#luciadagen

[superfroken]

Glad Lucia!

[cynosurus]

蓝忘机祝你们圣露西亚节快乐！

Lan Wangji wishes you all a happy Lucia!

Lan Wangji önskar er alla Glad Lucia!

(For info on Luciadagen 13 December, see Wikipedia: Luciadagen, St Lucy's Day)

[stanford-photography]

Luciadagen Children in Stockholm, getting ready to sing in a Saint Lucy's Day procession. By Jeff Stanford, 2023 Buy prints at: https://jeff-stanford.pixels.com/

[ianasha]

St. Lucia

The 13th of December is the day of St. Lucia (Saint Lucy). She was a girl from Sicily, who was killed during the persecutions of the christians in the 300's. She is a well established saint in the Catholic and Orthodox church - but she is also very popular in Scandinavia and the nordics.

The Nordic Lucia

Lucia is presented a little differently in the nordic countries, and she is especially important to Sweden. Here she is shown as a young girl with long blonde hair, a white gown and most importantly - a crown with burning candles. She carries a tray of unique buns called "Lussebulle" or "lussekatt" made with saffron - the world's most expensive spice!

It is normal to have a small parade called "Luciatog" led by a girl chosen to portray Lucia, which is quite the honor and many girls (and boys!) hope to be chosen each year. She is given Lucia's crown and gives Lussekatts to the people the parade visits. They also sing a song dedicated to this day. In Sweden they even have a bigger "crowning" of a main Lucia in the cities.

There is also a lot of interesting stuff around how she has been mixed with several other christian and pagan characters, like Lucifer, Lilith, Christkindchen, Huldra and Lussi

[hehkuvamyyhapero]

katotaan luciaa telkkarista ja tää joel tyyppi

[bodhvild]

🕯️the best day of the year🕯️

[somewhatdelicious]

Swedish saffron buns in bread maker (GF)

In Sweden we for whatever historic celebrate the day of the saint Lucia. This is typically a big deal for kids and parents. It's all about getting up early in the morning and sing for someone, bringing saffron buns and ginger bread. In Norway where I live now, we usually celebrate it in kindergarten only, and then with buns that are just dyed yellow and instead of the beautiful traditional white dress with lights in the hair someone decided that any old white garment would do. Strange. To me it's a bit like a cargo cult, they have kept just enough of a tradition to render it completely ludicrous and meaningless. But I digress. The point was that I have to have my lussekatt (Lucia cat I guess if you have to break it down), or else the pre xmas spririt will not come to me. This year I have been very busy and run down, so I needed a quick fix. All in all very happy with the recipe though off course separate buns are better :)

Gluten free saffron buns

Add in this order, run on basic long program:

180 gr melted butter mixed with 260 ml milk

0.5 gr saffron 3 eggs 150 gr sugar 400 gr gluten free flour 1 tbsp psyllium husk 2 1/2 tsp dry yeast 1 1/1 tsp salt 1 dl raisins at the end of the mixing cycle (my bread maker beeps at this point)

[lalilaloli]

Glad Lucia! Happy Lucia!