I live in Norway were we have our own Christmas soda that is more sweet and fruity, we would always buy a case of Apotekarnes Julmust whenever we were in Sweden during the holidays, it was a real treat!
Love you Aaron! Yes, this is the most common, popular Julmust. Unlike the other one you tried, this has less "real" flavors, made the same way a regular cola and other big brand drinks are made. However, it's undeniable. Usually back here, it's the best carbonated one of them all. We also consume Must during Eastern, then called Påskmust. Everone knows it's the exact same drink, but rebranded. There have been several media covered occasions during the years of Julmust bottles just getting a new label atop of the old one.
Apparently Ikea sells a Julmust in stores some times and calls it Vintersaga. I'd love to know what its like and if it's worth hunting down in the labyrinths of ikea some day
Wikipedia states; the Gnome is the guardian of your farm. It is said that the Gnome was the first man who started farming on the land you owned, and that after death he couldn't rest, and so continued watching over it. He wasn't seen often, but was described as an old man with a white beard, gray clothes, and a pointed hat. He was also unnaturally short for a human. It was important to stay in his good graces, but he had a volitile temprament, and if you angered him, he would take revenge. It was especially easy to rile him up if you mistreated the animals or disrespected him. Taking care of the livestock and the barn was what he did most of the time. As a thanks for his diligent work, you would place a bowl of porrige out for him on your porch. In later traditions, it was specified that his favorite kind is sweet rice porrige, and so in swedish, it can sometimes be referred to as "gnome porrige" or "santa porrige" (tomtegröt). Growing up I remember reading in some folklore/religion books that said Gnomes were forest dwelling people - not unlike fairy or fae maybe? - who would visit your farm, and would either sabotage it or help it thrive, depending on how well they thought you respected them. They would feed your livestock or make them sick. Leaving a bowl of porrige out as payment would make them benevolent, just like wikipedia describes. Oh and fun fact, gnomes and santa share their word in swedish, so when speaking swedish, you need to specify whether you're talking about THE christmas gnome (jultomten/tomten) or garden/forest gnomes (trädgårdstomtar/skogstomtar).
Tldr; according to the folklore, what is most likely happening in the art of that can is the gnome visiting the barn to feed the animals and maybe start a fire to warm them (if the wood under his arm is anything to go by)
Gnomes are also sometimes referred to as nissar (singular nisse), and tomtenissar (santa gnomes) are Santa's helper elves that live on the northpole, lol.
Oh and a husnisse (house gnome) are even smaller than forest gnomes, live in your walls, and cause mischief on purpose. Usually (at least i think usually) they are depicted as much younger than forest gnomes, usually as children, however they still wear the typical gnome clothes. I think in some instances they can even be depicted with long, bushy-ended tails? Although that might just be pop culture, or I have them mixed up with house trolls.
@TheSodaJerk of course! I'm a big fan of fantasy and mythology so looking up the swedish wiki page on gnomes was fun for me as well - they're like sweden's own version of trickster spirits I guess (but very specifically for people living on the countryside?) And I love them for that lol.
The guy's house is like Motel 6. They leave the light on for ya! 😄
Gnome-tel 6?
I live in Norway were we have our own Christmas soda that is more sweet and fruity, we would always buy a case of Apotekarnes Julmust whenever we were in Sweden during the holidays, it was a real treat!
MORE sweet? How is that even possible? :P
Love you Aaron! Yes, this is the most common, popular Julmust. Unlike the other one you tried, this has less "real" flavors, made the same way a regular cola and other big brand drinks are made. However, it's undeniable. Usually back here, it's the best carbonated one of them all.
We also consume Must during Eastern, then called Påskmust. Everone knows it's the exact same drink, but rebranded. There have been several media covered occasions during the years of Julmust bottles just getting a new label atop of the old one.
Even being unfamiliar with the beverage, they do a great job in eliciting the "Christmas Spirit" with their taste, art, and overall vibe.
Apparently Ikea sells a Julmust in stores some times and calls it Vintersaga. I'd love to know what its like and if it's worth hunting down in the labyrinths of ikea some day
I think it's always worth it to try something new especially when it's small
Dude I had this stuff as a kid, it was delicious
I'm so happy I got to experience the world of Julmust this year.
Wikipedia states; the Gnome is the guardian of your farm. It is said that the Gnome was the first man who started farming on the land you owned, and that after death he couldn't rest, and so continued watching over it.
He wasn't seen often, but was described as an old man with a white beard, gray clothes, and a pointed hat. He was also unnaturally short for a human.
It was important to stay in his good graces, but he had a volitile temprament, and if you angered him, he would take revenge. It was especially easy to rile him up if you mistreated the animals or disrespected him. Taking care of the livestock and the barn was what he did most of the time.
As a thanks for his diligent work, you would place a bowl of porrige out for him on your porch. In later traditions, it was specified that his favorite kind is sweet rice porrige, and so in swedish, it can sometimes be referred to as "gnome porrige" or "santa porrige" (tomtegröt).
Growing up I remember reading in some folklore/religion books that said Gnomes were forest dwelling people - not unlike fairy or fae maybe? - who would visit your farm, and would either sabotage it or help it thrive, depending on how well they thought you respected them. They would feed your livestock or make them sick. Leaving a bowl of porrige out as payment would make them benevolent, just like wikipedia describes.
Oh and fun fact, gnomes and santa share their word in swedish, so when speaking swedish, you need to specify whether you're talking about THE christmas gnome (jultomten/tomten) or garden/forest gnomes (trädgårdstomtar/skogstomtar).
Tldr; according to the folklore, what is most likely happening in the art of that can is the gnome visiting the barn to feed the animals and maybe start a fire to warm them (if the wood under his arm is anything to go by)
Gnomes are also sometimes referred to as nissar (singular nisse), and tomtenissar (santa gnomes) are Santa's helper elves that live on the northpole, lol.
Oh and a husnisse (house gnome) are even smaller than forest gnomes, live in your walls, and cause mischief on purpose.
Usually (at least i think usually) they are depicted as much younger than forest gnomes, usually as children, however they still wear the typical gnome clothes.
I think in some instances they can even be depicted with long, bushy-ended tails? Although that might just be pop culture, or I have them mixed up with house trolls.
One, thank you for taking the time to type all of that. Two, it was an incredibly interesting read to wake up to. Truly amazing!
@TheSodaJerk of course! I'm a big fan of fantasy and mythology so looking up the swedish wiki page on gnomes was fun for me as well - they're like sweden's own version of trickster spirits I guess (but very specifically for people living on the countryside?) And I love them for that lol.
You should try Ramune they are a Japanese soda with a marble you shoot into it.. usually you find them at safe way in the asain section!
I've had a few of these, in fact I have a French fry flavored one in my fridge now.