Sweden has "mellandagarna", meaning "the inbetween days". It's a time for working, partying, going on holiday, planning new years party, resting up after Xmas and eating leftovers. Oh, and there's a big sale of stuff that didn't sell for Xmas.
@anthracite, second Christmas day (2e Kerstdag) is what some countries call Boxing Day. Old year’s day (Oudjaar, Oudejaarsdag, Oudjaarsavond) is New Year’s Eve.
In Sweden we do also have dipping day (Xmas Eve). And hence we have the day before dipping day. And, yes you guessed it, the day before the day before the dipping day. I am not making this up.
When I was a kid, I thought the «rom» in romjul meant «rom» as in outer space. I was so confused why we called it Outer-space-christmas, but figured it had something to do with the bethlehem star
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