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Steve Webb: This is day 13 of
the 2022 encore of the 2009

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season of the Lifespring Why
Christmas show hosted by James

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Cooper creator of why
christmas.com and me the OG God

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James Cooper: Welcome to Day 13
of the Lifespring Why Christmas

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show and also a very Happy St
Lucia's, or St. Lucie's Day to

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you. This is a very special day
that's celebrated in Sweden,

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Finland, Norway, Denmark,
Bosnia, and parts of Croatia. It

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remembers St. Lucie, who was a
young Christian girl who was

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martyred or killed for her faith
back in 304 AD. The most common

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story told about her was that
she'd secretly bring food to

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persecuted Christians in Rome,
and they had to live in hiding

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in the catacombs under the city.
And because it was very dark

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down there, and she wanted both
hands free, she'd wear candles

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on her head, and Lucy means
light, so it's a very

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appropriate name for her. And
also December the 13th was the

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winter solstice, or the shortest
day of the year in the old

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Julian calendar. And so a pagan
festival of lights in Sweden was

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turned into St. Lucia's day. St.
Lucia's day is now celebrated by

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a girl dressing in a white dress
with a red sash around her waist

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and a crown of candles on her
head, but now normally electric

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candles are used for her safety.
The crown is made of lingonberry

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branches, which are evergreen
and symbolize new life in

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winter. There are a couple of
special foods eaten on St.

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Lucia's day. For breakfast, you
might have some lost cats which

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are sweet buns flavored with
saffron and dotted with raisins,

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and also some pepper cackle,
which are gingersnap biscuits.

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If you'd like to know a bit more
about St. Lucia's day and what

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they get up to at Christmas in
Sweden then head on over to the

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Christmas culture section of
Whychristmas.com Have you

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entered the competition yet?
Where you can win a copy of

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Bryan Duncan's album A NehoSoul
Christmas? To enter the

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competition, you need to know
the answers to our Christmas

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trivia questions. They're back
on day nine of the Lifespring

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WhyChristmas show. Or you can
read them on

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LifespringWhyChristmas.com Or on
the whychristmas.com blog. Well,

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thank you for listening and make
sure you come back tomorrow when

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Steve will be telling you a bit
about Christmas bells