Comments on: Advent Calendar: Other Traditions: St. Lucia Day!

By: Shari Edwards

Shari Edwards — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:42:53 +0000

Thank you for sharing this! I grew up with many Swedish traditions including this one, here in Kansas. I am half Swedish and had Swedish grandparents. They lived an hour away from us in a very “Swedish” area of Kansas so I have many memories of that culture playing a big part in our holiday celebrations. The boys with the hats are called Star Boys.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:30:53 +0000

Nancy,
Now that I look at it again, I see that you are right. She has to be more in the 12-14 yr old range. No date.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:07:03 +0000

I can see why you had trouble choosing just one video for the post. I like that you added the 4th one with its different song. The photo with your grandmother is over-the-top fabulous! I think she looks younger than 16, though. I would guess her age at between 12 and 14. No date on the photo, huh? Thanks for all the great information and the videos.

By: Cindy Bergeron Scherwinski

Cindy Bergeron Scherwinski — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:49:02 +0000

I enjoyed learning more about St. Lucia Day. The videos were also wonderful – you are blessed to have a photograph of your grandmother. Thank you again for sharing

By: Shaz

Shaz — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:37:40 +0000

At North Park College in Chicago there was an annual assembly on St. Lucia Day with one of the girls chosen to be Lucia. North Park is a Swedish Covenant college and a ‘dorm’ girl was always the lucky one. I was a ‘townie’ and commuted. I wasn’t Swedish, or Covenant, it was just a convenient, local and good place to get an education! I think they are still celebrating all these years later as I recall seeing photos in their quarterly magazine.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:37:29 +0000

Thomas – I checked out your link and it looks like a wonderful celebration! I will have to do some more searching around, but I don’t think that we have a large enough Swedish population here in Savannah to warrant an event of that size.

Thanks Margaret! I’m glad to you learned something!

By: margaret

margaret — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:30:00 +0000

Enjoyed your very interesting post and learned something new this morning. You are right about the beautiful calming music too. I would love to attend a St. Lucia Celebration!

Merry Christmas!

By: Thomas MacEntee

Thomas MacEntee — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:03:20 +0000

Loved reading about St. Lucia – my neighborhood here in Chicago – Andersonville – was founded by Swedes after the Great Fire of 1871. We still celebrate St. Lucia Day with a procession down Clark Street. Here is more info: http://www.andersonville.org/events/st-lucia-festival-of-lights/details/11