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Latvia celebrated the Swedish St Lucia Day

BC, Riga, 14.12.2017.Print version

In Sweden in the middle of cold December, Lucia brings light and a taste of Christmas. On 13 December, St Lucia Day was celebrated all over Sweden - in schools, churches, hospitals, and offices. The Embassy of course organized Lucia celebrations also in Latvia - last week Lucia came to both Riga, Daugavpils and Liepaja! Below you can see some photos from Liepaja, reported the Embassy on its Facebook page.   


If you want to know more about this tradition, you can also watch a short movie here.





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