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Last year we ended with a big tea party with both of our groups together. We held it on dec 13th - the Lucia-day – which was very much appreciated by the guests. Some of them celebrate the whole Christmas season all by themselves otherwise. The drive went out to Saltsjö-Duvnäs in Nacka (20 min outside the city) to the hosts Louise & Lilly Gyll (mother and daughter) who invited us to their pretty house by the water. The guests were first seated in the living room by the open fire and were served the traditional Lucia glögg, gingerbread cookies and lussekatter. After some chats between volunteers and guests in the two groups we all were seated in the big dining room and were served coffee, tea, sandwiches and more sweets. All the guests left with a big smile on their faces that day.

The first tea parties this year where spent in Gustavsberg (Nacka) with group 2 on 24 jan - at hostess Stephanie Vukmanic and her sweet little cat. It’s the flu season so it was only a small group with three guests and two drivers this time. The group welcomed a new guest who were very happy to join.

Group 1 had their first tea party in 31 jan in the city, on Södermalm – Jeanette Predin and Tom Bertling welcomed us to their very modern but also homey apartment (Tom is an interior designer). The group were served tinned sprat sandwiches and some very delicious homemade cakes. The chocolate cake with cream were the favorite. It was a snowy day so the open fire was a welcomed feature also this time.
Jeanette has a blog on RIX FM (a big music radio station in Sweden) and wrote about the day and put out some pictures: http://www.rixfm.com/bloggar/backstage/2010/02/01/musik-och-fika-helg