Concert de la Sainte-Lucie

In Sweden, every year on 13 December, processions of people dressed entirely in white light up the winter darkness. Men, women and children march, singing, through the streets, churches, school corridors and offices, holding candles in their hands, led by Saint Lucia, crowned with light. Today a secular tradition with its own traditional pastries – the famous lussekatter, saffron buns – Saint Lucia was originally a Christian feast commemorating the martyrdom of Lucy of Syracuse, who brought food and aid to Christians persecuted and hidden in the Roman catacombs and lit their way.