A happy Christmas to all, and to all a good julenek! Christmas julenek image ©2008 Kari Diehl, licensed to About.com.

Every Christmas Eve, my husband eyes the cookie plate the kids have prepared for Santa with approval ("Pile them on! Santa loves cookies") and the super-sized tumbler of 1% milk ... Read More

There are things about Christmas I could probably do without. I hate Christmas shopping and tend to hyperventilate in post office lines. I’m not going to risk my neck on ... Read More

On Christmas Eve, it's long been a tradition in Danish and Norwegian households to place a bowl of rice porridge outside for their hungry Nisse (also known as a Tomte), ... Read More

Since J.R.R. Tolkien looked to the legends and landscapes of Scandinavia for inspiration in creating Middle-earth, it isn't surprising that hobbits, tiny gourmands that they were, adored mushrooms. Finland's forests ... Read More