we wouldn’t go outside at all in winter.” Fair point. Niki Brantmark of the blog My Scandinavian Home has lived in Sweden for the past 16 years but admits that she still finds the short, dark ...

which follows a trend of Scandinavian countries consistently winning the title of the most content places on earth — even though they have a long, cold and dark winter. <!-- /wp:paragraph ...

Oaks were seen as sacred trees and the fruit of the mistletoe was a symbol of life in the dark winter months. In Scandinavia and other parts of northern Europe like Germany, 'Jul' was the name ...

Shirley McMarlin Friday, Nov. 6, 2020 7:01 a.m. | Friday, Nov. 6, 2020 7:01 a.m. As winter approaches and the pandemic wears on, public health officials continue to caution against indoor gatherings.

There was a kinship, Madden said, between the geography and climate of the Scandinavian countries that ... It's got a very dark underbelly," she said. "It's about the landscape being bigger ...