Christmas & New Year

Swedish Lussekatter

Throughout Scandinavia and especially in Sweden, 13 December - right at the heart of advent - means the celebration of Lucia. One of the most relished dates in the Swedish calendar, marking the start of the Christmas festivities, the celebration brings together old pagan and Christian traditions. Under the Julian calendar, which was introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BC...

Winter Fragrances 2015

The holiday season always brings a flurry of new fragrances, and more than usual this year Guerlain is leading the way in the luxury category. October saw the launch of Ne m'Oubliez Pas ('Forget Me Not'), a new fragrance by in-house perfumer Thierry Wasser, which is inspired by Guerlain's historic address at 68 Champs-Elysees and the perfume of the...

November Film: The Little Match Girl (1928)

The Little Match Girl ('La petite marchande d'allumettes') 34 minutes | 8 June 1928 | France 'From Hans Christian Andersen's story to the screen by Jean Renoir, Catherine Hessling as Karen evokes delight and pathos. An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on NYE. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to keep...

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