“God Jul”

Winter is coming, along with the Christmas holidays. It is my first Christmas out of my home country Georgia and also, it is the first time for me to celebrate it on 25th of December. In Georgia we celebrate the Orthodox one on January 7th.  

Lights and colors, decorations and music, there is a Christmas atmosphere all around the city which made us to make Christmas mood in our office as well. I tried to take responsibility of making this mood. Finding old decorations, buying new ones and decorating the rooms was a very joyful process. We tried to make our office cozier. We put a small Christmas tree, lights, stars, candles. 

Also, Iryna and me had a special mission going to the forest early in the morning in order to look for cones for a wreath. Actually it was not so difficult for us, because around our house in Tumba there is a huge forest. The most interesting part was making the wreath itself. Our mentor Kristina taught us how to make it, it looks very nice. You can see the result.  

Christmas mood in Framtidståget is not just the decorations. On the 8th of December whole Framtidståget’s team was invited to the Engelen Restaurant where we had a “Christmas Table” – “Julbord”.  During the event we tasted delicious dishes and also alcohol free glögg.  It wasn’t easy to taste everything, but we did our best.  The whole evening was very nice, full of nice talks with our coworkers and some jokes.  On the next day at the weekly meeting our boss Yousef made a surprise for us - presented the gift card to “Coop” supermarket.

  At the end of the article I want to tell you about the St. Lucia celebration which is celebrated on the 13th of December. It is the longest night of the year and Lucia is associated with light. On this day, I had a chance to attend the traditional Lucia concert in the church. It was a double pleasure for me, because my mentor Kristina was Lucia and she was singing. The angelic tone of her voice and the gentle glow of candlelight made this day an emotional one. Spreading the warmth  is the message of the day and yes, SHE DID.