Christmas I Sweden in the 1870’s could be wild:
In Veinge, Halland, Christmas commenced at 3 PM sharp with the solemn ritual of "nubbat upp jularken" (toasting the Christmas ale), followed by the far more enthusiastic tradition of firing rifles into the air. Edvard Erlandsson (b. 1865), youngest of ten children in a family, recalls his father meticulously loading his gun for maximum acoustic effect. The louder the bang, the better the Christmas—a sentiment echoed by neighboring farms who responded with their own artillery salutes in what can only be described as a festive arms race.
Post-church services involved additional volleys of 3-4 shots, because apparently one round of celebratory gunfire was insufficient. The evening menu featured boiled pork, headcheese, fried blood sausage, browned kale, and—critically—alcohol for everyone, children included.
Entertainment consisted of "rather neck-breaking" games involving furniture climbing and wrestling matches in straw, with father typically emerging victorious. Less violent options included grinding mustard and weighing salt. Gift-giving involved hurling straw-wrapped packages through doorways and fleeing before being caught and force-fed. Rejected suitors occasionally weaponized this tradition by throwing in wrapped cow dung instead.
The evening concluded with ritual washing in leftover fish-cooking water for good luck, and hopeful vigils for the mythical "jullåga" (Christmas flame) in the sky—which Edvard admitted neither he nor anyone he knew had actually witnessed.
Source: https://www.rotter.se/senaste-nytt/4524-sa-firade-slakten-jul-pa-1870-talet
Hur kunde vi låta Clas Ohlson förvandlas från teknikbutik av rang till en simpel heminredningsaffär? Skämmes Sverige.
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Are we humans?
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Staters övervakning av sociala medier ökar i världen samtidigt som övervakningstekniken blir alltmer kompetent.
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Gustaf Lundgren 💚🖤
Some media relays seems to be having problems. Can’t see your pics.
Ironically it seems like # Downdetector is on X and not Nostr, Mastodon or Bluesky. :-)
The noose is tightening, USA. How long will it take to dismount the democracy?
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Is this the dip? Är detta botten?
https://kvartal.se/nyheter/artiklar/bitcoin-under-90-000-dollar/cG9zdDoyODEyMw
Även SVT klippte om Trumps tal så att det förstärkte den journaliska oc politiska agendan. SVTs och BBCs agerande nöter ned ett redan nagat förtroende för journalistiken ytterligare. Osaklighet kan aldrig vara bra pressetik.
https://kvartal.se/pellezackrisson/artiklar/har-klipper-svt-ocksa-ihop-trumps-tal/cG9zdDoyNjg2Ng
#trump #svt #bbc #kvartal
Att inte ligga andra till last.
#moral #irl #so/me
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Snyggt. Nice. nostr:note1t99pu3mte2fl2jrje2fmqh6g7e7jwhycrxn0zztz73fja90r3gqs5d5y8n
GM. An acronym that works just as good i Swedish as in English.
Igår rullade fastighetsägaren ut en ny gräsmatta på gården. I natt kom frosten. Fortfarande minusgrader. Klarar sig gräset?
Trumps inkompetens har gett svensk försvarsindustri en ordentlig skjuts framåt:
https://kvartal.se/nyheter/artiklar/colombia-koper-17-gripenplan/cG9zdDoyNzc0Nw
#trump #gripen #SAAB
Pengar rullar in, det går bra nu. #GAIS https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/489988a11eaeef9a322951b7400afa9f5d1b8ca402fd07026298c930cf0ed264/97f1b59aba0280a416de8a643db05a0b1a59232d533d7f93d3185dabff61232e.webp
Jaha. Nu vill #google veta vad de ska göra med kontona när jag kolar vippen. Visserligen skriver de inte uttryckligen "när du dör" men andemeningen är tydligen. Är jag så gammal alltså? Ärligt talat? Suck. Jag väljer radera hela fiddevitten.
En mycket viktig text skriven på Kvartal av Marcus Kullman om (kommersiella) sociala mediers mörka påverkan på mänskligheten.
https://kvartal.se/artiklar/innehall-utan-innehall/
Eftersom du redan är på #Mastodon är du säkert redan insatt i problematiken.