With a crown of flaming candles, glittering garlands of tinsel and flowing white gowns, celebrants of a traditional St. Lucia ceremony Friday night brought a glow to the winter dark. In Sweden, ...

Swedes know a thing or two about living with light, or, right about now, living with a lack of it. In December, the country’s capital Stockholm experiences around six hours of daylight a day, but in ...

Families celebrated a Scandinavian Christmas tradition in Petaluma on Sunday, observing “Lucia Fest” with pageantry, songs and sm??rg??sbord. St. Lucia Day on Dec. 13 begins the Christmas season in ...

The 40th annual celebration of the Santa Lucia Festival on Dec. 10 gave people a day to access their "inner Swede." Attendees packed the Chapel at Bethany Homes in Fargo, bragged they were "all" Swede ...

Christmas celebrations at the Swedish Embassy kick-started with Saint Lucia’s Day recently. The festival honours a young girl who, according to the legend, would secretly bring food for the persecuted ...

St. Lucia’s Day, a winter holiday traditionally observed on December 13 in the Scandinavian countries, is getting a modern update. The city of Malmo, Sweden has announced that for the first time ever, ...