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 ...

Dec. 13 marked Sankta (Santa or Saint) Lucia Day for some diehard Scandinavians like myself, who wish to commemorate the virgin Christian martyr Lucia of Syracuse, who was known to have brought food ...

The Wyeth Tootle Mansion hosted its annual Christmas Doll Tea Sunday afternoon. The American Girl Doll books are based around young girls in different periods of American history. Every year, the tea ...

BAY RIDGE — The borough’s traditionally-Scandinavian Bay Ridge will hold its Swedish Santa Lucia Procession & Community Sing Along 2024 on the evening that the church celebrates the feast day. The ...

For many teens, the idea of police might stir feelings of fear or distrust. But Friday night, in Lawrence, officers and youth shared a space built on conversation, not conflict. Surveillance footage ...

Julien Alfred, the track and field star who beat Sha'Carri Richardson in the 100m at the 2024 Paris Olympics, had an epic welcome home to Saint Lucia. Aug 3, 2024; Paris, FRANCE; Julien Alfred (LCA) ...