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Titel: SV: A Christmas question, my family comes from smaland and varmland
Skrivet av: Klas Wallén skrivet 2018-12-20, 21:07
Hi Pete!
First let me ask you if you have read my private messages I have sent to you regarding Gränna in Småland and Emanuelsdotter? I have some information and we might have the same ancestors who where drummers in the army.
When it comes to the song I first thought of one we used to sing: "Nu är det jul igen och nu är det jul igen, och julen varar än till påska". Meaning now it is Jul(Christmas) again now it is jul again, it lasts until Easter. But there are no words about dopp i grytan in that song. I have never heard of any Christmas song with dopp i grytan but that does not mean it doesn't exist such a such a song. Here is a link to youtube and nu är det jul igen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf3d1srLhqc
When did your father lived in Sweden? The tradition with a Santa is not so very old here in Sweden and also the food we eat at Christmas has changed some over the years and the traditionell Swedish julbord that we now eat is pretty young, from the 1950's I think. Off course some of it is traditionell food that people have eaten way back in history and I guess that dopp i grytan might be one of the old ones. It was practical to soak up dry bread. When I was young my grandparents used to have dopp i grytan every Christmas but no song when they eat it though. When it comes to our Santa or Tomte as we say it is pretty new. During the 19th Century it was more common with a julbock/Yule goat than a Santa. I recommend that you read about it on wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_Goat
I will see if I can find some more about the song.