Bix in St Lucia garb lighting up this dark morning
Today, here at Digital Diner, we celebrate a tradition that plays out in homes all over Scandinavia. It is St Lucia Day, or the festival of lights. In this tradition, on one of the days of the year with the least amount of daylight, the oldest gril of the family wakes up early, dresses all in white with a red sash and a wreath of candles in her hair. She brings her parents some saffron buns and coffee in bed while singing (or at least playing a recorded version of) the St Lucia song. It is quite a sight for a dark winter morning to see Bix bringing us yummy homemade baked goods by candle light.
Saffron buns fresh out of the oven. Yum!
Of course, because of our geek/scientific influence, rather than the festival of lights, I like to think of it as the festival of photons. You see, at this time of year, there are fewer photons than ever hitting our hemisphere of this big blue marble that we live on, so each photon is precious. What better time to honor our little friend who brings us light, than now when it is so rare. We need to celebrate this quanta of wave-particle goodness that literally brightens our day. So on this dark winter day, I salute you and thank you dear photon.
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