Lucia

Jeg har fått spørsmål på et amerikansk forum om å forklare Lucia slik at en 7-åring forstår det. Og står selvfølgelig helt fast. Jeg innser at jeg ikke aner hva de sier i barnehagene rundt omkring før Luciatogene, jeg har bare vært med og sett på dem.

Så, kan noen hjelpe?

Det som sies i barnehagene, og som vel ikke er helt sant, er at Lucia var en rik dame som kom med mat til de kristne som måtte gjemme seg fordi kristendommen var forbudt. For å kunne bære med seg mest mulig hadde hun lys i en krans på hodet.

Prototypen: "Det er natt ute nå nesten hele dagen. Derfor må vi ha hvite klær på oss. Og lys. Da blir jeg glad. Jeg liker lys."

St. Lucia is the patron saint of the blind. She was a young girl, living thousands of years ago, in Italy. Her parents were wealthy, and she had a dowry, which she gave away to the poor. She was a Christian, which was not allowed at that time. St. Lucia was engaged to a man she didn't want to marry, and when he found out he reported her to the police. She was arrested and sentenced to death for her Christian beliefs, they said she was a witch. She was to be burned at the stake, but the story says God saved her from the flames, they would not burn her. She was then killed by a sword.

There are different legends of St. Lucia out there. One story states that when she was in prison, and the prison guards came to get her to carry out her death sentence, she was filled with light from the Holy Spirit. The guards could not move her, she was as heavy as a mountain. They stabbed her neck, but she still prophesied against them. At last, they gouged her eyes out, but she could still see.

Jeg har gått luciatog i Mexico (forøvrig var vi bare 5 nordmenn) - De 10 mexicanerne vi delte hus med lurte nok veldig på hvorfor vi tente lys og sang om "hellige Lucia" (Og ikke nok med det, men lysene vi brukte var lys som de tenner når de er i kirka for å minnes sine døde)...jaja...kulturkræsj kan det vel kalles