December 13 is the real deal day to celebrate the Swedish tradition of Santa Lucia. However, this year we celebrated not once, not twice, but three times!
#1: Friday, December 6
We were invited (thanks, Charlie and NPU!) to attend the very festive celebration at the Drake Hotel in downtown Chicago. This was lovely in every sense of the word.
#2: Saturday, December 7
This time we brought along our own little Swedish flicka, Miss E. to the pageant at North Park University in Chicago - the place where her parents and grandparents met their spouses and where her Papa currently is employed.
She was pretty excited to meet Lucia at the end of the program!
#3: Saturday, December 14
No real pageant this time, but a home experience in which the little girls got on their costumes and passed our pepparkaka cookies after the adults made korv - a Swedish potato sausage delicacy.
This time the action took place at the home of my sister and her husband.
And, this time, all THREE of our Grands were in attendance!
Our youngest little pojke who has just turned 4 months old:
Our little 1 year- old busy, busy, busy flicka:
And our nearly four year-old Lucia-in-training:
Care to take a guess as to which Lucia gathering was my personal favorite??
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