A year ago I posted the story of how St. Lucy came to be and why she is so special. If I actually spent time learning how to work blogger I could put a link back to that old post. I have had that on my "stuff that needs to get done" list forever but that list is always disregarded in favor of the "DO THIS NOW, FOOL" list.
The short story is that the feast of St. Lucy is celebrated as a festival of lights. Her name means "light" and so she became the patron saint for the eyes - the light of the body. In the olden days girls wore crowns made of lingonberry twigs and blazing candles - sounds incredibly dangerous. In Sweeden the youngest daughter wears the crown and wakes the family with a tray of steaming coffee and saffron buns. I don't know what saffron buns are but I bet I would like them. At this point, La Luz is barely capable of retrieving a handful of dry cereal from the box so I wasn't altogether surprised when she didn't bring me steaming coffee and saffron buns. Maybe next year.
Here's my Lucy:
always keeping it very light indeed.
4 comments:
Have a nice day MY LUCY GIRL!! She definitively is the light of many of us, and hope she keeps it that way....
Enjoy her and give her an extra hug today from here (thatof course if she lets you do it!! hahah)
Love and miss you all!
Toi
I also read that Lucy's feast used to coincide with Yuletide and the Solstice before the current calendar. Lucy was important because of the idea of Light. From this day on we gain more light everyday. I love the image of young girls walking with candles surrounding their head. I wonder how many girls had to explain their hairdo to friends. "She is really cute and nice but..."
We are all blessed indeed to have the
beauty of Lucy's bright light illuminating our lives!
Cathie, you took the words right out of my mouth and soul.
We are so blessed to have our Lucy girl in our life.
Love
Nana
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