Skrivet 19 Dec 2013

A 'Fanny and Alexander Christmas'

[Recycling a post from last year.]

Swedes, for some reason, yearn for a Christmas celebration Fanny and Alexander-style. Oh yes, isn't it a joy when Uncle Carl takes to the bottle and abuses his wife. Or when Gustaf Adolf is cheating on his. Not to mention when daddy Oscar has a heart attack. The Ekdahl brothers sure know how to celebrate.

Happy holidays!

Fanny och Alexander, Bertil Guve

PS. What Alexander says above roughly translates as "No one shall remain in the dark. Merry christmas everyone." (But it rhymes in the original.)

PPS. This blog will be back once we're through celebrating Hannukkah, Christmas, New Year's, Epiphany and everything else we can think of – all in Fanny and Alexander-style.