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For some unknown reason as the song, etc. is Italian, Swedes celebrate- as do the other Nordic countries, Saint Lucy ( December l3 or l5th) with nightly parades and girls parading about with crown candles ( live fire!) The song Santa Lucia is of course an Italian folk song and includes the phrase Rose of Fair Italy. The Rose of Fair Italy, if you mean the Movie Star, rolled off the lines on the Fourth of July! The culture clash with the mixture of Swedish and Italian customs was once highlighted in a move about an Italian Businessman, Alberto Sordi. He was utterly baffled when an entourage of Swedish girls sallied into his hotel room singing the familiar ( to him) Italian folk song- but in Swedish! it:s a small world.

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