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To the celebration of Christmas and the New Year, Swedes are also particularly suited. It is customary to celebrate the New Year at home, with the family. They watch TV, where enthusiastic verses are read - spiritual verses. At midnight, the house is literally poured with bells ringing from local churches, after which you can congratulate each other and neighbors on the holiday, wish all the best and exchange gifts. On Christmas, heads of families themselves dress up like Santa Claus and congratulate their family members on the holiday, and children are given a bag full of gifts. The main Christmas drink is mulled wine or glogg (a local variety of Grog).

On December 13, Saint Lucia Day is celebrated, a holiday that you will not meet in any other country. The day is dedicated to the Italian martyr Lucia, who died in the 4th century, but it has little in common with the life story of this saint. It was believed that this day is the shortest in the year. On St. Lucia Day, children get up before their parents and go to the kitchen to cook breakfasts for them from cookies and chocolate. Before they congratulate their parents on the holiday, they are surely dressed up in festive costumes: girls wear white dresses, and boys wear costumes of astrologers. On this day it is also customary to visit school teachers and congratulate them, pay tribute to all adults. In the churches, festive psalms are sung and children perform festive songs and hymns.
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