St. Lucia Day on December 13 position among the mainly important days on the Swedish schedule. Every year on December 13, Saint Lucia is celebrated usually with candlelight and traditional candle-lit processions. Lucia herself was Christian and died for her trust. The December 13 holiday honors her.
In church, women sing the customary St Lucia song which describes how Saint Lucia overcame the darkness and found light. Romans was killed St. Lucia in ad 304 because of her religious beliefs.
About St. Lucia Day
Saint Lucy, as well known as Saint Lucia or Saint Lukia. Syracusa was birth place of Lucy, and she was one of the virgin martyrs. The name of Lucy means light, but the Lucy's history does not match with her name.
Syracuse, Sicily, of which she was made the patron saint of after her death. After her mother was amazingly cured from an illness, St. Lucia decided to maintain her virginity and give herself to God. custom has it that she took food to Christians hiding from persecution in underground tunnels, wearing candles on a wreath around her head to light the way.
Celebrating St. Lucia Day
Like several other Swedish festival, Saint Lucia's Day, also famous as the Festival of Light, has religious origins. Sicilians party Saint Lucy with cuccia, a unique dish made of wheat berries chocolate, sugar and milk. Though she is the patron saint of vision, she is equally revered for ending a famine. Every family makes their self version of cuccia and the children bring bowls of it to their neighbors as gifts.