St Lucia Day

Photo: Marie Andersson, Skansen
(EDIT: Click here for data regarding 2013 Lucia) This Monday, Dec 13th, is St Lucia Day... an of import solar daytime is the Swedish vacation calendar together with i of the almost beautiful of Swedish traditions. The principal tradition is that of a parade of white clad singers belongings a candle, led past times a immature adult woman (Lucia) amongst a wreath of candles inward her hair. They sing the Lucia vocal field entering, followed past times Christmas carols. This procession volition accept identify inward homes, schools together with churches all through Sweden on Monday. In homes the processions are made upward of the children inward the solid unit of measurement coming into their parents room inward the morning. Elsewhere the Lucia is oft elected. Check out videos on youtube to instruct a amend sentiment of the ceremony.
Photo: Marie Andersson, Skansen
As a visitor to Stockholm, your best jeopardy of witnessing this tradition is either inward a church building or at Skansen. Churches tin get got i or ii processions/concerts during the afternoon together with evening. There is to a greater extent than oft than non an admission fee together with tickets should last bought ahead of fourth dimension every bit this is quite a pop event. While churches furnish perchance the almost beautiful setting, the downside is that the church building service volition last to a greater extent than oft than non done inward Swedish together with may last a fighting difficult for tourists to understand! The other pick is Skansen. This is Stockholm's outdoor cultural museum together with zoo together with a keen identify to sense genuine Swedish traditions. Here you lot volition detect Lucia celebrations going on all solar daytime together with into the evening... There volition last 4 Lucia concerts inward the Seglora church building (12:30, 2:00, 3:30 together with 5pm), otherwise the principal Lucia procession & concert (with the official Lucia of Sweden) volition last at the Solliden phase at 6pm. Please recollect that almost of Skansen is outdoors, together with therefore clothes accordingly! The easiest means to instruct to Skansen from the Rival Hotel is to accept the Djurgårds Ferry from Slussen (a 10 infinitesimal walk from the hotel).
Photo: Henrik Trygg, Stockholms Visitors Board

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