Cocktail Hour
During the cocktail hour, Glogg is made available to the guests. Glogg is spiced, sweetened and heated wine served with raisins and nuts.
Introduction
Introductions are made of the club officers. Often times the MC will relate jokes about Danes, Swedes and Norwegians.
Dinner
The dinner will vary although it normally includes a salad, roast pork, potatoes and vegetables. It always ends with a rice pudding. The rice pudding sometimes contains an almond. Tradition holds that the person who receives the rice pudding with the almond will get married next year.
Singing
The MC leads the guests in the singing of Christmas Carols. The 12 days of Christmas is often sung with different tables taking different stanzas of the song.
The Santa Lucia Pageant
The lights are dimmed. The narrator heads up to the podium and tells the story of Santa Lucia, a Christian Roman girl who was seized and tortured for ministering to the poor. A file of girls and boys enters the room. The lead girl who represents Santa Lucia will wear candles in her hair. The group sings the Santa Lucia song. They take a position at one area of the room and sing one Christmas song after another, then file out of the room.
The Lottery
The club offers a lottery of donated prizes. Lucky numbers are called out during the event.
Pictures from the 2007 Santa Lucia Pageant:
Santa Lucia Girl Santa Lucia Group Santa Lucia Guests
