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 ...

Celebrated on December 13, the darkest time of the year, Santa Lucia’s Day originated in Scandinavian countries, and commemorates the charitable work of St. Lucy (or Santa Lucia), an Italian martyr ...

Experience a northern European Christmas Fair in the heart of San Francisco - bringing a piece of Swedish Christmas to all of us in the Bay Area for a day. A Santa Lucia choir with 80 participants ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — For those seeking a Swedish holiday at home, the Swedish Historical Society plans a traditional concert for Rockford. Hosted at the "historic" First Lutheran Church, the annual event ...

First Lutheran Church invites the public to celebrate Christmas the Swedish way. In the Santa Lucia Celebration, women’s a capella choir The Nashville Belles and Swedish-American families will perform ...

One of the country’s most culturally significant traditions is also observed nearly every place where Swedish communities exist. By Ingrid K. Williams Ingrid K. Williams, a regular contributor to the ...

At this time of year in Sweden, when the sun makes its presence known for a few hours a day, if at all, there is an icon who rivals Jultomte, the Swedish Santa Claus. She is Santa Lucia, symbolizing ...

The legend says that long ago a young woman helped Christian prisoners, and for that deed the Romans had her eyes gouged out. That punishment didn’t diminish her faith in Christ, and one day, as if by ...