The Annual Sankta Lucia Festival Of Light

YORK, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 11: Sara Kjorling, 24, from Stockholm leads the procession during the traditional Swedish festival of Sankta Lucia on December 11, 2015 in York, England. The festival of Sankta Lucia is a traditional Swedish festival of light that celebrates the bringer of light during the long darkness of winter. The service features a candlelit procession and carols in celebration of St Lucy, a young Sicilian girl who was martyred for her Christian faith in the early fourth century. The service, which is run in partnership with York Anglo-Scandanavian Society, starts with a procession led by a girl wearing a crown of candles, thought to symbolise a halo and a red sash that symbolises martyrdom. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)