Lucia

Today, it's the day of Lucia. Here in Sweden we always celebrate it the 13th of december. In front stands the Lucia with candles on a crown on her head. The others stands a bit behind her holding a candle. In our school, the Lucia holds a candle too, but traditionally she holds her hands together in front of her.

They sings different Lucia songs, some Christmas songs too, but not always. There are a bunch of traditional Lucia songs. So everywhere in the country does this on the 13th of december, kindergardens, schools, in cities, everywhere. And they do this in the morning, before the sun gets up (the sun doesn't get up until around 9-10 am in winter).

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Yesterday, Fuglesang made his first space-walk! He went outside the ISS base with an american, they did some reparations and stayed outside for quite a long time, don't remember for how long... Longest this far in our space history (^^)