The Swedish pageant of St. Lucia will be at Clarewood House, 7400 Clarewood by Sharpstown Mall, on December 14 at 2:30. This year's Lucia will be Brittani Werler, granddaughter of Christ the King Church member John Werler. For information contact Gail Glass.
In the Swedish Custom of Luciadagen, Saint Lucia Day, the oldest girl in the house is Saint Lucia. She has a long white dress with a red sash and an evergreen or lingonberry twig garland with lit white candles in her hair. She carries a torch. Her sisters follow carrying lighted candles, and her brothers wear white cone caps decorated with stars, and sing carols that thank the Queen of Light for bringing hope at the darkest time of the year.