SWEDEN

Sweden

St. Lucia: This festival, held on December 13 in memory of Saint Lucia, slaughtered in 304 to embrace the Christian faith, announces the return of light. Young girls with candles, dressed in white, his family wake in the morning singing and serving coffee and muffins. Processions were everywhere. Christmas Swedish Christmas, religious and secular, is prepared and begins to live soon. Every Sunday, families light a candle in a four-armed candelabra, Christmas Eve, the four candles symbolize the birth of Christ. They develop all kinds of events: parades, traditional marches, concerts and exhibitions.