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In Japan, a Japanese strawberry shortcake (made with whipped cream filling and frosting and a light, spongy cake) is sold as a 'Christmas Cake'.

My husband's family is from Norway, where they celebrate St Lucia day on December 13th Outfit Not Found

Saint Lucia’s Day, is usually celebrated by holding a procession led by the “Lucia,” who wears a crown of lingonberry branches fitted out with four to nine lit candles and a white gown with a red sash around her waist. The white gown is supposed to symbolize the virginity of Saint Lucia and the red sash the blood of her martyrdom. Carrying a single candle, she leads a procession of similarly white-clad and sashed girls, also carrying single candles, who represent her attendants. Joining with the girls in the procession are boys with tall conical hats and wands with stars at their end; these are the star boys or magi. Many processions also include tomten or julenissen (Swedish and Norwegian takes on Christmas elves). During the procession, Lucia and her retinue sing the song “Santa Lucia.” After the end of the procession, Lucia leads the attendants, star boys, and tomten or nisser in other songs, usually Christmas carols and songs about Saint Stephen, which are sometimes initiated by the star boys. Following the opening procession, Lucia and her followers often visit retirement homes, senior care centers, and hospitals to cheer the inhabitants and give out lussekatter buns and pepperkaker.

Some scholars believe that the celebration of Saint Lucia Day may have its origins in Norse pagan conceptions of the struggle between light and darkness. One 19th-century Lutheran pastor suggested that Saint Lucia was really Freya, the Norse goddess “dressed up” as a Christian saint. Freya used to cross the heavens in a chariot pulled by two blue cats, which might explain why the Saint Lucia Day buns are called lussekatter (light cats). As a goddess she was associated with cats and light. She was thought to ignite the northern lights when she took her cat-drawn chariot out at night. Freya was also the owner of the famed magical necklace called Brisingamen, which represented the essence of fire and shone like the sun. Freya was known as the “shining bride of the gods.” Others link the Saint Lucia celebration to the ancient worship of Frigg, the wife of Odin, who some believe was perhaps just another personification of Freya. Frigg could both foresee the future and change the fates of mankind with her spindle and spinning wheel, and she gave birth to Balder, who was the Norse god of light.

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skating on nature-ice is a big thing here, the whole country is kinda counting days until it's both cold and safe to go on natural ice!!

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This is kind of the sort of fantasy outfit my head came up with when I was a kid. I am from the United States, Oregon which is the west coast, and one of the Christmas/Yule Morning traditions we have had over the years is gathering at my mother's house, and having yeast batter waffles. My grandmother was Danish so it was those or Ableskivers, hot from the pan with lots of butter and other lovely things, like homemade jam. My favorite as a kid was watching the snow falling outside at my gran's, she lived further North than us...and always had snow. It's still one of my favorite things, watching the snow falling...and sitting with a hit drink and a fire in the hearth.

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I love the Krampus or Perchten parades here in Austria

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The previous theme was so interesting.^-^ Congrats to the winner.

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Thank you for explanation -. I love to learn about old Christmas traditions, many of them have roots in era before christianity.

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in Germany white lumi / christmas basically means a snowy day on the day of christmas, so there we go with my attempt to interpret that theme. :3

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