Walking with lit candles, Santa Lucia!

On December 13:th we celebrated St. Lucy's day. Nowadays in Norway it is a secular event where school children form processions through the hallways of the school building carrying candles, and hand out saffron buns. It was commonly believed that this was the longest night of the year, coinciding with Winter Solstice and Lucy became a symbol of light to the sun starved people of the North. (That would be me!) Lucia means 'light'. The people imagined Lucia as a shining figure crowned by a radiant halo, or even with wings, like an angel.

Since my children LOVE saffron buns we always have to make our own batch at home.

Melissa had tons of fun playing with the battery lights.