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Glad Lucia!
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 4:31 am
by goroth
Do as the swedes do on the 13th of December, when all light and hope is gone: eat gingerbread and saffron buns, put candles in your hair and celebrate an obscure saint!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP_ydEd-yMw[/youtube]
Re: Glad Lucia!
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 4:55 am
by Iommic Pope
I remember reading about this as a kid in my grandparents World Book Encyclopaedia from the 60s.
Fascinated me.
Re: Glad Lucia!
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 5:36 am
by fcknoise
As a kid who spend middle school (tror det är högstadiet) in music class this is my most dreaded tradition. Every year our teachers forced is to "lussa" at least ten times.
Sweden might be open and tolerant, but we still have a long way to go until middle schoolers can wear dresses without consequences in front of the idrottsklass (the special class for sports. Hint: they were obnoxious douchebag bullies)
Re: Glad Lucia!
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 7:46 am
by UglyCasanova
goroth wrote:Do as the swedes do on the 13th of December
And norwegians.
Giving a classroom full of kids sugary buns and burning candles always seemed like a great idea to me.
I didn't mind the dress..
Re: Glad Lucia!
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 7:59 am
by UglyCasanova
For lazy fucks
Saint Lucy's Day is on December 13, in Advent. Her feast once coincided with the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year before calendar reforms, so her feast day has become a festival of light.[1][2] St. Lucy’s Day is celebrated most commonly in Scandinavia, with their long dark winters, where it is a major feast day, and in Italy, with each emphasizing a different aspect of the story.
In both Norway and Sweden, girls dressed as Lucy carry rolls and cookies in procession as songs are sung. It is said that to vividly celebrate St. Lucy's Day will help one live the long winter days with enough light.
Saint Lucy is one of the few saints celebrated by the overwhelmingly Lutheran Nordic people. The St. Lucy's Day celebrations retain many indigenous Germanic pagan, pre-Christian midwinter elements. Some of the practices associated with the day predate the adoption of Christianity in Scandinavia, and like much of Scandinavian folklore and even religiosity, is centered on the annual struggle between light and darkness.
Re: Glad Lucia!
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 8:36 am
by fcknoise
UglyCasanova wrote:I didn't mind the dress..
Neither did I. It was just one of many embarrassing moment in those years. Like being low key blackmailed into singing "hot dog boogie" during puberty. It did cure my stage fright though
Re: Glad Lucia!
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:26 am
by snipelfritz
Hooray! How lovely.
Re: Glad Lucia!
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:38 am
by Ugly Nora
Can't get a decent saffron bun in the USA, so I'm out.
Re: Glad Lucia!
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:55 am
by snipelfritz
Surely there is some St. Lucy's Day-associated cocktail?
Re: Glad Lucia!
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:08 am
by Chankgeez
Look, it's Scandinavia:
Re: Glad Lucia!
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 2:20 pm
by goroth
Ugly Nora wrote:Can't get a decent saffron bun in the USA, so I'm out.
I can translate a good recipe if you want.
Re: Glad Lucia!
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 2:29 pm
by goroth
And even post it.
Re: Glad Lucia!
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 4:05 pm
by SPACERITUAL
What the heck is a saffron bun? That sounds like some weird thing the bully is making the main character buy him in an anime....
Re: Glad Lucia!
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 4:36 pm
by UglyCasanova
A sweet soft/airy roll with saffron in it. Raisins are optional.
Re: Glad Lucia!
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 4:40 pm
by goroth
I just made 50 of them.
They are very tasty.