13 December is Saint Lucy’s Day, and we joined the Santa Lucia procession through the neighborhood.
Sponsored by our local Swedish American Museum, this event features a group of young girls leading the procession while singing carols. One of them is honored to wear the wreath of candles on her head (barely visible in the photo above). Candles are lit, and a song is sung about the return of light and longer days; it seems that 13 December was the shortest day of the year in Sweden under the old Julian calendar.
It was a festive occasion, with over a hundred people joining in the walk, although it was pretty dang cold.
