Start the Christmas season by staging an at-home celebration in honor of the Swedish Santa Lucia Festival. The annual holiday is observed on December 13, the winter solstice and shortest day of the ...

Growing up in Sweden, Emma Bengsston was always cast as a gingersnap man, never the candle-crowned St. Lucia selected to head the train of children walking from house to house through her village each ...

St. Lucia’s Day, the festival of lights celebrated in Sweden and Norway, will be observed in Irwin at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, 612 Chestnut St., with a children’s activity.

The Wyeth Tootle Mansion hosted its annual Christmas Doll Tea Sunday afternoon. The American Girl Doll books are based around young girls in different periods of American history. Every year, the tea ...

In his restaurants, including his latest, Marcus Samuelsson draws inspiration from childhood memories of the Scandinavian holiday. By Marcus Samuelsson I love the holidays, especially through the lens ...

Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar celebrated St. Lucia's Day in costumes — just like their mom and uncle did as children Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at PEOPLE. This ...