We have just celebrated our first Christmas Eve in Portugal. This was a very calm and peaceful evening. We had of course a little bit of Swedish food on the menue. As a starter we had saved a little bit of Swedish "sill" herring, a bit of Swedish "julskinka" ham and Jansson frestelse, Jansson´s temptetion, which basically is potatoes, onions, anchovy and cream cooked in the oven. Then as a main course we had a lovely steak with morel mushroom sauce. The morels came from friends as a gift from Sweden. For desert there was lemon and poppy seed cake. Everything was delicious.
There is a lot of differences between Christmas in Portugal and Sweden. The most significant difference we have noted this year is that food is the most important thing during Christmas in Portugal. There were a lot of people in the food stores but in the shopping center is the comerce a bit slower comparng to Sweden.
In Portugal people normally eat Bacalhau as main course on Christmas Eve.
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| Bacalhau |
On Christmas Day people get together and eat and drink. Today turkey is common.
In Portugal most of the families also have large nativity scenes outside on the lawn.
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| Nativity Scene |
In Portugal the Christmas tree is plastic and contains a lot of sparkling lights and decorations.
Similarities
- Christmas tree
- Seafood
- Gift on the 24 th
Differences
- White christmas,=snow - green christmas, flowers like the Swedish spring
- Christmas tree - natural vs plastic
- Snow - Grass
- Presépio - nativity scene
You can read more about celebration in Portugal on the attached adress.
PS I miss the Swedish herring or as we say sill
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| Swedish herring |
http://www.farmholidayssilvercoast.com/
https://www.facebook.com/farmholidayssilvercoast
http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/portugal.shtml
/Lasse
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