Idag är det Lucia, en alldeles underbart trevlig högtid och tradition om du frågar mig. Men så är jag ju inte så väldigt objektiv eftersom jag har växt upp med det. Så jag googlade Lucia för att se vad folk ifrån andra länder skriver om våran ljusfyllda, lussebullsdoftande tradition.
Peter Greenberg Emmy-vinnande resejournalist, CBS.
This festival day takes on special meaning in towns and villages throughout Sweden. On this day each year the oldest daughter in the household will rise early in the morning to bring coffee, mulled wine, gingerbread biscuits, and specially prepared saffron buns, called lussekatt, to her parents. Dressed in a long white gown and balancing a crown of candles on her head, she’s supposed to enter the room singing a traditional St. Lucia Song.
Official Lucias are selected regionally to carry out public rituals and community activities in towns throughout Sweden, and from these one national Lucia is selected to represent the country.
In the capital city of Stockholm, the Lucia is crowned at 5 p.m. on December 12 with a sing-along. The following day, she travels on a horse-drawn carriage through city streets lavishly draped in lights before finally ending her procession in Skansen, the city’s illustrious open-air museum of Swedish life. Here she is met by a crowd and all are treated to a lavish firework display.
The occasion is also celebrated with candlelight concerts of traditional music held in churches and concert halls throughout the city. Enjoying a seasonal concert allows you extended time to marvel the ornate interiors of Stockholm churches while you savor the heightened experience of listening to the traditional spiritual melodies in the venues where they were meant to performed.
Om du skall baka Lussekatter idag så vet jag att Arla har ett väldigt bra recept med Kesella i. Kesella gör bullarna extra saftiga, och glöm inte att pensla med uppvispat ägg så att de får en fin färg.
Avslutningsvis vill jag bara dela med mig av ett julkort med små stjärgossar av Elsa Beskow och ett foto på en liten söt Lucia ifrån 1945, som jag hittade på Pinterest.
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