Growing up in Sweden, Emma Bengsston was always cast as a gingersnap man, never the candle-crowned St. Lucia selected to head the train of children walking from house to house through her village each ...

St. Lucy, whose feast day is celebrated by the Catholic Church on Dec. 13, was a virgin and martyr from Syracuse, Sicily, born in the year 283. Children participate in the annual St. Lucy's Day ...

EVANSVILLE — Grandma Grace Murray hurried down the hall after her granddaughter with a plate of Santa Lucia buns. "OK, time to put the crown on," she said to Kymberlee Rethlefsen, 9, as they prepared ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — For those seeking a Swedish holiday at home, the Swedish Historical Society plans a traditional concert for Rockford. Hosted at the "historic" First Lutheran Church, the annual event ...