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Sara Jivenius's avatar

Thank you so much for a lovely newsletter and platform. It”s so inspiring and beautiful. I personally would love to hear your thoughts on traditions, now when the holiday season is upon us. I come from a family where we always have celebrated all holidays very carefully and very traditionally in every sense (well, our own traditions, I should say :)) so for me, Christmas for example always started when my Mum took us to Aether & Essencefabriken on Wallingatan late November to buy all the spices we needed for Christmas. After that, November and December was like putting one new pearl to a string after the other. Baking, making candles, advent concerts in Church, making glögg, Lucia - every December week had it’s own scents, smells, music, activity and ambience. It was always magical. Now, after my parents both have passed away, I feel that I keep them alive when I pass these traditions on my children. And in my family, it is not only on Christmas we celebrate like this. Easter, Valborg, Midsummer, Alla Helgona - they all have their ceremonies and rituals. But I always love to hear how other people celebrate, and I love to pick up some new ideas and traditions to weave into our old ones. So, this I would love to hear your thoughts on this, and hear how you celebrate! Maybe an Art of Christmas! Other topics that I love to hear more about from you sometime is around food, scents,favorite restaurants in Stockholm, weekend traditions, love, friendship, - and maybe books that have inspired you on some of these topics! Literature is another one of my favorite things! Thank you Julia and wishing you a lovely weekend! Ps I am Swedish but realize now that I wrote this in English because you posted in English! Hope ok!

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Mathilda Rydstern's avatar

Hej Julia! Jag är nyfiken på hur du ser på eller kanske snarare tar dig an film? Jag älskar långsam 90-tals film, som kanske egentligen inte handlar om något särskilt stort, men som berör i stunden. Min upplevelse är att dagens filmer är fullmatade med händelser och drivs av ett snabbt tempo där den lilla historien inte riktigt får plats. Vore intressant att höra din syn på detta! (Och om du har några must see-filmtips att dela med dig av🫶🏻) Stort tack för en ljuvlig plattform!

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