God Jul!
This one’s a little obscure outside Scandinavia. It’s a greeting for St. Lucia Day, which opens the Yuletide celebration in countries from the Netherlands to the Baltics. Traditionally, the eldest daughter of the family wakes early on December 13, dons a white dress with a red sash, and a wreath of lingonberry boughs and candles. She sings to wake the rest of the family, who then join her for a breakfast of buns and coffee. The candles refer to the fire which failed to consume Saint Lucy, and also offer a welcome glimpse of light in the middle of long, dark Scandinavian winters.
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Michael D'Andr...
AMAZING WORK!!
billyboy
Don`t know what God Jul is about, but your picture makes me feel good about it. Nice colors, nice face, and you look good in blonde. And love that candellabre headdress!
Paul Vanzella
Love where you get your inspirations from…. and your art direction and costuming are sensational! You are also amazing to look at… Love your style so much Casey… true artistry! Typography and design are spot on! Great piece of art!
Shanina Conway
Fantastic work Casey, love the candelabra on her head …perfect styling and execution another magical work;)
Julie Langford
Great work, and love the costume
trickyruby
another excellent piece, you have the gift of getting everything spot on.
Charlie
Beautiful Casey….I really appreciate your rockin’ talent and vision!! You da BEST!!
Hiroko
This is so fabulous, how do you keep this up?
Belinda Leopold
WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nando MacHado
I’m not familiar with Scandinavian tradition, but I really appreciate your study and thoroughness when creating your pinups. The whole production is excellent!
cheerishables
So very lovely, Casey. I love your portrayal and ALL your themes. The is so charming, and I love the framework.
Madison Ellis
Very cooL!
Lisa Defazio
Loving this and the background story, makes me wish i was Scandinavian! Your entire portfolio is just magnificent!
budrfli
:o) love it and the history with it is one of the traditional stories i have always liked
candace lauer
I study art history and like looking at pictures of saint lucia.
Per Ove Sleen
This is beautiful.
Just wondering, what is your relation to Norway (ore Scandinavia). You see I’m from Norway…...
caseycastille replied
Believe it or not, after five months, I just saw this. Sorry for the belated reply. Thanks for your comment! I have no relation to Scandinavia except that I’ve always been fascinated by Scandinavian people and cultures (precipitated by a crush I had on a Norwegian boy when I was eight years old).
wideangle
Sex sells so does god.
raoultiger
I can never bake bread except for some shaped rolls called luciabrod that are for Saint Lucia’s day!
caseycastille replied
Neat! I’ll have to find a recipe to try!
Steve Broadbent
Doesnt Jul mean “merry”
empo
I am swedish and I totally get the lucia feeling! warm and tender, fuzzy. nice take with the rye.
the lucia song (fyi :P) goes like this; ” night sweep´s with dow steps, tru farm and cottage, around earth that sun have forgiven, the shadows are brooding, then tru our dark house, she steps in a crown of light, santa lucia, santa lucia
the night were so vault and silent, now we can hear it swing, in every silent room, of murmurs/whispers like wings, see on our treshold stands, whiteclad with light in her hair, santa lucia, santa lucia
the dark will soon us flee, from the valleys of the earth, when she a wondorous, word to us speak;
the day(light) will again and new, arise from a rosy sky, santa lucia, santa lucia”
haha, word for wor.. :)
empo
( the lucia sings this song as she stride in with the buns and glogg :) ) she also have a compagnion of maids “star-girls” and “star-boys” clad in kukluxclan-alike cones with stars on it. and some tomtar.
empo
(people actually do this ritual in their homes on december morning 13th.)
empo
http://www.dn.se/content/1/c6/59/70/15/lucianatet445.jpg
http://hem.passagen.se/julidec/images/400px-Lucia_1908_by_Carl_Larsson.jpg
http://fc.edu.pitea.se/skolor/sjulsmarkwebb/forskolan/bamse/Glimtar%20ur%20verksamheten/007144F8-00664137.0/Julfest-07%20003KL.jpg http://www.hjelms.se/bilder/vykortsbilder/16469_opt.jpeg
http://svenska.yle.fi/matochfritid/bilder/tema/kulthist/stjarngossar2_210×200.jpg
http://www.nykarlebyvyer.nu/BILDER/nik70/043stjar.jpg
http://www.hedengymnasiet.se/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/lucia-2007-uttag.JPG
sorry about the over-information, i´m just one of those enlightening people. :D
empo
http://www.kriberg.com/Kribergare2/slides/Stars.jpg
karenuk1969
Beautiful design!