It's Lucia today and a tip for any Swedes living abroad or anyone interested in Swedish Christmas traditions is that you can see Swedish televisions Lucia celebration from this morning here:
http://svt.se/content/1/c6/72/05/69/luciamorgon.asx I think Lucia is a lovely tradition. Lovely is also the traditional saffron bun (lussekatt) that I'm having with my coffee as I'm writing this