Three evenings with a glue gun, forty seconds of attention. This little door knocks by itself, and your part each evening takes ten minutes.
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No threats, no punishments, no ‘good list’. Our tomte asks for help instead. Because Christmas isn't a test.
Your child draws, the drawing lands in the tomte's letterbox, and the next morning it knocks again. Nothing is deleted after Christmas. What does your tomte look like?
Ten tomtes, ten voices, every letter read aloud in English. The tradition your child brings home from nursery, in the language of your kitchen table.
30 Nov: “Not in this house.” 7:10 one December morning: on the team. Day 3: “Can I do tonight's prank?” Tag a dad who'd say exactly this.
One price for all of December. Divided by 24 mornings, it's less per day than a cinnamon bun. And nothing to buy on your child's side.
11 pm: “The tomte!” 11:05 pm: the tomte has been. The plan arrives by email every evening, ten minutes tops. Tag the one who always remembers too late.
Cheeky, quiet, curious, winter-mad or never still? Ten tomtes for children aged 3 to 10. Which tomte is your child?
One letter: a story read aloud, a real fact, a game and something to make. Under ten minutes at the screen, the rest happens outside. Who visited your bird feeder?
For the quiet ones: a soft voice and a short, calm letter every morning. No noise, no competition.
You didn't grow up here, your kids are. The local Christmas tradition, explained by the tomte himself every morning, so you don't have to fake it.
Come December, the tomte is everywhere in Sweden, from förskola to the shop window. Now your child can have one at home too — in English 🎄 A tomte moves in on 1 December and reads a new letter with your child's name every morning. Link in bio.
Knock, knock … who lives behind the little door? 🔊 Sound on.
Ten tomtes want to move in. Which one suits your child? 🥣 Gröt · 😜 Tott · ☁️ Fjun · 🔧 Kvist · ❄️ Snö · 🍪 Kringla · 🔔 Klocka · 🌲 Mossa · 🤸 Hopp · 🌍 Globus. Tell us below 👇
Pause when you've found your tomte ⏸️
From order to the first morning: 3 minutes. The tomte does the rest ✨
How it works: pick a tomte, get tonight's plan by email, and in the morning your child knocks on the door. The tomte peeks out and reads the letter aloud.
Meet Gröt 🧦 He fell asleep in the Christmas biscuits and lost his sock. How many socks are missing in your house?
Meet Tott 😏 The prankster tomte who keeps his own score. What's the funniest prank in your house that everyone laughed at?
Meet Fjun ☁️ The quiet tomte who'd love a goodnight. What does your child say goodnight to every evening?
Meet Kvist 🥽 The inventor tomte who needs an assistant. How many times have you heard “why?” today?
Meet Snö ❄️ The tomte who paints frost flowers at night. Any snow where you are yet, or is it paper snowflakes this year?
Meet Kringla 🍪 The baker tomte with flour on the nose. Show us your floury little Christmas baker 👇
Meet Klocka 🎵 The tomte writing a song about your child, one line at a time. What's your child singing in the bath right now?
Meet Mossa 🐦 The forest tomte who talks to the robin. How many sticks came home from your walk today?
Meet Hopp 🛋️ The tomte who bounces even in their sleep. Show us your best cushion course 👇
Meet Globus 🎒 The travelling tomte who's new here and knows nothing about Christmas yet. Which tradition would your child teach him first? 👇
What do the tomtes get up to at night? Now you know 🌙 What does your child think the tomte does while everyone's asleep?
The tomte finally found his sock. There was just one small thing … A twenty-second bedtime story. One sock. One friend. That's plenty.
The inventor tomte built a lift for one biscuit. It worked. Just differently. Want to give the birds something today? A handful of oats, and the sparrows say thank you.
Too dark to sleep, until a little light turned up in a glass of water. Try it tonight: a grown-up and child put a glass of water on the windowsill together. Can you catch the moon too?
This tomte cannot sit still. Until photo time. Try a sit-still family photo tonight. Who comes out blurry?
The travelling tomte once sailed on a ship with four hundred hens. The rest of the story is a pancake the size of a sail. Who gets the first bite at your breakfast?
Her bell rings whenever she's happy. Today it went quiet, so she sang it herself. Sing along: kling-klang!
A sleeping hedgehog, a duvet of leaves and a lot of tiptoeing. On this weekend's walk: leave a pile of leaves in a corner of the garden for the hedgehogs. If you find one: look, don't touch.
True or myth? The old farm tomte never took January off.
True or myth? The red cap is real. The grey wool is what everyone forgets.
True or myth? Small as a child, old as a great-grandfather. What does your child guess?
True or myth? The tomte works nights, which explains a lot.
True or myth? The tomte and the missing slipper. Old folklore, very relatable.
True or myth? The tomte is old, the little door is new. No door is the wrong door.
True or myth? The tomte lived up in the hayloft. In a flat, a cupboard will do.
True or myth? The tomte and his favourite horse. Which animal would yours pick?
Questions and answers
What is a tomte?
A small Christmas gnome from Swedish folklore. A little tomte door at home has become a popular December tradition in Sweden.
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Is everything in English?
Yes: the letters, the voice, the evening plan and the website.
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How much screen time?
Under 10 minutes in the morning: your child knocks, the tomte peeks out and reads the letter. The rest happens at home.
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What do we need to do?
You get a plan by email each evening. It takes no more than 10 minutes, with things like a sock or a bit of flour.
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Siblings?
Yes. Each child gets their own tomte with their own letters, and can have their own link on their own tablet or phone. Extra tomte: 150 kr.