Another Scandinavian tradition is marsipan! Marsipan is almond paste mixed with sugar, and formed into animals or fruit or whatever. On Christmas eve all the kiddies get a small bowl of rice pudding - and hidden in one of the bowls is an almond. The child who gets the almond wins the pig made out of marsipan.
So last week when Mom and I went to IKEA we bought a bar of marsipan, and today I formed it into a pig, painted it pink with food coloring, and brushed on an extra coat of sugar to make him sparkle. Oink! Oink!
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