January 13 is St. Knut’s Day, a traditional festival celebrated in Sweden that marks the end of the Christmas season. On that day, the Christmas tree is thrown out, Christmas decorations are taken down, and a children’s party is hosted. Party activities involve singing and dancing around the Christmas tree, “looting” the tree of ornamental candy and apples, and smashing the gingerbread house into pieces and eating it, and opening Christmas crackers that decorated the tea. The songs and dances are the same as performed at Midsommar and Christmas. After dancing around the tree, the Christmas tree is thrown out.
For the BHHA, on St. Knut’s Day we take down the window candles in our buildings and take down our exterior Christmas decorations in order to follow this tradition.
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