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    While Republic Day is being celebrated in Malta whom is being feted in Finland?

    Question #95540. Asked by BRY2K. (May 11 08 4:32 AM)


    22crows

    		On December 13 (Malta's Republic Day) Finland and other Scandinavian countries fete St Lucy.

    http://www.amazines.com/Saint_Lucy's_Day_related.html

    May 11 08, 6:59 AM
    maninmidohio

    		Republic Day in Malta is celebrated on December 13. It marks the date in 1974 when it became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta

    In Finland, as in Sweden, the celebrate St. Lucia on December 13. She was a Christian martyr who delivered food to Christians during their period of greatest persecutions lighting her way with candles. The eldest daughter in the family wears a head wreath with candles with a white robe and sash. She delivers breakfast roles to all the family members in bed.

    http://www.christmasrevelry.com/christmas-finland.php

    May 11 08, 7:02 AM
    author

    		Saint Lucy's Day (Sankta Lucia, Saint Lucia) is the Church feast day dedicated to St. Lucy and is observed on December 13. Traditionally an important feast day in all of Western Christendom, it now retains traditional forms of celebration mainly in Scandinavia, parts of the United States and southern Europe. It is celebrated in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Italy, Bosnia, Iceland, and Croatia. In the United States, people in areas of Minnesota and other states with Scandinavian roots continue to celebrate the holiday, often centered around church events.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy%27s_Day

    May 11 08, 9:38 PM

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