In December, the country’s capital Stockholm experiences around six hours of daylight a day ... world wherever Swedish communities exist. December 13 is Luciadagen or “Lucia Day,” on ...

Celebrating "Santka Lucia Dag" – i.e., Santa Lucia Day –, festivities revolve around the "darkest time of the time." According to Swedish tradition, because of the darkness, Lucia – clad in ...

December 13th is Santa Lucia day, one of the most enduring Swedish winter traditions. The tradition of Lucia brings some much needed light into Sweden's winter darkness. What's it all about? Lucia is, ...

Quite how Lucia worked her way into Swedish tradition is unclear, but December 13th was the shortest day of the year under the Julian calendar ... particularly the Neapolitan Song Santa Lucia, which ...

Luciadagen, or Lucia Day, is one of the most culturally significant holidays in Sweden. On that day, schoolchildren wear costumes and sing “Sankta Lucia,” the traditional Lucia song ...

And, after a full day of baking, LaBelle's cardamom-spiced Santa Lucia buns will be part of the spread. Her childhood in the northern region of Sweden, where LaBelle was raised by her aunt ...

The tradition moved to early Sweden when a white-clad Lucia brought food during a famine. Santa Lucia Day began during the Middle Ages as a family tradition in the western part of Sweden ...

Legend has it that Santa Lucia’s apparition appeared in later years to stop a famine in Sweden with gifts of food. Santa Lucia Day has been celebrated in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Italy. Students ...