Santa Lucia Celebration

Today we celebrate "Santa Lucia" in Sweden. In the early morning a young girl dresses in a white dress or nightdress and a red sash. On her head she is wearing a sort of a crown and lit candles. She normally goes barefoot and brings baked saffron yeast dough that has special forms and sings the "Lucia" song.

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My family will come to my place today and we will celebrate it here and as my sister is not to keen on being Lucia, I will be Lucia. I have been Lucia since I was a little child so I know the song by heart, but still I'm always a little bit nervous. I hope to be able to go home from work a bit earlier, so that I can bake the "Lussekatter" (That's the Swedish name for the baked goods) and I'll show you the baked forms later, so hear you later! :)

Kram,

Isabell