St. Lucia's Day

Today Olivia celebrated Saint Lucy's Day at school and was excited to see one of her closest friends (Miriam from Sweden) in the parade.

The celebration comes from stories that were told by Monks who first brought Christianity to Sweden.

St Lucia was a young Christian girl who was martyred, killed for her faith, in 304AD. The most common story told about St Lucia is that she would secretly bring food to the persecuted Christians in Rome, who lived in hiding in the catacombs under the city. She would wear candles on her head so she had both her hands free to carry things. Lucy means 'light' so this is a very appropriate name.

I'm not entirely sure what Olivia's understanding is of the celebration but she enjoyed making her hat!