Heya, my #trans siblings. Today's question is brought to you by the festival of lights:

What winter holiday traditions do you happen to follow?

#QuestionOfTheDay #hannukah #christmas #kwanzaa #wintersolstice #saturnalia #stlucysday

'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's, …
#StLucia #stlucysday #johndonne

For #StLucysDay a detail of #Crivelli’s Saints Anthony Abbot & Lucy, c. 1470.

St Lucy holds her own eyes before her, an attribute variously associated with the brutality of her martyrdom or an act of self mutilation to dissuade a suitor.

The Scandinavian tradition of wearing a crown of light on her feast day connects to a different story, in which she wore a wreath of candles to carry supplies to Roman Christians hiding in the catacombs.

#SaintLucy #SanctaLucia #Midwinter