Every year on December 13th Sancta Lucia is celebrated in Sweden. When I was a child every girl wanted to be Lucia or at least I think they did. It was usually the tallest and the one with long hair.
I was Lucia once in the laundry room of our apartment block! A big deal for me!
They sing songs in their heavenly voices and it is all about bringing light into the darkness and to fill us with hope again.
My sister sang beautifully and she was usually in the school choir and they would be the other girls dressed in white as well walking behind the Lucia and then surrounding her when they arrived.
After we would get saffron buns, ginger snaps and hot beverages.
It brings tears to my eyes. Lucia IS Christmas to me.
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