Growing up in Sweden, Emma Bengsston was always cast as a gingersnap man, never the candle-crowned St. Lucia selected to head the train of children walking from house to house through her village each ...

The ingredients for St. Lucia Saffron buns, sands the optional cardamom. I ended up using salted butter, so I didn’t add the salt shown here. The dough, proofed once and punched down, rolled into ...

Sunday, December 13, is Santa Lucia Day in Sweden and for Swedes here in Maine, too. Dressed in white with a red sash and wearing a crown of candles, a young lady wakes up her household to offer them ...