Karolina Henriksson in Helsinki, Finland, 2006
Tämä viesti on osa vuoden 2008 adventtikalenteria.
This post is part of the 2008 advent calendar.
- Lucia-päivä
- Kuvassa Lucia-neito vuodelta 2006, Karolina Henriksson
- Tänään (Wikipedia)
- St. Lucy’s Day
- No, Saints are not popular in Finland or Scandinavia but for some reason St. Lucy is celebrated here, especially in the Swedish-speaking parts of Finland. For more information about the tradition, see Wikipedia. St. Lucy is elected every year by the readers of the HBL, the biggest Swedish-language newspaper in Finland in co-operation with Folkhälsan. Many schools elect their own St. Lucys.
- It’s about bringing some light and joy to the darkness: the day is very short now (more about it 21th December :). It’s nowadays largely about collecting money for childcare and health care services.
- I think it’s just a nice tradition with no religious meaning for me – and anyway, you don’t see St. Lucy at the University :/
- Today (WP)
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