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En riktig gammal ”Swedish tradition” Kokar kaffe och fräschmikrar lussebullar från helgen. Jag spelar denna lp på min stereo sedan träder jag in i rummet.ljusklara hägring.
Christmas Singalong In Swedish (The Christmas Favorites Of
Sweden Sung In Swedish) för sjunga själv, där går gränsen. På skivmärket Shelley
inspelad i New York någon gång på 60 talet tror jag. och texthäfte på Svenska och
Engelsk översättning medföljer naturligtvis.
LUCIA
The annual candlelit Lucia procession on 13 December is
perhaps one of the more exotic-looking Swedish customs, with girls and boys
clad in white full-length gowns singing songs together. Among the youngest,
anyone can be Lucia; as the children get older, the competition will harden.
White gowns, stars
and candles
The real candles once used are now often battery-powered,
but there is still a special atmosphere when the lights are dimmed and the
sound of the children singing grows as they enter from an adjacent room.
Tradition has it that Lucia is to wear ‘light in her hair’,
which in practice means a crown of electric candles in a wreath on her head.
Each of her handmaidens carries a candle, too. Parents gather in the dark with
their mobile cameras at the ready.
The star boys, who like the handmaidens are dressed in white
gowns, carry stars on sticks and have tall paper cones on their heads. The
brownies bring up the rear, carrying small lanterns.
