Celebrated on December 13th, Santa Lucia is an important prequel to Christmas in many parts of the world. The Feast of Santa Lucia is mainly observed in Sweden. However, Santa Lucia Day is also an international holiday celebrated not only in Scandinavia, but also in Italy and France in the rites of the church.
You can know more things about who Saint Lucia was and how this festivity is celebrated by watching the following presentation.
And here follows an interesting video about the celebration of Santa Lucia as well as Christmas in Norway. Rick Steves travels to Drovak, Norway's self-proclaimed capital of Christmas, for Santa Lucia Day, and enjoys a Norwegian Girls' Choir concert in Oslo.
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