On December 13th, the swedish people celebrate the festival of Santa Lucia. It is a tradition for girls in Sweden to dress up as Santa Lucia. They wear white dresses with red sashes and crowns of candles. In the past, these candles were real, but now0 these days they are not. The girls wake up their families in the mornig with a tray of coffee and saffron rolls, called Lussekattor in Swedish.
The boys wear white tops and bottoms and cone-shaped hats with gold stars on them. And carry candles. They are called starboys.
On this day, schools close early. One girls who wears the crown of candles and the other children parade trhough their town, singin the Santa Lucia song.
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