Lucia Day!!!

This is Santa Lucia herself!

This is her with the "Starboys". They are really cute!!

Me and Santa Lucia :D

This is them going through the class room

Wow! today was really cool! it is Lucia day- December 13th. Instead of going to my school (I only had two classes anyway) I went with Solvieg to her school, which is an elementry. In the middle of class, all of a sudden a line of little girls and boys dresses in white and holding candles came in. they walked around the class room singing and handing out little homemade buns to the children, and then walked back out as quickly as they had come! It was so neat- they were lead by a little girl wearing a crown of candles on her head, who was representing Santa Lucia, who is a girl from a Swedish Chisrtmas story: when she was little, her parents had arranged a marriage for her. She refused to marry the boy, and so she was killed. Now every December 13th, this is done at the childrens school to remember her by. I really enjoyed it, and have a couple videos and photos from it I have posted above

This is the song below, followed by an English Translation

Natten går tunga fjätrund gård och stuva;kring jord, som sol förlät,skuggorna ruva.Då i vårt mörka hus,stiger med tända ljus,Sankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia.
Natten går stor och stumnu hörs dess vingari alla tysta rumsus som av vingar.Se, på vår tröskel stårvitklädd med ljus i hårSankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia.
Mörkret ska flykta snartur jordens dalarså hon ett underbartord till oss talar.Dagen ska åter nystiga ur rosig skySankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia.

The night goes with weighty stepround yard and (stove i.e. house, hearth?)round earth, the sun departsleave the woods broodingThere in our dark house, appears with lighted candlesSaint Lucia, Saint Lucia.
The night goes great and mutenow hear it swingsin every silent roommurmurs as if from wings.Look at our threshold standswhite-clad with lights in her hairSaint Lucia, Saint Lucia.
The darkness shall soon departfrom the earth's valleysthus she speaksa wonderful word to usThe day shall rise anewfrom the rosy sky.Saint Lucia, Saint Lucia.