Lucia 2020: A Virtual Celebration of Light

Update!

The video from the event is now available to watch.

This year, The Chamber is excited to offer you its first virtual Lucia Luncheon. Join us in celebrating one of the foremost cultural traditions of Sweden and a highlight of the Holiday season. Because of the pandemic, we cannot meet in person, but the silver lining is that we can extend our reach (right around the world) and share the celebration with many more.

This cultural event is an opportunity to give your employees, colleagues, clients, friends and family a way to connect and participate in a unique experience — especially this year when it is important that we all come together and celebrate the light.

NEW! BIDDING IS NOW OPEN.

A Silent Auction

This year, we are mixing it up a bit with a Virtual Silent Auction. There are some wonderful items to be won, thanks to our amazing sponsors, so check out the available pieces, choose the one you would like, and put in your bid!

Check it out here!

The Luncheon

As part of this year’s festivities, a boxed Julbord/Swedish Christmas Buffet is available to order

The Julbord/Lucia Luncheon is available for pick up or delivery.
It can be picked up the day before (December 10, 2020) between 11.30 a.m. and 8.00 p.m. at enVille 1- 165 Geary Ave, Toronto, ON M6H 2B8 or delivered for a charge to addresses in the GTA.
Contact us for delivery options at info@sccc.ca 416 925 8661.

Let us know if you have special dietary concerns.

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Menu choices

Menu Option: Traditional Christmas Plate (click me)

❅❆❅ Traditional Christmas Plate ❅❆❅

Selection of Crisp Bread
Selection of Cheeses

Assorted Herring
Herring and Beat Salad
Gravlax with traditional sauce

Jansson’s Temptation

Oven Grilled Salmon with lemon sauce

Christmas ham (Julskinka)
Swedish Meatballs with Lingonberry jam

Mashed Potatoes
Stewed Cabbage (Brunkål)

Ris a la Malta with seasonal fruit sauce

Swedish Chocolate

Menu Option: Christmas Plate (click me)

❅❆❅ Christmas Plate ❅❆❅

Crisp Bread
Selection of Cheeses

Assorted Herring
Herring and Beat Salad
Gravlax with traditional sauce

Jansson’s Temptation

Swedish Meatballs with Lingonberry jam

Mashed Potatoes

Ris a la Malta with seasonal fruit sauce

We reserve the right to make any last-minute changes to the menu.

The last day for ordering Lucia Lunch was December 3, 2020.
Food orders are NOW CLOSED.

Community

The event Ticket ONLY option is still OPEN.

Reserve your spot now.
You will receive your link to connect to the festivities via email.

Event Details

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Program

2.00 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.

Our MC, Brian G Smith, will masterfully lead us through the activities:

2.00 p.m. Opening remarks by SCCC Chairman Lars Ruuth, followed by
Greetings from Ambassador Urban Ahlin and other dignitaries
Hon. Consul General, Lars Henriksson will open with the traditional Helan Går!
Silent auction of Lucia Gift Packages
Breakout rooms to connect with your co-workers [for fun — not a Q3 update!]
Julbord luncheon, Snaps songs, & drinks package
Virtual Lucia performance,

and more…

Our MC, Brian G. Smith, is an award-winning film-maker, educator, and alumnus of The Second City. His creative production company, You and Media, has produced award-winning comedy films & several innovative web series.As head of ‘Annex Improv’ [at the Centre for Social Innovation’ and ‘MaRS’], Brian developed’ PowerPoint Improv,’ where participants deliver impromptu presentations based on a set of slides that they have never seen before.

SPEAK WELL, LISTEN BETTER.YouAndMedia.comA creative production company specializing in comedy
Silent Auction

Replacing our traditional raffle, this year our event features a Silent Auction.

See the dedicated section above for details and links.

Snaps Songs

Helan Går

(Swedish Version)

Helan går
Sjung hopp fadderallan, lallanlej

Helan går
Sjung Hop faderallan, lallanlej

Och den som inte Helan tar
Han ej heller inte
Halvan får

Helan går
Sjung hopp faderallan, lallanlej

(English translation)

The whole goes
Sing “hup fol-de-rol la la la la”
The whole goes
Sing “hup fol-de-rol la la”
And the one who doesn’t take the whole
Doesn’t get the half either
The whole goes

[Drink]

Sing “hup fol-de-rol la la”

English phonetic version

Hell and Gore
Chung Hop Father Allan, Lal and Lei

And then Zoom in Tee Hell and Tar
Hand Hell Air in Tee Hull One Fore

Hell and Gore
Chung Hop Father Allan, Lal and Lei

Nu tar vi den!
(Tune of Oh, Tannenbaum)

Nu tar vi den,
nu tar vi den,
nu tar vi den,
nu tar vi den.

Nu tar vi den,
nu tar vi den,
nu tar vi den

(Now- drink all what’s in your glass!)

Nu tog vi den!

Tänk om jag hade lilla nubben

Tänk om jag hade lilla nubben på ett snöre i halsen!
Tänk om jag hade lilla nubben på ett snöre i halsen.
Jag skulle dra den upp och ner,
så att den kändes som många fler.
Tänk om jag hade lilla nubben på ett snöre i halsen.

Köpa byxor

Swedish text

Att köpa byxor ,en prövning för många,
De sitter sällan så bra som de ska.
De om är för långa för korta för trånga,
Men en schnapps sitter jämt lika bra.

English text

Buying pants, is a test for many,
They’re rarely as good as they should.
They are either too long, too short or too tight,
But a schnapps fits always… just right!

The Lucia Tradition

Lucia procession Lucia is an ancient mythical figure with an abiding role as a bearer of light in the dark Swedish and Canadian winters.

To those unfamiliar with the tradition, the Annual candlelit Lucia procession on December 13 is perhaps one of the exotic-looking Swedish customs. Girls and boys clad in white full-length gowns singing songs together.

The real candles once used are now often replaced with battery-powered ones, but they still create a special atmosphere when the lights are dimmed, and the sound of the children singing grows louder as they enter from an adjacent room.

Learn more about Lucia and its origin here:
https://sweden.se/collection/celebrating-the-swedish-way/article/lucia/

The Julbord Tradition
The Julbord (Christmas Buffet) is one of the most classic elements of Swedish-ness! Depending where you live in Sweden, the dishes can vary.
Traditionally, food is served in rounds or courses:

1. Fish dishes: focusing on pickled herring (sill)
2. Gravlax, poached salmon, shrimp salad, cod roe eggs, cheese, crisp bread
3. Cured meats (including the fabled Christmas ham), more bread, and probably some pâté
4. Warm dishes, with meatballs, sausage (prinskorv), a potato and cream casserole (Janssons frestelse), and sometimes bread dipped in pork broth (dopp i grytan)

After that, it’s dessert and/or cheese with crackers, finished off with some coffee and perhaps a few sweets and assorted cakes.
If you would like to prepare your own Swedish Julbord – Christmas Buffet, you will find all the best recipes here