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cimoreneWe went to see the city's St Lucia procession from the cathedral to the carriage this evening with our peeps Chi and Bell. I have never seen Lucia before, except the top of the head of a Lucia at the Old Apothecary Museum two years ago.
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It was fucking freezing cold (okay, it was only like -1°C, but we weren't dressed quite warmly enough) and they lied and said Lucia would come out at 5:30, so we left the Christmas market across the street early and stood for a really long time, bored and freezing and watching dogs and children and their antics. Lucia's carriage arrived like 20 minutes before Lucia herself, and trotted around the square to great effect, where it was met by another tiny carriage carrying Santa, and pulled by a single tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny VERY BAD Shetland pony which was basically being an asshole, hilariously, for the rest of the wait. It kept trying to eat its handler's reflective jacket and bouncing around and generally acting like the Shetland pony version of Frank Iero. When trying to get a picture of it (I ultimately failed), I accidentally took a picture of a Boxer that someone had brought instead because they were the same size and color. So I leave it to your imagination, but here is a Shetland pony from Wikipedia:
(waxjism: That's kind of what he looked like, only shaggier. And badder.)
THE FUZZ. Observe The Fuzz's arrival (Police van not included in image) and the little furry cap one of them is wearing.
Wax waving for the camera
Turku Cathedral's gigundo Christmas tree, several stories high, strung with giant LED lightbulbs.
A little girl wearing her own battery-powered crown of lights.
Lucia's carriage, pulled by Fjord horses, moving into position
Lucia and her ladies
Lucia and her ladies and the gigantic ear of the Santa-hatted crowd controller who wouldn't gtfo of my way
♥
It was fucking freezing cold (okay, it was only like -1°C, but we weren't dressed quite warmly enough) and they lied and said Lucia would come out at 5:30, so we left the Christmas market across the street early and stood for a really long time, bored and freezing and watching dogs and children and their antics. Lucia's carriage arrived like 20 minutes before Lucia herself, and trotted around the square to great effect, where it was met by another tiny carriage carrying Santa, and pulled by a single tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny VERY BAD Shetland pony which was basically being an asshole, hilariously, for the rest of the wait. It kept trying to eat its handler's reflective jacket and bouncing around and generally acting like the Shetland pony version of Frank Iero. When trying to get a picture of it (I ultimately failed), I accidentally took a picture of a Boxer that someone had brought instead because they were the same size and color. So I leave it to your imagination, but here is a Shetland pony from Wikipedia:
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waxjism: That's kind of what he looked like, only shaggier. And badder.)THE FUZZ. Observe The Fuzz's arrival (Police van not included in image) and the little furry cap one of them is wearing.
Wax waving for the camera
Turku Cathedral's gigundo Christmas tree, several stories high, strung with giant LED lightbulbs.
A little girl wearing her own battery-powered crown of lights.
Lucia's carriage, pulled by Fjord horses, moving into position
Lucia and her ladies
Lucia and her ladies and the gigantic ear of the Santa-hatted crowd controller who wouldn't gtfo of my way
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