Donald Duck and Christmas in Sweden

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Brad A. Greenberg

December 25, 2011

” title=”bizarre Christmas traditions” target=”_blank”>bizarre Christmas traditions</a>, in Sweden it’s customary to spend Christmas Eve watching Donald Duck cartoons. No, I didn’t understand the association either.</p> <p>Jeremy Stahl explains <i>Kalle Anka</i>, which he discovered on a trip to Sweden, for <i><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2009/12/nordic_quack.html <view-source:http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2009/12/nordic_quack.html>” title=”Slate” target=”_blank”>Slate</a></i>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The show’s cultural significance cannot be understated. You do not tape or DVR Kalle Anka for later viewing. You do not eat or prepare dinner while watching Kalle Anka. Age does not matter—every member of the family is expected to sit quietly together and watch a program that generations of Swedes have been watching for 50 years. Most families plan their entire Christmas around Kalle Anka, from the Smörgåsbord at lunch to the post-Kalle visit from Jultomten. “At 3 o’clock in the afternoon, you can’t to do anything else, because Sweden is closed,” Lena Kättström Höök, a curator at the Nordic Museum who manages the “Traditions” exhibit, told me. “So even if you don’t want to watch it yourself, you can’t call anyone else or do anything else, because no one will do it with you.”</p> <p>(skip)</p> <p>Over the last half-century, the characters and sketches have become as much a part of the holiday as the Christmas tree, so much so that each time TV1 has suggested modifying the schedule, public outcry has forced the network to back down. In the 1970s, Helena Sandblad, then head of children’s programming, attempted to pull the show off of the air because broadcasting a Disney program didn’t jibe with the prevailing political ethos. “Everything was pretty serious in the ‘70s and anything that was commercial, or considered commercial, was not good, was considered an ugly word,” said SVT publicity officer Ursula Haegerström. After newspapers got wind of the plans to cancel the show, the station was bombarded with letters, phone calls, and negative press. Sandblad received personal threats. “That was one of the worst audience storms in our history,” Haegerström told me.</p> </blockquote> <p>Me? My Christmas television traditions center more around watching the NFL and the NBA. 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href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/382922/stop-blaming-israel-for-antisemitism/" > Stop Blaming Israel for Antisemitism </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-author"> David Bernstein </span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-382920 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-worldwide" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/news/worldwide/382920/they-killed-us-all-druze-woman-describes-murder-of-her-american-cousin-and-6-other-relatives-by-syrian-forces-in-as-suwayda/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1426" height="768" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/mdl-hosem-and-karim-e1753127128674.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382921" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/news/worldwide/382920/they-killed-us-all-druze-woman-describes-murder-of-her-american-cousin-and-6-other-relatives-by-syrian-forces-in-as-suwayda/" > ‘They Killed Us All’ : Druze Woman Describes Murder of Her American Cousin and 6 Other Relatives by Syrian Forces in As-Suwayda </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-author"> Felice Friedson, The Media Line </span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-382918 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-israel" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/israel/382918/ambassador-huckabees-exclusive-to-tml-touts-trumps-tactics-calls-out-israeli-ministry-on-visa-obstacles-for-christians-why-do-you-hurt-your-friends/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1393" height="858" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/mdl-huckabee-1393x858.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382919" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/israel/382918/ambassador-huckabees-exclusive-to-tml-touts-trumps-tactics-calls-out-israeli-ministry-on-visa-obstacles-for-christians-why-do-you-hurt-your-friends/" > Ambassador Huckabee’s Exclusive to TML: Touts Trump’s Tactics, Calls out Israeli Ministry on Visa Obstacles for Christians: Why Do You Hurt Your Friends? </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-author"> Felice Friedson, The Media Line </span> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4a9bfdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-advads_ad_widget" data-id="4a9bfdf" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="wp-widget-advads_ad_widget.default"> <div 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loading="lazy" width="1024" height="682" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/suissa-hamas.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382916" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/editors-note/382913/jews-can-no-longer-ignore-hamas-genocide-of-palestinians/" > The World Can No Longer Ignore Hamas’s War Crimes Against Palestinians </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> July 21, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>The unspoken and unspeakable tragedy of Gaza is Hamas’s cruel and perverted strategy to get as many Palestinians killed as possible in order to win the world’s sympathy.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-382902 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-commentary category-opinion" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/382902/when-all-is-genocide-1/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1200" height="628" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/thane-genocide2.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382910" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/382902/when-all-is-genocide-1/" > When All Is Genocide </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> July 20, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>Mass casualties and fallen buildings in wartime do not a genocide make. It doesn’t even prove the existence of war crimes. Death tolls and devastated landscapes are endemic to war.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-382897 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-commentary category-opinion" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/382897/eyes-on-nyc-what-does-mamdani-win-mean-to-world/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="698" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/suissa-mamdani.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382396" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/382897/eyes-on-nyc-what-does-mamdani-win-mean-to-world/" > Eyes on NYC: What Does Mamdani Win Mean to World? </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> July 19, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>The final elected choice for mayor of New York is months away, but the reverberations of the recent Democratic primary victory of Zohran Mamdani for the position spread far and wide.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-382895 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-editors-note" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/editors-note/382895/colbert-firing-reminds-us-that-comedians-who-put-politics-first-are-really-boring/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/suissa-colbert.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382896" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/editors-note/382895/colbert-firing-reminds-us-that-comedians-who-put-politics-first-are-really-boring/" > Colbert Firing: How Partisan Politics Can Make Comedy So Boring </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> July 19, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>For many years now, our culture has been hijacked by a leftist political bias that is prevalent everywhere you look. But their supporters will never admit it. It’s too incriminating.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-382889 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-editors-note" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/editors-note/382889/jews-must-fight-back-but-also-fight-forward/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1287" height="858" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/suissa-jewish-pride-1287x858.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382890" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/editors-note/382889/jews-must-fight-back-but-also-fight-forward/" > Jews Must Fight Back, But Also Fight Forward </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> July 18, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>We’re blessed to have so many professional activists who fight back on behalf of Jews and Israel, why not begin a movement of Jews who fight forward?</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-382885 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-editors-note" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/editors-note/382885/no-jews-no-news-muslims-murder-druze-world-goes-silent/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/suissa-druze.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382886" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/editors-note/382885/no-jews-no-news-muslims-murder-druze-world-goes-silent/" > No Jews No News: Muslims Murder Druze, World Goes Silent </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> July 18, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>For the Druze being slaughtered in Syria, or the millions of war crime victims around the world who get no attention because Jews are not involved, do they really care who’s doing the killing?</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-382871 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-commentary category-opinion" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/382871/two-things-can-be-true-a-social-workers-meditation-on-duality-disability-and-dignity/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1291" height="858" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/goldstein-duality-1291x858.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382872" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/382871/two-things-can-be-true-a-social-workers-meditation-on-duality-disability-and-dignity/" > Two Things Can Be True: A Social Worker’s Meditation on Duality, Disability, and Dignity </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> July 17, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>Ableism thrives on binary thinking: you’re either “disabled” or “functional.” But disability is complex, dynamic, and often invisible, and it does not define the whole person. My disability does not diminish my empathy or clinical insight; if anything, it deepens them.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-382868 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/community/382868/from-the-israel-iran-war-to-texas-flooding-jewish-camps-are-stepping-up-amidst-adversity/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1440" height="760" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/jewish-camp.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382869" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/community/382868/from-the-israel-iran-war-to-texas-flooding-jewish-camps-are-stepping-up-amidst-adversity/" > From the Israel-Iran War to Texas Flooding, Jewish Camps are Stepping Up Amidst Adversity </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> July 17, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>One of the silver linings to emerge from the turbulence of recent weeks is seeing just how many people recognize the importance of camp — and are willing to help it in times of need.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-382866 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-commentary category-opinion" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/382866/why-these-rabbis-are-wrong-about-zohran-mamdani/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/schnur-mamdani.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382589" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/382866/why-these-rabbis-are-wrong-about-zohran-mamdani/" > Why These Rabbis Are Wrong About Zohran Mamdani </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> July 17, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>Backing Mamdani sends the wrong message: that Jewish safety must always come second to progressive acceptance.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-382864 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-rabbis-of-la" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/community/rabbis-of-la/382864/rabbi-noam-raucher-wants-to-create-a-safe-space-for-jewish-men/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="643" height="858" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/rabbi-noam-raucher-643x858.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382865" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/community/rabbis-of-la/382864/rabbi-noam-raucher-wants-to-create-a-safe-space-for-jewish-men/" > Rabbis of LA | Rabbi Noam Raucher Wants to Create a Safe Space for Jewish Men </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> July 17, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>Rabbi Raucher’s efforts center on “trying to figure out ways the Federation can be more engaging, more expansive of experiences for all men connected to the Jewish community. No one Jewish is excluded.”</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-382858 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-movers-shakers" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/events/movers-shakers/382858/ucla-center-for-israel-studies-names-director-shabbat-tent-juneteenth-shabbat-kol-ami-gala/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="650" height="650" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ms-nazarian.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382859" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/events/movers-shakers/382858/ucla-center-for-israel-studies-names-director-shabbat-tent-juneteenth-shabbat-kol-ami-gala/" > UCLA Center for Israel Studies Names Director, Shabbat Tent, Juneteenth Shabbat, Kol Ami Gala </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> July 17, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-382373 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-judaism category-poetry tag-pinchas tag-poetry tag-torah" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/judaism/382373/you-must-a-poem-for-parsha-pinchas/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="800" height="450" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/pinchas.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382374" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/judaism/382373/you-must-a-poem-for-parsha-pinchas/" > You Must – A poem for Parsha Pinchas </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> July 17, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>You simply must…</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-382854 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-a-bisl-torah" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/judaism/a-bisl-torah/382854/between-narrow-straits/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="724" height="483" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bisl-between-two-straits.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382855" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/judaism/a-bisl-torah/382854/between-narrow-straits/" > A Bisl Torah — Between Narrow Straits </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> July 17, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>The phrase “in the narrow places” comes from Lamentations 1:3. 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