Whether you're just out of Sweden temporarily or you've moved away for good, you might find yourself missing the tradition of Lucia once December 13th rolls around. But how can you join in from abroad?
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In Sweden, almost every festival has a traditional food to go with it, and for Lucia Day in mid-December, that food is the saffron bun. But one Swedish baker put a twist on the dish, creating a hybrid Lucia kebab, with the meat encased in a saffron pastry.
Breast milk is not usually an ingredient in Swedish Lucia saffron buns. But one food blogger has gone viral after she made and ate the traditional pastries using her own milk.
An advert for Sweden’s Åhléns has unleashed a heated online debate after the department store chain unveiled a new campaign featuring a dark-skinned child, whose gender wasn’t obvious to all, dressed as a Lucia.
A bakery's unusual twist on two of Sweden's best loved sweet treats has been causing a stir in the cake-loving Nordic country known for its fondness of annual traditions.
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Several municipalities across Sweden have had to scrap their annual Lucia celebrations as they are struggling to find candidates, with experts saying the tradition is increasingly becoming a thing of the past.
