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Ken : What's your favorite tradition from when you were a child ?
Kerstin : Hmm . . . Let's see . . . I'd say santa Lucia's Day .
Ken : Santa Lucia's Day ? I've never heard of it . Is it a Swedish festival ?
Kerstin : Yeah . It ____________________ ____________________ ( celebrate ) on December thirteenth at the darkest time of winter . Santa Lucia ____________________ ____________________ ( consider ) to be the symbol of light . So , it reminds everyone that the days will grow longer and sunnier after December .
Ken : Oh , I see . So what do you do to celebrate ?
Kerstin : Well , in schools , for example , a girl ____________________ ____________________ ( choose ) to be Santa Lucia . She wears a white dress , and a crown of candles ____________________ ____________________ ( put ) on her head . Then the Santa Lucia song ____________________ ____________________ ( sing ) by all the class . And in some families , the girl serves her parents breakfast in bed . That ____________________ ____________________ ( not do ) in all homes , though .
Ken : So , is there a special kind of food that ____________________ ____________________ ( eat ) ?
Kerstin : Yeah , they have these sweet buns that ____________________ ____________________ ( make ) with saffron . They ____________________ usually ____________________ ( serve ) with coffee - or juice for the kids .
Ken : Sounds nice .