Day 13 - Lussinatt

Today is St. Lucy's Day. One of the few saint days celebrated in Scandinavia. St. Lucy is the patron saint of the blind. St. Lucy..."consecrated her virginity to God, refused to marry a pagan, and had her dowry distributed to the poor. Her would-be husband denounced her as a Christian to the governor of Syracuse, Sicily. Miraculously unable to move her or burn her, the guards took out her eyes with a fork. In another version, Lucy's would-be husband admired her eyes, so she tore them out and gave them to him, saying, "Now let me live to God"." (wiki).
In Norway, I have read that it is more common for it to be celebrated in the schools and kindergartens. I, unfortunately, went to the aapen barnehagen late today and I think I may have missed out on some small procession through the hallways with candles and sweets.
Luseekatt is also traditional to eat on St. Lucy Day. It is a pastry made with saffron, and in Norwegian it means Lucy's cat, maybe because it looks like little cat tails. Anna bought some lussekatt, and they tasted like Hawaiian bread. Americans know what I'm talking about, the kind you eat with fried chicken and coleslaw! The only difference is that lussekatt had that delicious saffron taste.

So much to my surprise the girls came down to my door about two hours ago with 3 other friends and when I opened my door, with my black leggings, and just a shirt on looking like a hot mess, they started singing! One was dressed as St. Lucy with lit candles on her head and after they sang they offered me an orange!

Unfortunately, alva and Ulrikke are not in the picture, but these are their friends that helped join them!