Jenny Nyström — Children Around Ice Lanterns at Night

On a clear winter night, three children and their dog have gathered around something that isn't a Christmas tree and isn't a bonfire — it is a snölykta, an ice lantern pyramid, stacked blocks of ice lit from within so they glow amber and orange against the dark. This distinctly Scandinavian folk tradition turns the cold itself into light, and Jenny Nyström captures the children's absorption in the glow, the warm farmhouse windows behind them completing the scene. A card that belongs in any collection of Nordic winter illustration — find more in the Jenny Nyström collection.