Lucia Day on December 13 is a Scandinavian festival of light that is rooted in Norse winter solstice celebrations, and was originally associated with Lussi, a troll-like creature of folklore. Nowadays the celebration centers around the Sicilian St. Lucia.
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Illustration by John Bauer (1913)
And here is a photo of John Bauer's wife and muse Ester, dressed up as Lucia in a white gown and with a wreath of candles in her hair.
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