Santa Lucia (or St Lucia Day) is celebrated in Scandinavian countries on the 13th of December, it's a festival of light that kicks the Christmas Season into high gear.
Traditionally, the celebration involves a girl wearing a white gown and a crown of candles leading a procession of candle-bearing women singing songs about the saint. Prior to the 1700s (when calendar reforms shifted things around a little), Santa Lucia coincided with the winter solstice, hence the association with the coming of light.
I tied up these tree cuttings to create the base of my candle crown. Unfortunately after I tied in the candles, the crown was too small to wear... But luckily it also make a pretty centrepiece!
