Santa Lucia

At the darkest time of the year,

The Swedes celebrate St. Lucia

A festival of light

Traditionally, the oldest girl dons a crown of candles

and makes her way through the house with coffee and buns

for the family

Lucia

is

Lucy

And we have a Lucy!

Although she's not Swedish

But she is Lutheran

(does that count?)

And to celebrate, I baked some cookies for her

My angel cutter

made into

St. Lucias

A book

And two of the St. Lucia cookies

were boxed up and sent off to Minnesota

for Grandgirl Lucy!

And tomorrow we shall have

LUCIAKATTER

(St. Lucy’s Buns)

To be eaten for breakfast

with coffee

Alas, not brought by a young girl

in a white gown, with a red sash

And a candle crown

But by me!

Crownless, gownless, sashless!

But we shall enjoy these buns nonetheless

And they shall be a tradition every December 13 at Linderhof!

And Grand girl Lucy

who seems to favor the cookie over the book!