Celebrating "Lucia" at the Swedish Ambassadors residence.

Lucia is a very nice celebration of light in Sweden on December 13. We have girls and boys singing in white dresses with candle lights in their hair and hands and they traditionally walk around the neighborhoods to wake people up in the morning. They offer coffee and christmas sweets to the families they are visiting. They sing the usual Lucia songs that are very traditional, and it makes me think of Sweden. There is a slight difference here in Nairobi- in Sweden, this time of year, it's dark and, if we're lucky snow. It is strange to listen to these Swedish traditional songs in T-shirt and shorts.... and on the ambassadors big lawn by the pool.