A Nordic Christmas January 10, 2010

The American Swedish Institute's annual exhibit, 'A Nordic Christmas,' brings together members of the local Nordic American community to decorate five rooms in the Turnblad mansion for the holiday season. These decorated "Nordic Christmas" rooms give visitors a taste of Christmas traditions in each of the Nordic countries: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland. New this year is a special area for families and children on the second floor, which allows children to discover Nordic Christmas traditions in a playhouse stuga, with a tree for decorating, Lucia and star boy costumes, and special jul (Christmas) puzzles and books.