Not only today is a Christmas day

Every day is a Christmas day. It means that we must be kind, generous and friendly with all those around us not only on December 25th, but in every day of our lives.

Lots of love, peace and joy are my best wishes for everyone - for this Christmas and every new day after that.

At Christmas...

... the best gifts you can give to someone...

... are hope...

... joy...

... friendship...

... and love!!!

Merry Christmas ~ Feliz Natal ~ Feliz Navidad ~ Buon Natale ~ Joyeux Noël ~ Frohe Weihnachten ~ God Jul ~ Hyvää Joulua ~ Glædelig jul ~ Wesołych Świąt ~ Весела Коледа ~ Срећан Божић ~ Καλά Χριστούγεννα

These are just some ways to wish the same thing...

Moving day

The photographers were always on ABBA members heels. It wasn't different when Benny and Frida left their apartment at Old Town, to live in Lidingö, another Stockholm's neighborhood, in November 1976. The photographers followed them in their moving day, as the photo below is showing.

In spite of everything, Benny and Frida didn't got angry or annoyed by the intrusion. Actually they seemed to be very relaxed and happy for the photos. ABBA members and their really willing spirit...

Frida's holding some newspapers, while she and Benny are carrying their bags to their new home

Vallentuna one more time...

Besides Benny and Frida's pictures as a couple in their beloved Vallentuna, I also love the pictures taken with them individually, as the ones you can see below.

Shy Frida

This lovely smile you can also see in this post

Aw...

Handsome, charming Benny!

Hehe... ♥

This is a pretty rare one

See also Home Sweet Home, Vallentuna and Lidingö, Romance on the Vallentuna's streets and Why no more Vallentuna?

Today is his day

Today our beloved ABBA composer and keyboardist is turning 64 years old! In this very special December 16th I wish him all love, happiness, peace and health that this very kind and generous man so much deserves.

Fashionable girls

As everybody knows, Frida has always loved fashion very much. On the other hand, Agnetha has never been a fashion lover, although she has always had a nice taste for clothes. Indeed, when those two were together at ABBA time, they just shone with their great beauty and elegant clothing choices. They were - and certainly still are - gorgeous in their own styles.

The girls walk through Stockholm's streets, wearing nice and comfortable clothes, in 1975

Agnetha with a delicate white dress and Frida with a nice colorful skirt, in 1976

Notice Benny and Björn in the background

Very elegant for the winter!

Frida and Agnetha in a photo shoot, in 1977

I just love this one! Their clothes and their make up are just w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l!

Again in a photo shoot done in 1977

Charming girls

They wear elegant dresses for Voulez-Vous photo shoot

Wearing the stunning Super Trouper white dresses

Popular ABBA

The photos of this post were taken in 1977 and composed a lot of articles and cover magazines around the world during ABBA time.

Enjoy some samples of these pictures, whose photo shoot is known as The red session or The pink session.

Benny seems very happy here...

... but now he seems a bit bored

The sweetest

Of course all Benny and Frida's pictures are nice, but I've always thought the one below is one of the most beautiful of them. Don't you think so?

Benny and Frida posing in 1976

Fans

Famous people are not usually very tolerant with their fans. The situation was completely different between ABBA members and their fans, though. Love, sweetness and attention were priority for Anni-Frid, Benny, Björn and Agnetha when they met those who loved them and their music.

That's one of the many things that explain my admiration for the group. We can see it in the following images, which are just a small sample of what I'm saying here.

Björn, Benny and Frida posing with two very lucky girls after a concert from the band's 1975 Tour

A 73-year-old lady greeting Agnetha...

... and then she's happily posing with her great idols!

Two very lucky girls posing with ABBA members in 1975

Note the reaction of the girl next to Benny

ABBA members receiving some presents from two gentle fans

Well, the quality of this picture is not that good, but we can see lucky fans with ABBA at the time of ABBA 1977 Tour

Sweet Frida signing some authographs for her little Australian fans in 1977

A fan's asking for some autographs in 1978

Note this picture was taken in front of Benny and Frida's house in Lidingö

Benny and Frida dividing their time between seeing the annual tennis cup, Swedish Open, and giving autographs...

Frida's holding a fan's hand...

Those magazines...

I was rummaging through my collection of pictures, when I came across with the funny picture below. All of ABBA members are looking relaxed about the magazines that they're reading, except for Agnetha. It seems that journalists had written a great nonsense about her!

Agnetha: "What?! 'Agnetha was born on April 25th'?! It's Björn's birthday! I can't accept it!"

ABBA and stuffed animals

The ABBA members definitely loved to take pictures with stuffed animals. The boys didn't mind being photographed with such toys and the girls seemed to like them very much.

Enjoy this kind of pictures below and see more of this sort on Like children and In London with a little fan.

 

 ABBA with a big kangaroo in 1976

 

Agnetha with a fluffy koala and Frida with a small rabbit

Kimonos and teddy bears!

Colorful and fancy stuffed animals

I can't see what stuffed animals are these, but I think they're bears... 

At a Swedish park, in 1976

The girls enjoy the company of a big teddy bear