SVT changes broadcast time for Kalle Anka on Christmas Eve

Viewers should be able to see Tariq Taylor turn on the light

Since 1960, SVT channel Kali Anka & Friends has been broadcasting at 15.00 on Christmas Eve. But now the airtime is shifted so viewers can see this year’s Christmas host Tarek Taylor lighting the candle for the Swedish people.

For more than 60 years he have Kali Anka and his friends It was a sacred tradition to watch the television set at 15.00 pm on Christmas Eve. But this year, SVT chose to move Kalle Anka’s airtime by five minutes to make way for Tarek Taylor, who is hosting this year’s Christmas on SVT, Dagens Nyheter wrote.

Christmas values ​​have become so appreciated as Kalle Anka, they have become just as important to many viewers. We want to give as many people as possible to see the candle lighting, he says Eva Larssonproject manager for this year’s Christmas host broadcast on SVT.

Usually create mods I Kali Anka and his friends The reactions are strong online, but this time around, Eva Larsson thinks viewers will take the mod calmly, maybe even positively..

– I think most of the viewers’ reactions will be positive. In the past, many viewers missed lighting candles, but now they won’t. If it’s a negative, we’ll have to deal with it then, but I find it very difficult to see that it would be a negative thing to transfer airtime to Kali Anka, she says.

Kali Anka and his friends It dates back to 1958 and has been shown every Christmas on SVT since 1960. It is a uniquely Swedish tradition. In the United States, for example, they appear instead Frank CapraClassic Christmas movie Life is beautifulwhich will also be broadcast this year on SVT on December 25 at 15:45.

Kali Anka and his friends will be broadcasting at 15.05 on Christmas Eve.

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