International Celebrations!

The 12th of December was Santa Lucia Day, very popular in Scandanavian countries. Since I have five Swedish children in my classroom, and the school is 20-30% Scandanavian, the whole school celebrated. The girls all dress as Lucia's helpers, and the oldest gets chosen to wear the candelabra and be Lucia. The boys wear clown caps and also dress in white gowns. They parade through the school and into the darkened theater and sing songs traditional for the holiday. The treats were wonderful, and I recieved several bottles of glugwine, which when drunk hot with spices, really warms you up! This holiday, along with Sinterklass Day (Dec. 6th) really gave me a different Christmas to celebrate this year!