From my fingers to my toes, my entire body hurts from the long process of moving and unpacking over the last few days. Robert and I have decided that we have entirely too much stuff. Of course, that feeling is accentuated by the fact that we have moved into a much smaller apartment. Before the move, we were proud of ourselves for getting rid of a lot of stuff. But as we have begun unpacking, we discovered that there is a lot more that we need to get rid of. It’s just amazing what you can accumulate.
While we turned down Halloween party invitations thanks to the move, I could not help but notice that there seemed to be a lot more festivities than usual here. For the last three days, I’ve seen kids and adults dressed up in costume. And many of the pubs were having some sort of celebration. It sounds corny, but it made me happy to see it all – it reminded me of home.
The traditional way to celebrate all alla helgons dag or all saints day in Sweden is to go to the cemetery to light a candle in honor of dead family and friends. I was really hoping that we would be able to go this year, but the move got in the way.
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Sandra, you haven’t missed the candles in the cemetary! Even though All Saint’s Day is traditionally November 1, Sweden has moved it to the first Saturday in November. So the day to visit the cemetary this year is November 6th! We never miss it – it is so lovely to see all the candles in the darkness.
Thanks for the tip Sharon! I’m so happy to hear that. With the move, I have not been keeping up with any news.
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