At the international school in Ethiopia, some Swedish students and their parents put this together for us. It was such a beautiful ceremony and appreciated by all.
My family from Sweden. I took part in St. Lucia celebration every year. I couldn't wait to be old enough to finally get to represent St. Lucia! I was 16yrs old when i got my turn. It is my best holiday memory, apart from the fear of the hot, melting wax dripping on my hair! Lol! Battery operated wreaths had not been made yet.😅
It's nice to hear this music sung divinely. The music was composed by an Italian from Naples in 1849. I too have sung it many times. But these girls are gorgeous.
Danny Fenty Pure-white robe combined with red belt-sash (what the girls are wearing) are the signs/symbols of martyrdom, which Saint Lucy is. And yes, I do agree... they look very angelic. ☺️👰🏼🙏🏻
I love this. I am half Swedish and I grew up with this. I get tears when I hear this song. The legend in Sweden is that in medieval times there was a famine and on Lake Vanern in Sweden, a boat appeared with a woman radiating light at the bow. She alighted on the shore and gave the people food and clothing, and then returned to the boat and vanished into the lake. A translation: "Night casts its heavy veil, O'er homes and dwellings, And as the twilight fails, Cold woods are calling.
My grandparents were first gen Swedish in America they both passed in the 1980s at 94 95 I miss the Holidays and the great meals from my grandmother made sad there are not many traditions left
I do remember this from Stockholm, even though I was a little girl at the time. The sight of lovely blonde ladies wearing lighted candles in their hair were singing this song. Sweet memories ...thank you! With love from Canada, Evy
I was raised Catholic and much of my religious life was tied to Santa Lucia. On her feast day I woke up and I wore candles on my head and sang this song. When I was to receive my Confirmation, I chose Lucia as my representative saint. While I don't follow Catholicism or Christianity anymore and I am now atheist, I think it is still the most beautiful tradition
I discovered this video last year about this time on a day when I felt very sad and despairing about the Pandemic. The singing was so beautiful as are the young women in it, it brought tears to my eyes. It was a message of light and hope I very much needed. A year later when things are better if not yet normal, I still love this video and this version of the song!
Comes then into the night, Glowing with candlelight, Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia.... Where darkness was so still, Soft sounds are crying, And as a joyous song, Rooms fill rejoicing, For on the threshold stands, robed in her gracious love, Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia.... Darkness will soon be gone, from earth's deep hollows, as she in joyous song, bids us to follow. With her we'll sing our song, as the new dawn appears, Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia. It is a Swedish custom, in homes and schools, etc.
I was Lucia when I was 12. Three trains during one day, and at that time I had hair down to my waist. It took two of my sisters about 2,5 hours to pic all the wax out of my hair. This is something you rarely hear about, the pain to get the candle wax out of the hair.
I am going to have my daughter do Sta. Lucia tonight. I am going to put a wreath in her hair without candles. She will hold a tray with a short candle on it, along with the Sta. Lucia buns. Much easier than picking wax!
***** Had the veil, had to, it was wet and there for protection against the fire, and the possible heat from the wax. It is not there to capture all the wax, and it can't really. ,
The best thing with Lucia is when you get up at like six in the morning and eat saffron buns, drink hot cocao, light candles and watch the Lucia train on TV. En av de mysigaste högtiderna enligt moi! :)
This song was playing in the background radio when my daughter Maria was being born. She really is an angel to this day.. Age 22. Learning to catch babies... Moved out with boyfriend we miss her ❣ 🙏 gift from God
@@alexanderhovenstein6732 I'm really African-American. But I'm learning new things. Like languages. And finding a guy to share my knowledge with. Someone whose like me.
It's celebrated in the Nordic region. I remember it fondly from my childhood where we went to the old folks home to sing and hopefully give them a nice day:)
I knew nothing about the Festival of Light, nor about Sankta Lucia's meaning in Sweden. The story and the exquisite rendition of the song touched me deeply.
A legend says this, long ago there was severe famine in Värmland (a province in western Sweden). The population suffered greatly and they had given up all hope of help. Then came a ship steering over the lake Vänern. On the ship, there was a woman who was surrounded by light. She went ashore and handed out food to the hungry and saved their lives. To her memorial Lucia is celebrated..
It is also very popular i Denmark... i'm pretty sure every school here have a Lucia procession with girls from a particular class. I absolutely love it and kinda miss the time where i was in the procession.... There's just something about this day that's magic. Seeing all those sweet girls in their white dresses, walking through a dark room with their candles, it is so beautiful
I don’t care about St Lucia or any of that holy stuff. I just said I love the song. Just as I love ABBAs Dancing Queen without giving a damn about a dancing queen. It’s a nice song to me, that’s it, nothing more nothing less
I could not imagine this in the UK, all the health and safety and all that. the candles would probably be battery powered and carried by hand.. just incase one sneezes, trips or leans their head forward.
You are wrong. Swedish expats do Lucia every year in the UK, no problem with the health and safety. In London, at least, there are many services every year in December, most of them with the (marvellous) Choir of the Swedish Church in London. The last two years I have been to the one hosted by the Southwark Cathedral (this year, 2014, it has just been done; it was this past Sunday, 7th December 2014). I go to this, because they allow kids. There is a more formal one that does not allow them: They do it all again at one of the big churches, on the actual Lucia date, 13th December: Sometimes they'll have it at St Paul's Cathedral and sometimes at Westminster Abbey, where it'll take place again this year, on 13 December 2014. They wear the entire outfit, candles on the head and all - and if you are connected to Sweden I strongly recommend it, for it happens in candlelight and it is magical! :)
In Sweden, where the winters are so very dark...she represents light and brightness. The Swedes were pagans, and Lucia was someone who spread the word of Christianity through the pagan countries, so the "light" she brings, not only represents the winter solstice when the days begin to get longer, and there is more daylight, but also the light of the christian beliefs in that Jesus is light to people's lives.
Perfekt! Jeg letet lenge gjennom flere versjoner av sangen og denne er best både visuelt og vokalt. Et lucia jente-kor som kommer langsomt og syngende opp kirkegulvet med lys på sidene, med lys kranser i hodet, og går frem til alteret og stiller seg opp der! Helt perfekt! Der fant jeg Lucia stemningen jeg lette etter, takk for amazing video!
This is my absolute favorite recording of this song. Beautiful voices in a simple arrangement. Does anyone know who arranged this version or where I can purchase the sheet music?
+Brent Filetti The NDR up in the upper right corner means it's a production of Norddeutscher Rundfunk, which is North German Radio and TV. It's based in Hamburg. It's evidently a clip they showed as a commercial around Christmas time. It would stand to reason this was shown on North German television, since the northern half of Germany is mostly Lutheran, as is most of Sweden. joychristmas.blogspot.com/2010/12/night-time-walks-heavily-round-farm-and.html. Here is a link that provides the lyrics in both Swedish and English.
Natten går tunga fjätt, runt gård och stuva Kring jord som soln förlätt, skuggorna ruva Då i vårt mörka hus, stiger med tända ljus Sankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia Natten är stor och stum, ny hör det svingar I alla tysta rum, sus som av vingar Se, på vår tröskel står, vitklädd, med ljus i hår Sankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia Mörkret skall flykta snart ur jordens dalar Så hon ett underbart ord till oss talar Dagen skall åter ny stiga ur rosig sky Sankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia
Reminds me of a church service that I don’t remember because u was really little but not so little I shouldn’t remember that my parents said during the singing or Silent Night I lit my hair on fire That was at a Methodist Church- the same one my parents were married in where the song Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof was sung.
Lucia is also celebrated in Denmark, and we adopted it from Sweden around 100 years ago. We don't have any religious reason to celebrate it, since Protestantism really isn't big on saints. My guess is that we like it because it's pretty. It's a combination of light and music. Unlike Sicily, the North gets very dark in the winter. The 'bringing of the light' has always been celebrated up here, long before any kinds of Christianity reached us. God jul !
St. Lucia´s day, festival of lights celebrated in Sweden, Norway, and the Swedish-speaking areas of Finland on December 13 in hounour of St. Lucia. One of the earliest Christian martyrs, St. Lucia, was killed by the Romans in 304 CE because of her religious beliefs.
I leaned the first verse in this language at school. Couldn't remember what language it was and took me an hour with my Snapchat AI translating but to no avail 😂. Finally decided to listen to some versions on RUclips until I found this, so thank you!
@Guitarscreech06: Definitely all Catholic countries. You mean where her day is celebrated? Primarily in Sweden. She's also celebrated in parts of Italy as well along with Norway, Denmark, and Finland. And you'll find small pockets in northern continental europe (germany, etc) and the balkans who celebrate it as well. But this is generally unknown. :)
Lucia was a girl in Sicily who was killed by soldiers.. The Winter solstice is 21 December... All the feasts in December, both Xmas and Lucia in Sweden are, as you say, to give us light in the darkest part of the year. Sweden is very secular,, Jesus is not so important here.. We love Xmas for all the presents and the family gatherings.. most people prefer Santa Claus to J.C !!!
It has become a retail holiday !!! But the songs of the Winter season are lovely. I like Baby it's Cold outside. :) Happy Winter Solstice to All and to All A Goodnight.
I love this song in swedish, with such beautiful voices. Do you thing I could use it for a short video on Santa Lucia that I want to do ? Is this under copyright and how can I get the permission ? Thanks
It says NDR in the corner - Norddeutcher Rundfunk. You could ask them or you could just use it. Apparently, they've had no trouble with this being posted to RUclips.
@andrielisilien: Melody is Italian as Saint Lucia was Italian. They celebrate her (to a lesser extent) in Italy as well and you can find this song in Italian as well. ;)
As you know, Santa Lucia was martyred by being burned alive and then stabbed with a sword. One year, when times were very hard in Sweden, the figure of the saint appeared there with her hair in flames and blood running from her side. This was taken as an omen and times did in fact get better. Santa Lucia's day has been celebrated as in this video ever since, It starts Christmas for the Swedes. How's that? A question asked by a Sicilian about Sweden and answered by an Englishman. :-)
"One of my favorite songs...but from Italy....just wondering why this became popular in Sweden?" "Ljus" is 'light' in swedish (pronounced much like "luc" in Lucia). Somehow swedes associated the medieval martyr, catholic Saint Lucia with the pre-christian "festival of light" celebrated in deepest midwinter of North -and *TA DAH* Santa Lucia tradition was born. Santa Lucia Day is 13th of December every year in Sweden and other swedish-speaking areas.
+Isabella Ljungkvist Finnish name for Midsommar ("Juhannus") refers directly to John the Baptist as "Juha" is one of the Fin variations of name John. But many folks still haven't make the connection between St. John and Midsummer Fest... In pre-christian times the Celebration of Midnight Sun was dedicated to Finnish indigenous/pagan religion's prime god "Ukko" (who is close to Thor in his description and the things ppl connected him to, like thunder) But my theory of Lucia Day is still that when "ljus" (swedish for light) is pronounced closely to the "luc" part of Lucia in italian pronouncing, the mostly unknown catholic martyr was connected to Midwinter Celebration of Returning Light here in North after the connection between the name and word "ljus".
+StarlingKnight The etymology of Swedish *ljus* : ljus, adj. o. sbst., fsv. liūs = isl. ljóss, adj. o. ljós n., da. lys, av germ. *leuhsa-, jfr fhty. liehsen, strålande, till en ie. stam *leuks- (*luks- osv.) i lat. lūna, måne (av *leuksnā el. *louks-; jfr luna), grek. lýkhnos (av *luksno-), avest, raokhṣna-, strålande, sanskr. rukṣá- ds., fpreuss. lauksnos plur., stjärnor, med motsvar. även i armen. o. kelt. spr.; avledning av en s-stam ie. *leukos i sanskr. rṓcas, rōcís, glans;
+StarlingKnight I believe that it was planned by the Catholic church. The easiest way to facilitate, affirm and cement the christianisation of Northern Europe was to replace our pagan traditions with Christian ones, shifting focus over to Christianity as the uniting, saving force of nature. It makes perfect sense and is not an isolated case. It happened when Europeans colonised South America and Africa, and when Scandinavians annexed areas where the indigenous Sami people lived. Religion was absolutely instrumental in the assimilation of them by us. :)
Lucia has always been said to be a legend that she appeared in Sweden more like an apparition, perhaps in a both on Lake Vänern (which by the way is in the province of Småland and not in Värmland which is further north). By now it appears to be correct that she lived in Syracuse, Siciliy and was martyred after she was betrothed to a man she did not love and gave her dowry away. He was of course wealthy and had her hunted down, her eyes were taken from her and in the end she was beheaded because death would evade her. She always thought of the poor and thus appeared in Sweden (in particular Sweden, not any other Scandinavian country even though they later on have accepted this tradition as their own), and spread the light in the very dark winter when there is practically no daylight especially the further north you go. She gave to the poor and her appearance apparently helped heal some plague that was in existence at the time. I am Swedish but live in the U.S. for many years and we have annual Lucia celebrations and try to come up with as much information as possible to tell our congregations because the pageants are also held in a church here (Lutheran church).
Lake Vänern is in fact in the province of Värmland! In the south where the province of Småland is you find the lake Vättern. :) / Merry Christmas from Sweden
St Lucia is stolen from European Pagan goddesses by the church/Christianity (from the shithole desert and semitic), like many other "saints" in SHit-tianity. St Lucia was not even from Siracusa. Me to xtian friend - "so tell me...what exactly do holly, ivy, evergreen trees from northern forests, tinsel, lights, snow and reindeer have to do with a jewish baby born 2,000 years ago in Palestine...in August?" xtian friend - "but... but... muh judeo-xtian culture?"
When Christianity came to Sweden in the early 1100 it became a catholic country. It was spread though different Friar ordens [correct terminology here?] such as the Franciscan and Dominican Order, that all had roots in the Church and monks from southern Europe. There are still several old Catholic Cloisters & Churches. Although Swedes are rarely very religious we do have Advent candles and songs that once were catholic; some of the Lutheran protestantism is still pretty close to Catholicism.
@Trinacria1973 we were catholics here in Sweden before the luther reformation back in the early 16th century. This is one of the few traditions that we still have that has survived, it is also influenced by older pagan traditions aswell. such as celebrating the light at the darkest period of the year etc. Sort of a mix btw catholic and old pre-cristian traditions. Hope that helped abit :)
For someone to play the part of Santa Lucia and bring coffee and spiced cookies to people. If in homes, she brings them to the family membersin their beds.. It is for everyone. Once I made a wreath of candles for my head and did this. It was a wonderful feeling to walk in a circle of light radiating from my head. I recommend it but be careful on the flames. Solstice Blessings
At the international school in Ethiopia, some Swedish students and their parents put this together for us. It was such a beautiful ceremony and appreciated by all.
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My family from Sweden. I took part in St. Lucia celebration every year. I couldn't wait to be old enough to finally get to represent St. Lucia! I was 16yrs old when i got my turn. It is my best holiday memory, apart from the fear of the hot, melting wax dripping on my hair! Lol! Battery operated wreaths had not been made yet.😅
It's nice to hear this music sung divinely. The music was composed by an Italian from Naples in 1849. I too have sung it many times. But these girls are gorgeous.
Such a precious tradition! I love the all white robes they wear!!! 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪 Long live Sweden and it’s traditions!
Danny Fenty Pure-white robe combined with red belt-sash (what the girls are wearing) are the signs/symbols of martyrdom, which Saint Lucy is. And yes, I do agree... they look very angelic. ☺️👰🏼🙏🏻
@@vligeti2228 \\Thanks for your info.! "God be blessed in His angels & His Saints" ✝️🕯️👑👰
I am from Iceland and I remember this as a child. I love this tradition in cold, dark Scandinavia
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Nel nome di Dio nostro ringazio Dio s.calogero echi mia mandato questo filmato buon santalucia e tutti con questo nome
I love this. I am half Swedish and I grew up with this. I get tears when I hear this song. The legend in Sweden is that in medieval times there was a famine and on Lake Vanern in Sweden, a boat appeared with a woman radiating light at the bow. She alighted on the shore and gave the people food and clothing, and then returned to the boat and vanished into the lake. A translation: "Night casts its heavy veil, O'er homes and dwellings, And as the twilight fails, Cold woods are calling.
My grandparents were first gen Swedish in America
they both passed in the 1980s at 94 95 I miss the Holidays and the great meals from my grandmother made sad there are not many traditions left
I do remember this from Stockholm, even though I was a little girl at the time.
The sight of lovely blonde ladies wearing lighted candles in their hair were singing
this song. Sweet memories ...thank you! With love from Canada, Evy
Young Royals brought me here! Beautiful version
Yess same here😭😭
Me too
I was raised Catholic and much of my religious life was tied to Santa Lucia. On her feast day I woke up and I wore candles on my head and sang this song. When I was to receive my Confirmation, I chose Lucia as my representative saint. While I don't follow Catholicism or Christianity anymore and I am now atheist, I think it is still the most beautiful tradition
I came to watch this because of Young Royals. Beautiful
Me too! Beautiful Song!
One of our most heartwarming traditions here in the cold North. Light always wins over shadows. ♥
grow in light and the shadows will be gone
is it December 11th ?
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@@TheShgrbear december 13th
Yes its a nice Song and a nice Video.
I discovered this video last year about this time on a day when I felt very sad and despairing about the Pandemic. The singing was so beautiful as are the young women in it, it brought tears to my eyes. It was a message of light and hope I very much needed. A year later when things are better if not yet normal, I still love this video and this version of the song!
Your words in combination with these devine voices make me cry right now!
Bellissimo canto sembra di stare in paradiso, bellissima melodiad 🙏😘😍💐💐💗💗👋👍👏👏😇😇
Comes then into the night, Glowing with candlelight, Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia.... Where darkness was so still, Soft sounds are crying, And as a joyous song, Rooms fill rejoicing, For on the threshold stands, robed in her gracious love, Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia.... Darkness will soon be gone, from earth's deep hollows, as she in joyous song, bids us to follow. With her we'll sing our song, as the new dawn appears, Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia. It is a Swedish custom, in homes and schools, etc.
I was Lucia when I was 12. Three trains during one day, and at that time I had hair down to my waist. It took two of my sisters about 2,5 hours to pic all the wax out of my hair. This is something you rarely hear about, the pain to get the candle wax out of the hair.
What about it?
I am going to have my daughter do Sta. Lucia tonight. I am going to put a wreath in her hair without candles. She will hold a tray with a short candle on it, along with the Sta. Lucia buns. Much easier than picking wax!
+MizzNijna One thing that many lucias do is that they put a thin white veil on top of their head, , so that the wax drips onto that instead. :)
***** Had the veil, had to, it was wet and there for protection against the fire, and the possible heat from the wax. It is not there to capture all the wax, and it can't really. ,
So wunderschön!!!
They can sing! Endlich...Luciasängerinnen, die auch singen können.
Danke. Takk!
GOD JUL from South California
I remember this timeless tune from many years ago in Stockholm. Beautiful memory! Thank you. With love from Canada, Evy
I am playing it in Venezuela. I feel a deep connection to Swedish ancient traditions, it's wired I'm feeling this but it's a genuine feeling
The best thing with Lucia is when you get up at like six in the morning and eat saffron buns, drink hot cocao, light candles and watch the Lucia train on TV.
En av de mysigaste högtiderna enligt moi! :)
This song was playing in the background radio when my daughter Maria was being born. She really is an angel to this day.. Age 22. Learning to catch babies... Moved out with boyfriend we miss her ❣ 🙏 gift from God
Catching babies in Australia now. Miss her too much. But sooo proud of her. 🙏 ♥️
Beautiful and so important with traditions ,particularly when you live abroad ,I am a swede living in USA 🇺🇸
Ja! 🇸🇪
God dag. I'm learning a little bit of Svenska myself. But I'm still learning
jasminne mcdonald hej Jasminne ,wow I am surprised,very good 🇸🇪🇺🇸🇸🇪🇺🇸🥳
@@alexanderhovenstein6732 I'm really African-American. But I'm learning new things. Like languages. And finding a guy to share my knowledge with. Someone whose like me.
The song always puts chills down my spine. It makes me think of my late Grandmother.
Best version on RUclips! I am playing it in August in Florida!
I agree
YEAH
stupendo !!!!! grazie
@@krohseruth2003I'd automatically think that "stupendo" means "stupid". What a fail! 😂
Oh my goodness. Look at the beautiful blonde nordic children. So beautiful.
Very touching. Beautiful to they ears and to the soul.
Christmas morning in Sweden. Britt and Karin sang this years ago in their Swedish America Children's Club.
Freies Schweden ich gönne Euch ein schönes freies Weihnachtsfest......,
I like old Christmas Traditions.
Always makes me cry, thinking of my Grandma MorMor. I know I will see you again.
It's celebrated in the Nordic region. I remember it fondly from my childhood where we went to the old folks home to sing and hopefully give them a nice day:)
I am part swedish and I enjoyed this beautiful tradition beautiful song
Last Christmas we went to a Luthern church in Lexington that had a Santa Lucia service; nicely done and with a potluck afterwards
this is beautiful, cheers from Argentina
I knew nothing about the Festival of Light, nor about Sankta Lucia's meaning in Sweden.
The story and the exquisite rendition of the song touched me deeply.
A legend says this, long ago there was severe famine in Värmland (a province in western Sweden). The population suffered greatly and they had given up all hope of help. Then came a ship steering over the lake Vänern. On the ship, there was a woman who was surrounded by light. She went ashore and handed out food to the hungry and saved their lives. To her memorial Lucia is celebrated..
Simply beautiful. Took me way back to E SCHOOL. Indeed, those are most memorable days.
This is a beautiful song 🎵 that will forever live 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
im here cus i just unlocked a memory from when i had to sing this in chorus in elementary school 🤣🤣 dis shit slap til this today
Yes, keep your traditions, the only sane people left in the world. This is beautiful. The Light will return.
+Oxaz Evropeansoæle Indeed it will. God Jul.
Amen
It is also very popular i Denmark... i'm pretty sure every school here have a Lucia procession with girls from a particular class. I absolutely love it and kinda miss the time where i was in the procession.... There's just something about this day that's magic. Seeing all those sweet girls in their white dresses, walking through a dark room with their candles, it is so beautiful
Omg beautiful ladies it's like a Fairy tale ✨
As an atheist I just love the vibe of this song, even if I don’t understand a single word! And I’ve loved it for a long time
Well, then, you should read the story of holy martyr St. Lucy (Santa Lucia) whose eyes were gouged out for her faith, and whose name means 'light.'
I don’t care about St Lucia or any of that holy stuff. I just said I love the song. Just as I love ABBAs Dancing Queen without giving a damn about a dancing queen. It’s a nice song to me, that’s it, nothing more nothing less
Yes same with me, I was raised Catholic but I am athiest now
This is just so beautiful
Happy St. Lucy's Day!!! My name is Lucy and so was my Grandmother's name. What a beautiful custom!
I love Lucia. I've been a Lucia Bride a couple of times ^^ It's awesome.
Considering that this was shown on West German TV, I am glad they did not dub this, just as is the practice of many outlets in the country.
I could not imagine this in the UK, all the health and safety and all that. the candles would probably be battery powered and carried by hand.. just incase one sneezes, trips or leans their head forward.
You are wrong. Swedish expats do Lucia every year in the UK, no problem with the health and safety. In London, at least, there are many services every year in December, most of them with the (marvellous) Choir of the Swedish Church in London. The last two years I have been to the one hosted by the Southwark Cathedral (this year, 2014, it has just been done; it was this past Sunday, 7th December 2014). I go to this, because they allow kids. There is a more formal one that does not allow them: They do it all again at one of the big churches, on the actual Lucia date, 13th December: Sometimes they'll have it at St Paul's Cathedral and sometimes at Westminster Abbey, where it'll take place again this year, on 13 December 2014. They wear the entire outfit, candles on the head and all - and if you are connected to Sweden I strongly recommend it, for it happens in candlelight and it is magical! :)
Ha ha YOU are So right
englishtwister stop being so practical and enjoy the moment.
seagirltoo actually they used Westminster Cathedral not Westminster Abbey.
In Sweden, where the winters are so very dark...she represents light and brightness. The Swedes were pagans, and Lucia was someone who spread the word of Christianity through the pagan countries, so the "light" she brings, not only represents the winter solstice when the days begin to get longer, and there is more daylight, but also the light of the christian beliefs in that Jesus is light to people's lives.
Well, that was lovely!
Perfekt! Jeg letet lenge gjennom flere versjoner av sangen og denne er best både visuelt og vokalt. Et lucia jente-kor som kommer langsomt og syngende opp kirkegulvet med lys på sidene, med lys kranser i hodet, og går frem til alteret og stiller seg opp der! Helt perfekt! Der fant jeg Lucia stemningen jeg lette etter, takk for amazing video!
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S. Lucy, St. Agatha, St. Agnus ✝️🕯️
Incredible in Sweden such a beautiful cattolich demostration
This is my absolute favorite recording of this song. Beautiful voices in a simple arrangement. Does anyone know who arranged this version or where I can purchase the sheet music?
+Brent Filetti The NDR up in the upper right corner means it's a production of Norddeutscher Rundfunk, which is North German Radio and TV. It's based in Hamburg. It's evidently a clip they showed as a commercial around Christmas time. It would stand to reason this was shown on North German television, since the northern half of Germany is mostly Lutheran, as is most of Sweden. joychristmas.blogspot.com/2010/12/night-time-walks-heavily-round-farm-and.html. Here is a link that provides the lyrics in both Swedish and English.
Natten går tunga fjätt, runt gård och stuva
Kring jord som soln förlätt, skuggorna ruva
Då i vårt mörka hus, stiger med tända ljus
Sankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia
Natten är stor och stum, ny hör det svingar
I alla tysta rum, sus som av vingar
Se, på vår tröskel står, vitklädd, med ljus i hår
Sankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia
Mörkret skall flykta snart ur jordens dalar
Så hon ett underbart ord till oss talar
Dagen skall åter ny stiga ur rosig sky
Sankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia
So wonderfull! Lovely and graceful and just beautiful! You've made my Lucy Day!
Lindíssima, canção Napolitana ...
Certo! 🤗❤😇
Beautiful Santa Lucia!
sankta*
Fond memories of my childhood in sweden... Solna Skola!!! 🙆🙆🙆
KINDER SUPRISE
+Wex Pex why 'kinder suprise?'
Reminds me of a church service that I don’t remember because u was really little but not so little I shouldn’t remember that my parents said during the singing or Silent Night I lit my hair on fire
That was at a Methodist Church- the same one my parents were married in where the song Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof was sung.
Mycket bra!!! 🇸🇪
Tack! 🇸🇪
Das ist europäische Kultur 😍
Den här låten ger mig julstämning
Här igen
I'm writing about St. Lucia's Day for a paper and I looked up the St. Lucia song and this was beautiful!
Beautiful and a bit spooky at the same time 😯
Lucia is also celebrated in Denmark, and we adopted it from Sweden around 100 years ago.
We don't have any religious reason to celebrate it, since Protestantism really isn't big on saints. My guess is that we like it because it's pretty. It's a combination of light and music. Unlike Sicily, the North gets very dark in the winter. The 'bringing of the light' has always been celebrated up here, long before any kinds of Christianity reached us.
God jul !
St. Lucia´s day, festival of lights celebrated in Sweden, Norway, and the Swedish-speaking areas of Finland on December 13 in hounour of St. Lucia. One of the earliest Christian martyrs, St. Lucia, was killed by the Romans in 304 CE because of her religious beliefs.
I refuse to use this CE (common era) crap. What makes it common? Anno Domini.
I leaned the first verse in this language at school. Couldn't remember what language it was and took me an hour with my Snapchat AI translating but to no avail 😂. Finally decided to listen to some versions on RUclips until I found this, so thank you!
@Guitarscreech06: Definitely all Catholic countries. You mean where her day is celebrated? Primarily in Sweden. She's also celebrated in parts of Italy as well along with Norway, Denmark, and Finland. And you'll find small pockets in northern continental europe (germany, etc) and the balkans who celebrate it as well. But this is generally unknown. :)
Lucia was a girl in Sicily who was killed by soldiers.. The Winter solstice is 21 December... All the feasts in December, both Xmas and Lucia in Sweden are, as you say, to give us light in the darkest part of the year. Sweden is very secular,, Jesus is not so important here.. We love Xmas for all the presents and the family gatherings.. most people prefer Santa Claus to J.C !!!
Heute ist der 13. Dezember, das Lichterfest. Manchmal wünschte ich, ich würde in Skandinavien leben- nur für diesen einen Tag 😊
How musical and magical
It has become a retail holiday !!! But the songs of the Winter season are lovely. I like Baby it's Cold outside. :) Happy Winter Solstice to All and to All A Goodnight.
I love this song in swedish, with such beautiful voices. Do you thing I could use it for a short video on Santa Lucia that I want to do ? Is this under copyright and how can I get the permission ? Thanks
It says NDR in the corner - Norddeutcher Rundfunk. You could ask them or you could just use it. Apparently, they've had no trouble with this being posted to RUclips.
@andrielisilien: Melody is Italian as Saint Lucia was Italian. They celebrate her (to a lesser extent) in Italy as well and you can find this song in Italian as well. ;)
This is gorgeous
Human voices can be so devine!!!! ❤
It's belong to Sweden ❤️🇸🇪 regards from🇩🇰
I think this song was sang in an episode of Andy Griffith. None other than Gomer Pyle sang it.
Unlocked a childhood memory ❤️
As you know, Santa Lucia was martyred by being burned alive and then stabbed with a sword. One year, when times were very hard in Sweden, the figure of the saint appeared there with her hair in flames and blood running from her side.
This was taken as an omen and times did in fact get better. Santa Lucia's day has been celebrated as in this video ever since, It starts Christmas for the Swedes.
How's that? A question asked by a Sicilian about Sweden and answered by an Englishman. :-)
"One of my favorite songs...but from Italy....just wondering why this became popular in Sweden?"
"Ljus" is 'light' in swedish (pronounced much like "luc" in Lucia). Somehow swedes associated the medieval martyr, catholic Saint Lucia with the pre-christian "festival of light" celebrated in deepest midwinter of North -and *TA DAH* Santa Lucia tradition was born.
Santa Lucia Day is 13th of December every year in Sweden and other swedish-speaking areas.
+Isabella Ljungkvist
Finnish name for Midsommar ("Juhannus") refers directly to John the Baptist as "Juha" is one of the Fin variations of name John. But many folks still haven't make the connection between St. John and Midsummer Fest...
In pre-christian times the Celebration of Midnight Sun was dedicated to Finnish indigenous/pagan religion's prime god "Ukko" (who is close to Thor in his description and the things ppl connected him to, like thunder)
But my theory of Lucia Day is still that when "ljus" (swedish for light) is pronounced closely to the "luc" part of Lucia in italian pronouncing, the mostly unknown catholic martyr was connected to Midwinter Celebration of Returning Light here in North after the connection between the name and word "ljus".
+StarlingKnight
The etymology of Swedish *ljus* :
ljus, adj. o. sbst., fsv. liūs = isl. ljóss,
adj. o. ljós n., da. lys, av germ. *leuhsa-,
jfr fhty. liehsen, strålande, till en ie.
stam *leuks- (*luks- osv.) i lat. lūna,
måne (av *leuksnā el. *louks-; jfr luna),
grek. lýkhnos (av *luksno-), avest,
raokhṣna-, strålande, sanskr. rukṣá- ds.,
fpreuss. lauksnos plur., stjärnor, med
motsvar. även i armen. o. kelt. spr.;
avledning av en s-stam ie. *leukos i sanskr.
rṓcas, rōcís, glans;
+StarlingKnight
I believe that it was planned by the Catholic church. The easiest way to facilitate, affirm and cement the christianisation of Northern Europe was to replace our pagan traditions with Christian ones, shifting focus over to Christianity as the uniting, saving force of nature.
It makes perfect sense and is not an isolated case. It happened when Europeans colonised South America and Africa, and when Scandinavians annexed areas where the indigenous Sami people lived. Religion was absolutely instrumental in the assimilation of them by us. :)
Piękny zwyczaj !
Preciosa celebración
Proteggi tutti i nostri occhi AMEN
Lovely.. we used to celebrate Santa Lucia like this in our school in Germany :)
this is just BEAUTIFUL!!! i LOVE lucia!!!
I love this song
This is so cool and beautiful wow
Lucia has always been said to be a legend that she appeared in Sweden more like an apparition, perhaps in a both on Lake Vänern (which by the way is in the province of Småland and not in Värmland which is further north). By now it appears to be correct that she lived in Syracuse, Siciliy and was martyred after she was betrothed to a man she did not love and gave her dowry away. He was of course wealthy and had her hunted down, her eyes were taken from her and in the end she was beheaded because death would evade her. She always thought of the poor and thus appeared in Sweden (in particular Sweden, not any other Scandinavian country even though they later on have accepted this tradition as their own), and spread the light in the very dark winter when there is practically no daylight especially the further north you go. She gave to the poor and her appearance apparently helped heal some plague that was in existence at the time. I am Swedish but live in the U.S. for many years and we have annual Lucia celebrations and try to come up with as much information as possible to tell our congregations because the pageants are also held in a church here (Lutheran church).
Lake Vänern is in fact in the province of Värmland! In the south where the province of Småland is you find the lake Vättern. :)
/ Merry Christmas from Sweden
Gunnel S
Well, Vättern is mostly in Väster- and Östergötland, barely touching Småland. I know, I live in VG.
WRONG!! LUCIA IS A ITALIAN TRADITION !
St Lucia is stolen from European Pagan goddesses by the church/Christianity (from the shithole desert and semitic), like many other "saints" in SHit-tianity. St Lucia was not even from Siracusa.
Me to xtian friend - "so tell me...what exactly do holly, ivy, evergreen trees from northern forests, tinsel, lights, snow and reindeer have to do with a jewish baby born 2,000 years ago in Palestine...in August?"
xtian friend - "but... but... muh judeo-xtian culture?"
One of my favorite songs...but from Italy....just wondering why this became popular in Sweden?
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it has been a tradition here for more than a hundred years
The song is Italian right?
@@an7tmo794 Yes, Napolitans, written in 1849
Since 1800s in Sweden and behind Google i live in Sweden and My family have celebrated it since 1700
Yeah ...
When Christianity came to Sweden in the early 1100 it became a catholic country. It was spread though different Friar ordens [correct terminology here?] such as the Franciscan and Dominican Order, that all had roots in the Church and monks from southern Europe. There are still several old Catholic Cloisters & Churches. Although Swedes are rarely very religious we do have Advent candles and songs that once were catholic; some of the Lutheran protestantism is still pretty close to Catholicism.
Smukt❤
@Trinacria1973 we were catholics here in Sweden before the luther reformation back in the early 16th century. This is one of the few traditions that we still have that has survived, it is also influenced by older pagan traditions aswell. such as celebrating the light at the darkest period of the year etc. Sort of a mix btw catholic and old pre-cristian traditions. Hope that helped abit :)
The graceful and untouchable beauty of femininity. A rare sight these days
For someone to play the part of Santa Lucia and bring coffee and spiced cookies to people. If in homes, she brings them to the family membersin their beds.. It is for everyone. Once I made a wreath of candles for my head and did this. It was a wonderful feeling to walk in a circle of light radiating from my head. I recommend it but be careful on the flames. Solstice Blessings
God Jul and Good Yule
Mycket bra!:) God Jul ouch Gotta Nytt År!
Один из лучших, роликов Ютуба.