A Xmas character I am not so familiar with, whom I met at the Scandinavian Xmas market at Rotherhithe on the weekend. The white snow queen. She was a hit with kids and adults alike. I'm hoping some of my Scandinavian readers can tell me more about her.It is always fun to find out about the folklore from around the world that we are seeing more and more of creeping into Xmas festivities.
The market was selling everything from furniture to bear pate, yes you did read that right, I passed very quickly on that last item and settled for a pickled herring sandwich.
One of the highlights of the market for me was more of that delicious crisp gingerbread that I showed you yesterday. I have packets of the stuff now.
11 comments:
Fantastic! I wish I'd been there to see her! The top picture - the delight of the child being held by a man with a villainous grin and a white jester's hat. And 'Courage' behind (hadn't realised that is still made) . . . make it my favourite picture for a while.
I'm Swedish (well, my grandparents came to the US from Sweden) but I don't recall hearing about this Xmas character. Not surprising, though, 'cause Swedes are a little crazy! ;-))
beautiful costume ;)
Wonderful!
An old Xmas story. The pantomime version will be available somewhere.
You can certainly see the joy on that child's face and in the second photo you can see that the White Snow Queen is on the "tall" side.
I'm very impressed with the stilt walking:) Love the international mix you talk about creeping into Xmas, something surprising all the time.
The Snow Queen, one of my favourite fairy tales.
Nicola.
Terrific, Mo. I hope one of your viewers is Scandinavian and can explain this one.
Isn't the Snow Queen from a Hans Christian Anderson story?
GREAT action shots!
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