It saddens me greatly to see that so many of the other Scandinavian SecondLife blogs are pretending that the Swedish Embassy´s Lucia pageant does not exist by calling it
"another event" or even
"another possible event".
I will rise above this childish and petty rivalry and tell you about them all (as I have
done before).
If there are
any more that I do not know about yet please inform me and I will be happy to mention those also. I have no qualms about mentioning other pageants and wish them all the best of luck!
As I have told you early on
the Swedish Embassy in SecondLife will for the fifth consecutive year have its traditional Lucia pageant on
Sunday December 12th, 2010, at 11 am and 1 pm, this year under the leadership of yours truly.
This is the official and oldest Lucia pageant in SecondLife.
There will also be a Lucia pageant by the
Swedish group at Tara Hill the same day at
1:30 pm.
Our Scandinavian friends in
Second Norway will have a Lucia pageant - on the correct date -
Monday December 13th, 2010, at 11 am.
The more the merrier, I say, just as in real life!
-Is it okay to have Lucia pageant at all? Or do we learn young girls, from the early childhood, that beauty contests are a good thing? Sure it´s a nice tradtion that means a lot for many people but is it up to date?
ReplyDeleteHell yes, it´s OK and a great tradition!
ReplyDeleteTo make it completely up to date you just avoid turning it into a beauty contest and also feel free to choose non-blonds and women from all ethnic groups as Lucia.
I am even open to the possibility of choosing guys as Lucia, but I know that may still be a bit radical for some...