Pepparkaka? Peppercookie?

I will hear Edith Piaf songs in the back of my head all day long now.

It has gone a century this day since she was born. I was not into her music before I met a frenchman.

Those french are something...  I cannot describe in any way, well they're lively. Passionate. 

In Lucia 13th of december it was sung about the light that will comfort us in this dark time of winter.

Celebration of St Lucy every year in Sweden since 1865 something, it started as a "spex" with 

apparently a male student at Lund University dressed in the white nightgown with light in her/his 

hair. There are a few mocking songs but even more beautiful christmassy songs most of them about a 

star that show the way to where a child was born according to a fairy tale book written some time 

ago.

Every child likes to be Lucia nowadays, who wouldn't want to be the center of attention for that day?

The lady in white dress with red ribbon round her waist and candlelit crown in her hair. Followed by 

the tärnor, stalledrängar, tomtar, pepparkaksgubbar, mest stjärngossar. 

Then the popular song Lusse lelle could be heard from voices 'elva nätter före jul ' (11 nights before 

christmas) 

which means its not long now 19th of december. Edith Piaf born 100 years today, only her music 

lives on now. 

Strong lyrics from a chanson that lived hard, loved a lot and sang with power and that charm.

Todays assignment: Baka pepparkaka, a part of christmas tradition, in this house it's about making a 

gingerbread house for the little santa figures to live in, each year a bit different. And the taste of 

gingerbread dough is always pleasant y'know that mix of ginger, cinnamon, kryddnejlika and what 

else. It's an old recipe.

I wish for a peaceful christmas, thats all.