Sweden Edition
World Repair Before Replace Day leads today's complete edition for Sweden.
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Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for mending, sharpening, tightening, patching, cleaning, and giving useful things another round of life.
The official end of Christmas in Sweden, when the tree is stripped of its decorations and the julgransplundring, the Christmas tree plundering party, takes place. Children eat the remaining gingerbread cookies and chocolate from the tree, and the tree itself is tossed out, often from a window or balcony. The song "Tjugondag Knut dansar julen ut" (Twentieth Day Knut dances Christmas out) is sung as the holiday season officially closes.
