ups are often against the thought of letting boys be Lucia too, while there is really no reason why they can't be! This debate about gender is on fire right now and I love that. Let's face those prejudice thoughts and let children be children.
The book about Ella is a story of a little girl who grows up on the street. One day when an old lady who has been taking care of her dies, she is found by a male homosexual couple who lets her become a part of their family. A quite deep and emotional story for a young child to read, but I think it's important for learning empathy and that all people are worth the same.
Besides, the pictures in both books are amazing. These are the kind of books that I as a child would look through for hours and hours...

Today me, my family and grandma went to a julbord. To translate.... Christmas table. Don't know how common that tradition is in other countries but you basically go to a restaurant (usually it's an old house out on the country side somewhere) and eat all kinds of Christmas food. As much as you want!! Unfortunately there isn't much for me to eat there since I am a vegetarian. But it's still a tradition I enjoy very much! This year we found a nice place that we are planning on returning to next year. Hässlö Värdshus had several different rooms and it pretty much screamed CHRISTMAS eveywhere! Loved it. We sat there for hours and also took the time to celebrate grandma's birthday. After eating the best desert ever, it was time to go home...