With barely eight hours of light a day and that time diminishing every week, it is easy to feel the darkness of winter overcome everything else.
The way Swedes combat this issue is with strong alcohol of course, and also by celebrating many different festivities with light. Every house here has a star, representing the morning star, and advent candles displayed in the windows. It seems magical when walking through the streets at night here, so many lights are adorned through the streets and of course with every window filled with at least a candle, the light makes its way through the darkness.
Today was the first day of advent. I have never celebrated advent before so it was interesting to learn. To learn what each candle represents, click on this link:
http://www.msgr.ca/msgr-2/ADVENTwreath_01.htm
Looking forward to seeing more and more Christmas time celebrations, including attending a Lucia ceremony, which will be mentioned again later on!
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