Saint Lucia’s Day is celebrated most commonly in #Scandinavia with their long dark winters, where it is a major feast day, and in Italy, with each emphasising a different aspect of the story. In Scandinavia, where Saint Lucy is called Santa Lucia in Norwegian and Danish and Sankta Lucia in #Swedish she is represented as a lady in a white dress (a symbol of a Christian's white batismal robe) and red sash symbolizing the blood of her martyrdom with a crown or wreath of candles on her head. In Norway, Sweden and Swedish-speaking regions of Finland, as songs are sung, girls dressed as Saint Lucy carry cookies and saffron buns in procession which "symbolizes bringing the light of Christianity throughout world darkness (at Stockholm, Sweden) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrdvReUFPIL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jxgn8o6kty4h











