Saint Lucia in Sweden

Dec 13 is Saint Lucia day in Sweden, where each town's voted "Sankta Lucia" wears a crown of candles and, escorted by girls in white with a red sash and "star boys" brings light and song (and saffron buns!) to homes and workplaces.

Details - This was filmed in Sweden in 2002.
The lady in the middle is on YouTube as emmajohannesson
The lady 2nd from the left end is hannadabbour.

I DID NOT APPEAR IN NOR FILM THIS - It was sent to me many years ago and I do not, unfortunately, know of its source.

Lyrics in Swedish:
Sankta Lucia, ljusklara hägring,
sprid i vår vinternatt glans av din fägring.
||: Drömmar med vingesus under oss sia,
tänd dina vita ljus, Sankta Lucia. :||

Kom i din vita skrud, huld med din maning.
Skänk oss, du julens brud, julfröjders aning.
||: Drömmar med vingesus, under oss sia,
tänd dina vita ljus, Sankta Lucia. :||


English (sorry it's a bit of a poor translation):
Saint Lucia, bright clear mirage,
spread in our winter splendor of your beauty.
| |: Dreams with wings rustling, over us prophesy,
light your white candles, Santa Lucia. : | |

Get your white robe, gracious with your call.
Give us, you Christmas Bride, an idea of Christmas.
| |: Dreams with wings rustling over us prophesy,
light your white candles, Santa Lucia. : | |

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Tags:

• lucia
• sweden
• christmas

[Corpzmaker91]

I love how Christianity affects us, even tho we are mostly an Atheist nation. we celebrate Christmas,Easter, Saint Lucia, and we baptize, we marry each other using christian customs. and we bury each other using christian customs.

[LittleMoominMy]

I'm swedish. yes, we do use real candles. I know it seems very dangerous and all, but we've got people with big bowls of water and towls standing next to us, so there is no real danger. Also, we are getting very informed how to walk and so on. Though, the smaller kids use fake candles. I know, it's a weird tradition, but cool. And yeah, it hurts to get drips of the melted candle in your eyebrows, and hair, yes. But It's worth it because everything else is so nice about it. Take care everyone :D

[MissMiniPie]

@XXXKaden Thanks for the lol man xD fail..

[MissMiniPie]

@xxchimakaraxx Yes... This celebration is to her honor. Have some respect. (Thats why we have the red band around our stomach btw..)

[Pschokid]

@MsSpock1701 Dåligt :< snart får man väl inte sjunga nationalsången

[Pschokid]

@joebstarsurfer In the story of saint lucia one way to tourture her was try burning her and the candels on our hed symboles the burning hair

[Pschokid]

@xxchimakaraxx Yes it's her

[xxchimakaraxx]

wasn't saint lucia the one who had her eyes gouged out and throat stabbed? brutal

[RGBRYN]

Im icelandic and proud catholic.

[TheBagira1992]

Fantastik!

[gusfalk]

@XXXKaden nope, Sankta Lucia in swedish and Saint Lucia in english

[TheRandomSweed]

@XXXKaden Its "Saint Lucia" not santa...