Scandinavian Christmas: Essays and Stories, Recipes and Traditions - Softcover

Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret; Whitney Pope; Selma Lagerloff; Inkeri Vaananen-Jenson; Paul B. Du Chaillu; Kay Atkinson; Dr. Marion Nelson; Elisabeth Koren; Birgitte Christianson; Julie Jensen McDonald; Helen Elizabeth Blanck; A. R. Holmberg; Julie Ingebretsen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193204373X ISBN 13: 9781932043730

Publisher: Penfield Books, 2011

Synopsis

This book, a revision of Scandinavian Christmas, out of print for over a decade, features Christmas scenes from Washington to Pennsylvania. Essays and stories by Scandinavian writers about Christmas are included. There are stories by Selma Lagerlöf, facts about St. Lucia traditions for Swedish Americans, and information about Norwegian and Danish customs. Norwegian immigrant Elizabeth Koren s beautiful essay about Christmas is included. Photographs show St. Lucia arriving in a replica of a Viking boat at Poulsbo, Washington; Christmas customs at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa; the Swedisah American Historical Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Danish Windmill, Elk Horn, Iowa; the Swedish-American Museum, Chicago; and the St. Olaf Christmas choirs and orchestra, Northfield, Minnesota. Recipes feature all five Scandinavian countries: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and Finland from American contributors. They include beverages, appetizers, vegetables, side dishes, breads, soups, main dishes, and desserts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penfield Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 193204373X
• ISBN 13: 9781932043730
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96
• Editor: Deb Schense, Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret, Melinda Bradnan, Miriam Canter, Esther Feske, John Johnson, Whitney Pope, Mary Sharp, David Wright
• Illustrator: Helen Blanck, Diane Heusinkveld, M. A. Cook Design