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...Sweden, the Santa Lucia Pageant is almost like what the Miss America Pageant is in the U.S.," she said. "Contestants are judged based on personality, beauty and their ability to sing...
...native of Sweden herself, Lidskog remembers growing up with the Santa Lucia tradition in her home...
...mother used to dress up my brother and I in Santa Lucia costumes," she said. "At school, him, a friend and I would go from classroom to classroom singing traditional Swedish songs...
According to Lidskog, students across Sweden follow this Santa Lucia-inspired tradition of "courting" their teachers...
...teacher's students go to her house at about 5 a.m., dressed in their Santa Lucia costumes," she said. "The students wake up the teacher by singing `Santa Lucia,' the anthem, and offering the teacher baked goods...