Christmas evening at Lugnet ,Gotland..

So many nationalities, languages, cultures and religions..

They came some weeks ago from Afganistan, Eritrea and Iraki Kurdistan- all muslims and one Buddist..and they celebrated their first Christmas in Sweden.

Scarred from wars, these young newly arrved refugees are experiencing this new country with its strange customs.. And they all had the strength to come to this warm and welcoming traditional Swedish Christmas party arranged by Magnus who was also the Santa and brought gifts to all..

"New gloves and a bottle of After Shave!" Oh, the joy so far away from home..
I feel priviledged to have been invited to share these precious Christmas moments in peace with these guys carrying too heavy a load of memories from the recent past on their young shoulders..