I went to a midsummer party thrown by a Swedish friend, and it was interesting on so many dimensions. Even without considering all of the forms of pickled fish and Acquivit we consumed, we played a Sweidsh version of baseball in which no one is ever out, an ancient viking game in which you have to throw sticks to knock over wood chunks set up on the other team's line (almost like chess, but a little more physically engaging), and did a number of maypole dances.
Try to picture 20 sober adults hopping in a circle around a freshly-decorated maypole, singing (kind of - only 3 of the group actually speak Swedish) a song about a little frog who seems to have some problems because he has no ears (at which point we wave our hands by our heads) and no tail (I'm sure you can guess). It was stunning. We found out later that these activities are usually reserved for children. Next year, I'm bringing children.
Oh, and in case you're wondering about the date, yeah, this is older than the date at which I'm publishing it. Oh well.
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