Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Trettondagen and Poppe

January 6 is always a holiday in Sweden. It's supposedly religious - but as far as I remember, none I knew did anything remotely religious - just enjoying one more holiday day over the Christmas break.

One memory I have from my childhood was watching a theater play, filmed the summer before, with a very known (and old...) comedian - Nils Poppe. He was known to always improvise and change the lines and sometimes the whole esemble were laughing and trying to keep track. Really silly... I remember that I really liked evening - even though it's a little bit of an "old fashioned" way of doing theater (the theater is an outdoor play). We got to stay up late to watch - and eat left over candies from Christmas.

I found some on You Tube... and it really brough back memories... this play was done in 1985.

7 comments:

Unknown said...

I saw it live with my parents. It was a summer evening and we had blankets wrapped around us;)

Cissi said...

precis så var det hos oss också! jag älskade dessa teatrar. tänkte på det för inte så länge sen.

Annika said...

Japp, snacka om tradition...
Kan inte säga att jag direkt gillade poppe-farserna, men det hörde ju till, så...
För dig är väl dagen extra speciell också ;-)
Nu blev min ordverifiering "stins", var det inte just det Poppe var i så många av farserna??? Lite kul.

Anna, Fair and True said...

Jag gillade också Poppe men numera tycker jag inte det är lika kul. Antingen är det för att Poppe inte är med längre eller så har jag bara ändrat humor. Fars kan bli lite väl mycket buskis.

Mia said...

Åh, jag älskar gamla poppefilmer. Jag tror jag ska fixa hem en gammal svensk goding att kika på " a rainy day".

Poppes teater tyckte jag också var kul, men inte lika bra som de gamla fina filmerna.

Ha en fin helg, JaCal

JaCal said...

Dosiss - HI!!! How nice to see you! Miss you... Oh, did you see it live - lucky you! I always kind of envious of those people sitting there in the middle of summer and watching - it looked so nice...

Cissi - vad kul med fler som såg! Trodde jag var ensam om denna böjelse... ;-)

Annika - ja, det hörde mest till - många var ju rätt fåniga - och de sista åren innan han slutade var de inte lika roliga- eller så blev man äldre och tyckte mest de fånade sig... ;-) Haha! Jo, stins var han väl ofta!

Anna - jag slutade titta när hon vad hon nu heter tog över (Eva Rydberg?)- och sen tappade jag den traditionen helt.

Mia - ja, de gamla filmerna var roliga - brukade titta på söndagarna. DET är något jag kan missa... en gammal hederlig svensk svartvit buskis humor - haha!Det samma M!!

Anonymous said...

January 6th is the day the three kings (or wisemen) actually make it to Bethleham to give Jesus their gifts.

In Mexico, children leave their shoes out and get presents, something like Santa Clause, but the wisemen leave gifts instead. Also, they have a "rosca" a sweet bread that is baked in a circle with little dolls hidden in them. The person who gets the slice with a doll has to cook a meal.

At least in Sweden you get the day off, here we've COMPLETELY forgotten about it.