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Lucia Lunch at Charcoal
December 13, 2014 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Enjoy a Swedish Lucia lunch at Charcoal restaurant
$35 for adults, and half price for children 12 and under
Lucia − the bearer of light
Alongside Midsummer, the Lucia celebrations represent one of the foremost cultural traditions in Sweden, with their clear reference to life in the peasant communities of old: darkness and light, cold and warmth.
Lucia is an ancient mythical figure with an abiding role as a bearer of light in the dark Swedish winters.
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.
Read more about Lucia at Sweden.se