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KINGSBURG, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Kingsburg volition beryllium hosting an authentic Swedish Santa Lucia Celebration connected Saturday. It includes a lighted evening parade and overmuch more.
It's a contented that started decades ago, and connected Friday members of the assemblage were engaged getting acceptable for their annual Santa Lucia Celebration.
"It is simply a festival of lights that is simply a contented from each the Scandinavian countries and particularly Sweden. And we observe it present successful Kingsburg connected the archetypal Saturday of December," said Steve Safarjian, who is simply a assemblage unpaid and the proprietor of RPS Real Estate.
As portion of the Santa Lucia celebration, a young miss dressed successful achromatic and wearing a crown of candles connected her caput leads a candlelight procession to symbolize the airy brought into the acheronian wintertime months.
People tin acquisition this firsthand connected Saturday astatine the Santa Lucia solemnisation starting astatine 7:30 a.m. and continuing until 6:30 p.m.
It's a time afloat of vendors selling Swedish items, and food, arsenic you instrumentality successful the charm of Kingsburg during the vacation season.
"Our downtown is beauteous year-round, successful my opinion, but this clip of the twelvemonth is truly peculiar due to the fact that you've got, the metropolis decorates, you've got each the businesses decorating, the Business Improvement decorates, you know, and there's conscionable there's thing each over," said Alex Henderson, who is the City Manager.
The solemnisation brings the assemblage unneurotic portion besides supporting section businesses similar Burmans Flowers.
"Businesses similar excavation and each of our businesses successful our downtown district, it conscionable gives america the accidental to present our assemblage to radical who possibly didn't cognize astir Kingsburg," said Leslie Carpenter, who owns Burman's Flowers.
City officials expect a fewer 1000 radical to travel retired passim the day, with things picking up astir 4 p.m. which is erstwhile radical commencement grabbing a spot for the parade starting astatine 5:30 p.m.
