Happy Lucia! ✨🕯️ No, this is not some crazy cult thing, we promise. 😉 It’s the Swedish Lucia tradition! 🇸🇪 With candlelight and beautiful traditional songs we try to bring joy and dispel the midwinter darkness. 🕯️ The Lucia tradition can be traced back both to the martyr St Lucia of Syracuse (died in 304) and to the Swedish legend of Lucia as Adam’s first wife. The singers are students from Adolf Fredrik’s music school in Farsta, Stockholm. Enjoy! ❤️ Produced by: Mediabolaget Location: Eric

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Happy Lucia! Today we celebrate one of the most beloved Swedish traditions – perhaps also one of the most odd-looking. 😍 On 13 December, the traditional Lucia songs can be heard in countless corners of the country – in churches, schools and workplaces. At the heart of it is Lucia, the bearer of light in the Swedish winter darkness. She leads a singing procession of candle-carrying handmaidens and ‘star boys’, all dressed in white gowns. 🕯️ The Lucia celebration also includes gingerbread biscui

Monday 13 December is Lucia Day in Sweden, and enjoying one or more saffron buns is a definite must! 😍😋 These traditional buns, called 'lussekatter' in Swedish, are flavoured with golden saffron and dark raisins. 😋 Now is your chance to bake the most delicious saffron buns for Christmas. Just follow the recipe by cookbook writer and blogger Fredrik from Fredriks Fika 👨‍🍳 Recipe (32 buns): Ingredients: 1g saffron 1 tsp caster sugar 50g fresh yeast or 14g dry yeast 500g milk 180g caster sugar