El Usuku lweSanta Lucia Yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yeKrisimesi kumazwe aseScandinavia naseSweden. Rhoqo ngonyaka nge-13 kaDisemba, iSanta Lucia ibhiyozelwa ngokubanzi ngamakhandlela kunye nokukhanya kwamakhandlela emveli kuhambo. U-Lucia wafela ukholo lwakhe ngento ebhiyozelwa ngo-Disemba 13.
Izithethe zithi intombi enkulu yosapho iquka uSanta Lucia ngokunxiba idyasi emhlophe kusasa kwaye uvunyelwe ukunxiba isithsaba samakhandlela. Usebenzela abazali bakhe iibuns, ikofu okanye iwayini emiliselweyo.
Ngapha koko, ecaweni, abafazi bacula ingoma yesintu iSt Lucia, echaza indlela aboyise ngayo ubumnyama ukuze afumane ukukhanya. Ilizwe ngalinye laseScandinavia lineleta efanayo kwiilwimi zabo zemveli.
Kwimbali yaseScandinavia, ubusuku bukaSanta Lucia babusaziwa njengobona busuku bude enyakeni (solstice yasebusika), eyatshintshwa xa kwaguqulwa ikhalenda kaGregory.
Ngexesha lobusika obumnyama eScandinavia, umbono wokukhanya woyisa ubumnyama, kunye nesithembiso sokubuyela kwelanga samkelwe ngabantu balapha amakhulu eminyaka. Imibhiyozo kunye nemingcelele yoSuku lukaSanta Lucia zikhanyiswa ngamawaka amakhandlela.
Njengoko abaninzi besitsho, ngekhe ibe yiKrisimesi kumazwe aseScandinavia, ngaphandle kosuku lukaSanta Lucia.