Yacht Katarina

My brother has built a fire heated wooden bath tub in their garden. It being a garden on an Island in the Gothenbough archipelago, with an impressive granite feature off the veranda.
It was a clear starry night and only just below zero temperature. However with the water being a balmy 38degrees we sat there admiring the sky, counting satellites and falling stars for over an hour, my sister, brother, the sister and brother in laws, Tony and I, feeling very privileged indeed.

My first ever sabering, very exciting and much easier than it sounds. It was a real bottle of Champagne from my sisters and her husband's impressive store. They are the only people I know that have and use their sabering knife on a regular basis. They celebrate a lot.

Ulvereds Hjorthägn is a Deer Farm (for those of you who do not speak Swedish). They stage certain celebrations throughout the year and is the only place I know of, that celebrate Burn's night in Sweden.
https://www.ulvereds.se

Lovely authentic atmosphere with an accomplished Piper welcomming us into the hall where we celebrated Burn's night.

The table of Christmas dinner starters

My sister and her daughter, taking their customary Christmas eve swim in the sea. The temperature in the air below zero and water only just above.