Glad Påsk

Lovely Easter holiday! This is the time for Swedish kids to dress up as påskkärringar (Easter witches) in headscarves and paint their cheeks red with lots of freckles, before they go on their candy hunt. I remember knocking on every neighbors door on our street and in exchange of giving them a drawing we had made earlier or singing a song for them, they would give us Easter treats. Later that night, according to the tradition, we all pretended we would fly to “Blåkulla” (The Blue Mountain) for a big party with all of the other Easter witches. Ohh good old memories!