St. Lucia

Our breed, the Chihuahua, comes from a Catholic country. There, they often celebrate saints. There is just one true celebration of a saint in the Protestant country where we live, Sweden. It is this day, the 13 December, when we celebrate St. Lucia. She was a saint from Sicily in the south of Europe. The origin of the celebrations is in the 18th century, when Lucia night was the winter solstice night, thus the longest night of the year. When Sweden changed from the Julian calendar to the current Gregorian calendar, the winter solstice moved, but the Lucia celebrations continued to grow. We have had a St. Lucia celebration here at home. It was fun.