Re: [Paddlewise] night lights

> The festival/ceremony is that of the Lucia Bride, and
> the rule is that she must be pure and virginal ... a couple of
> "C" lights won't fool anyone!  When she is crowned, and surrounded
> by hundreds of candles, it IS quite a sight -- happens on the
> courthouse steps out here.

There is a Lucia in every school class in Sweden. The kids make a
tidy piece of change renting their services to offices and other
places of business, holding "Lucia processions" at the outset of
what is a close to four week Yuletide celebration. 

Live candles are used at only a fraction of the Lucia events and
battery driven multi-"candle" crowns are sold in every
hardware store. I have no idea if anyone has ever tested the
utility of these jobbies on open water. (I'm a newcomer to
kayaking and have yet to absorb all the relevant lore.)

If memory serves, someone sent a question to this list a while
back about kayaking activity in the Stockholm area. If so, and a
reply is still desired, please feel free to contact me off-list.

Cary Karp
mailto:karp_at_pi.se


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