Then on our darkest night, she brings shining light
Then on our darkest night, she brings shining light
As is the tradition in Sweden, we awoke this morning at dawn to a candlelit room and Naomi singing Sankta Lucia.
Lucia is a European holiday which originated in Italy, but has become thoroughly Swedish. It is a holiday to celebrate the return of the light (Lucia) in the season of darkness. I can’t think of a better reason for a holiday.
Today’s sunrise in Stockholm was 8:37 AM and sunset was 2:47 PM. So for obvious reasons, the celebration with glögg and lussebullar started around 10 AM.
Watch the official celebration on streaming Swedish public television (direct links: RealVideo | WMV). The show is an hour long, but you’ll see all you need to see in the first song. Here are the lyrics with English translation. As always, something is lost in translation.
religion posted by: dan @ 13 Dec 2006 13:13