Author: al002

Santa Lucia Day
Throughout Sweden the feast day of Lucia, or Lucy,
is celebrated as a festival of lights.
In the early hours of the morning of December 13
a young woman, dressed in a white gown, and
wearing a red sash and a crown of lingo berry twigs
and blazing candles, would go from one farm to the next
carrying a torch to light her way, bringing baked goods,
stopping to visit at each house and returning home
by break of day. Every village had its own Lucia.
The custom is thought to have begun
in some of the richer farming districts of Sweden
and still persists although the crowns are now electric lights.
In observance of this Swedish holiday,
The Student Activities Office will be serving
FREE Rusk bread and coffee.
Monday, December 13, 2010
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Reedley College
South End of The Student Center
559-638-3641, ext. 3408