Santa Lucia 2025 Lilly Heckethorn   Buy Photo From left, Star Child Benson Lauer, Star Child Grace Becker, Santa Lucia ...

The 40th annual celebration of the Santa Lucia Festival on Dec. 10 gave people a day to access their "inner Swede." Attendees packed the Chapel at Bethany Homes in Fargo, bragged they were "all" Swede ...

The Church of Sweden is Lutheran by denomination, and, at the time of the Reformation, the Lutherans adopted their own version of the Catholic calendar for remembrance of saints. Santa Lucia's day of ...

Celebrated on December 13, the darkest time of the year, Santa Lucia’s Day originated in Scandinavian countries, and commemorates the charitable work of St. Lucy (or Santa Lucia), an Italian martyr ...

When Hope Covenant Church in Orland Park hosts its annual Santa Lucia Pageant this Saturday, it will continue a local tradition that’s been developing since the last century. Helping to orchestrate ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — For those seeking a Swedish holiday at home, the Swedish Historical Society plans a traditional concert for Rockford. Hosted at the "historic" First Lutheran Church, the annual event ...

One of the country’s most culturally significant traditions is also observed nearly every place where Swedish communities exist. By Ingrid K. Williams Ingrid K. Williams, a regular contributor to the ...

First Lutheran Church invites the public to celebrate Christmas the Swedish way. In the Santa Lucia Celebration, women’s a capella choir The Nashville Belles and Swedish-American families will perform ...

Experience a northern European Christmas Fair in the heart of San Francisco - bringing a piece of Swedish Christmas to all of us in the Bay Area for a day. A Santa Lucia choir with 80 participants ...