Saint Lucy

Teresa at Making Light has post on the Feast of St. Lucia, but a good number of the links, which she got from another site and which she freely admits in the post, don't work so I've looked them up.

SANKTA LUCIA SONG A Swedish folksong to St. Lucia along with it's English translation, as well as an Italian song, also translated, associated with the place Santa Lucia.  Both songs have the same tune although the lyrical content is different.  I'm thinking of a St. Lucia ritual including lighting a candle and reciting the Swedish lyrics.
The Christ Child as Saint by Jan-Öjvind Swahn is a very Christian look at the evolution of the festival.

Lucy Fest by Susan Granquist is a heathen (Norse pagan) look at the origins of the festival 
Clement A. Miles, Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan. I haven't read it yet, but it seems to be a whole book about Pagan origins of Christmas traditions

Fic: Funeral In His Heart

Title: Funeral In His Heart
Word Count: 160
Notes: Written for Advent Drabbles and a prompt at Fag Ends: star, although I’m not sure how that prompt transmuted into this story
Rating: PG for character death
Setting: At Buffy's grave
Pairing: Spike/Buffy
Notes: Similar theme to my Spander story One Old Tux
Notes: Story title comes from an October Project song.

( Funeral In His Heart )