IKEA stores all over the world are hosting several events this holiday season that will put you in the Christmas spirit. As you may know, IKEA was founded in Sweden, and therefore, many of their events are inspired by Swedish traditions. The whole family can enjoy a variety of activities, such as julbord<\/i>, breakfast with Santa, gingerbread house decorating, and more!<\/p>\n
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\nThe julbord is an all-you-can-eat Swedish feast that includes traditional dishes like herring, smoked salmon, meatballs with lingonberries, and more. To finish off your delicious dinner, you?ll enjoy some sweets and gl?gg (mulled wine). In order to nosh at this spectacular sm?rg?sbord, you will need to purchase your ticket(s) in advance, so contact your local store.<\/p>\n
Santa will be making public appearances at several IKEA stores this year! Children of all ages can meet Santa and even take a photo with him, so be sure to bring your camera. In some stores, Santa will be in the restaurant, so you and your children can even sit and eat breakfast with him.<\/p>\n
Try your hand at piping icing and adorning a gingerbread house with candies at IKEA?s gingerbread decorating contest. If you win the prize for the best decorated house, you can brag to your family and friends!<\/p>\n
One of the other events that you may be able to attend is the St. Lucia procession?a Swedish Christmas tradition where Lucia leads a procession of lights as Swedish Christmas carols are sung.<\/p>\n
Please note that events vary from store to store, so you?ll want to check your local store for a list of events. Click here<\/a> to find a store in the USA or here<\/a> to find an international store.<\/p>\n Again, this is not a complete list of events at IKEA stores. To find events and activities at the store nearest you, check online. Click here<\/a> to find a store in the USA or here<\/a> to find an international store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" IKEA stores all over the world are hosting several events this holiday season that will put you in the Christmas spirit. As you may know, IKEA was founded in Sweden, and therefore, many of their events are inspired by Swedish traditions. The whole family can enjoy a variety of activities, such as julbord, breakfast with…Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,57],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-7503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-and-activities","category-festive-food","tag-fun-for-kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7503"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7533,"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7503\/revisions\/7533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Atlanta, GA<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n\t\tFriday, 12 December: 4pm, 5:30pm, 7pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nBirmingham, UK<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n\t\tEvery weekend until 22 December: 10:30am?4:15pm<\/li>\n
\n\t\tThursday, 11 December: 6?8pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nBrooklyn, NY<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n\t\tFriday, 12 December: 12pm, 2:30pm
\n\t\tSaturday, 20 December: 12pm, 2:30pm<\/li>\n
\n\t\tFriday, 12 December: Contact store for dining times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nG?teborg B?ckebol, Sweden<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n\t\tEvery day until Christmas: 12?2pm<\/li>\n
\n\t\tSunday, 7 December: 12?3pm
\n\t\tSunday, 14 December: 12?3pm
\n\t\tSunday, 21 December: 12?3pm<\/li>\n
\n\t\tSaturday, 13 December: 2?4pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nMiami, FL<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n\t\tSunday,14 December: 9:30?10:30am
\n\t\tSunday, 21 December: 9:30?10:30am<\/li>\n
\n\t\tFriday, 12 December: 5pm, 7pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nPittsburgh, PA<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n\t\tSaturday, 13 December: 9:30?11am
\n\t\tSaturday, 20 December: 9:30?11am<\/li>\n
\n\t\tFriday, 12 December: 5:00pm, 7:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nSeattle, WA<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n\t\tThursday, 11 December: 4:30pm, 6:30pm
\n\t\tFriday, 12 December: 4:30pm, 6:30pm<\/li>\n
\n\t\tSaturday, 13 December: 9:30am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n