Just
two or three days ago it was brought to my mind, a Nordic holiday which
I celebrated once many years ago. It's called Santa Lucia day. It is
celebrated December 13. Many years ago, I put on a white dress (held a
flashlight, as I didn't have a candle), and woke my family singing the
song in Swedish and brought them a hot drink and saffron buns. I don't
speak Swedish but still remember part of the song. I celebrated it
that year at the urging of one of my mother's friends, who was from
Sweden, to have a Swedish Christmas that year.
Information on the
holiday
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Lucia_Day
Note that on this page it says the liturgical color is purple. Note
the Christly red sash. It is a girl, however sometimes they will have
star boys (but lucia is always supposed to be a girl). One page I
read said that in some traditions the lucia girl wakens her family at
the cockcrow hour (1-4am it said). I have no idea about roosters there
was their daylight and nightlight hours are way different than ours in
winter and summer.
Interesting parallels with Nicole's dream.
Ruby