Today it is December 13, the Day of Saint Lucia. In Sweden – and the Nordic countries – this is a very special day.
In all schools, official buildings and offices today there will be a Lucia celebration, the queen of light. The Lucia and her diciples sing specific songs and we eat a specific meal, Lucia cakes.
Lucia is a celebration celebrated on December 13, and the name of the main character of the festival. In Sweden, the lucid day together with advent marks the beginning of the Christmas celebrations.
Lucia celebration in Sweden has its background in folktro, legends and historical facts. Lucia comes with light when it’s the darkest. Lucia reminds us of hope.
Arsenal’s round of 32 opponents in the Europa League Östersunds FK have announced themselves to English football fans with some excellent banter on Twitter.
The Swedish minnows will be hoping to cause a major upset by putting out the Gunners over two legs, but whatever happens the club has already gained the respect and admiration of users of the social platform for their excellent response to Arsenal’s welcome tweet.
The Gunners wrote simply ‘See you soon’ and tagged their opponents, with Östersunds FK writing back: “See you at Jamtkraft Arena in february! Please make sure that Wenger has fixed his jacket before traveling, it’s going to be cold in Ostersund.
Not content with a simple message, they also attached a classic gif of the Frenchman struggling to do up his notoriously fiddly coat.
Wenger has been caught on camera multiple times trying and failing to zip it up, and has now paid the price for his struggles as the target of some truly wicked mockery.
They are right though, it can be minus 15 degrees celsius in Östersund in February……
Bitcoin is an implementation of a digital currency, created in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto, whose main purpose is to enable payments over the Internet directly between users without any third party intervention.
Bitcoin regulation has rocketed up the news agenda in recent weeks, as its price has surged. Last week, it emerged that the UK Treasury was examining whether laws against money laundering should be updated to specifically cover virtual currencies.
Experts are now warning the world saying that the recent drove lf
Analyst Paul Donovan has a word of caution for those thinking of betting against bitcoin.
Previous bubbles have lasted longer than critics have expected, Donovan points out. So unless you get your timing right, you could be crushed under the stampede of speculative money pushing an asset higher and higher.
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