Today, we celebrated Santa Lucia Day, a radiant festival of lights cherished in Sweden. Symbolizing the onset of the Christmas season in Scandinavia, it brings hope and illumination during the year's darkest days. Dressed in white, our Kindergarteners adorned wreaths or pointed hats with stars. Our Santa Lucia Girls and Star Boys enchanted everyone with the Santa Lucia song, spreading joy and sharing handcrafted Lussekatter Buns. A heartfelt thank you to our Kindergarten students and teachers fo

The Lucia celebrations represent one of the foremost cultural traditions in Sweden, with their clear reference to life in the peasant communities of old, darkness and light, cold and warmth. Still today, the event symbolizes light in the midst of a dark winter. The day is centered on a procession led by a Lucia with candles in her hair, followed by handmaidens and star boys. Here’s Lunds Akademiska Choir, performing the most traditional Luciasong last Thursday in The Hague. Read more via link in

Join us on a Lucia celebration in @feskekorka_gbg 🕯️ Early in the morning on December 13, we celebrate Lucia and this time we visited @feskekorka_gbg. The celebration starts with a “Luciatåg” procession, led by Lucia herself as the choir performs classic Christmas songs 🎶 The Lucia celebration in the newly renovated @feskekorka_gbg is a bit special since the facility normally is a fish market hall with a rich history here in Gothenburg, offering a truly atmospheric and local setting to the Luc

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