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celebrations is St. Lucia's Day (or St. Lucy's Day on December 13th thousand years ago in Sweden, King
Canute declared that Christmas would last a month, from December 13, the feast of St. Lucia until
January 13, or Tjugondag Knut (St. Canute's he celebration comes from when Lucia's Day first became
widely celebrated in Sweden in the late 1700s. St Lucia's Day is also celebrated in Denmark Norway,
Finland, Bosnia, and Croatia. In Denmark it is more a of a children's day and in some part of Italy,
children are told that St Lucy brings them presents. They leave out a sandwich for her and the donkey that
helps carry the gifts!
žis that were told by Monks who first brought
Christianity to Sweden.christmas is celebrated on December 25 The
Swedish Christmas jubilations are similar to the Norwegian Christmas
festivities in that it starts
with "Luciadagen", the Saint Lucia ceremony. As in Norway, on the
morning of 13th December, the
boys dress up as star boys in long white shirts and pointed hats and carry
star wandsIn Sweden, Christmas
Day is observed on 25th December.
žHere, the Christmas celebrations begin with the first of
Advent. The Swedish Christmas jubilations are similar to the Norwegian Christmas festivities in that
it starts with "Luciadagen", the Saint Lucia ceremony.
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