LUCIA
A Swedish Celebration of Light
December in Sweden is very dark,damp and dim. What a most appropriate time and place to import tradition of light celebration! Today the Swedish variation of the Italian Santa Lucia festival is tradition.
Swedish Lucia takes place annually on December 13th. The blanket of darkness enshrouding the early morning of LUCIA Day is illuminated by the glow of the Lucia figure dressed in a flowing White grown, and her head afrie with a wreath of candles. Sankta Lucia,på svensk, is a creation of goodness and light. She is shining Angel illuminating the way to the Christmas season.
