It's Santa Lucia day!

It's one of my favourite day of the year: Santa Lucia day!

My brain today is in northern Italy, where my family lives and where the feast is celebrated in a very particular and emotional way.

I've already known that mum received a little nativity for her collection: Santa Lucia gave her this gift. Uh, ok, we are adults... dad purchased it :P

 

If you wanto to join us (italian and swedish people) in Santa Lucia's celebrations, this is a list of inspirations/suggestions:

- Learn new things about this feast in Italy reading my last year post in Pam's blog (and also read the post Pam wrote yesterday for scandinavian things about Santa Lucia)

- Learn new things about this feast in Sweden reading this amazing post

- Indulge in some Santa Lucia shopping: I found some cute items on Etsy like this illustration, this doll, a ceramic ornament in cobal blue, a set of paper ornaments, funny gift tags, a bracelet and more. Take a look!

- Bake some swedish lussebullar with Hanna or Saint Lucia's breaded bread

- Print and make this paper doll

- Make a paper Santa Lucia crown

- start to knit a Lucia doll or make or wood+fabric+paint Lucia dolls with PosieGetsCozy's tutorial

 

About me... I decided to go swedish, this year!

It's time to bake cinnamon rolls! I know, I know, Hanna said that the proper day to bake cinnamon rolls is October 4th and there are saffron buns for Santa Lucia! But cinnamon rolls' recipe appeal more to me, so I decided to give them a try!

But I hope there will be also some italian style celebrations for me: guess if my sister-in-law will invite me to eat cuccia for lunch like last year? Fingers crossed :D

 

(photo taken by me in Santa Lucia's cathedral in Siracusa this summer)

 

Feel free to write in the comments if (and how) you celebrate this feast. I'm a curious girl, but most of all I'm a Santa Lucia day enthustiast!