Lucia - 13 December

Yesterday was in Sweden Santa Lucia day. It's always celebrated on the 13 of December in remembrance of Lucia from Syrakus. It's a day with a lot of nice tradition. There is a Luciatåg with is a group of often children or other young people with one girl (the lucia) wearing candels on her head. Everyone wears a white long dress or is dressed as a figure such as "pepparkakorgubbe" (gingerbread boy). They go to different places and thing Swedish songs.
I started the day at 6.30 watching the Luciatåg on TV with my corridor mate and having a huge lucia breakfast that he prepared for us. Later in the library there was another group singing (picture) and over lunch there was a big thing in the aula of the university followed by a fika. It was a very nice day with a lot of light and nice music... Christmas mood...