Saint Lucy's Day
Saint Lucy's Day is held on December 13. Mainly Scandinavia, some regions of Italy for example, Sicily, Veneto and Trentino, and Malta. This event in the second decade of the month December is annual. 
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December 13 is just another day to most Americans, however, in Sweden, it's a holiday. Saint Lucia's Day is one of the most unique elements of the Swedish holiday season. St lucia's day marks the winter solstice and celebrates the "return of Light". To commemorate St. Lucia, young girls traditionally wear wreaths on their heads, often covered in candles.
Saint Lucia is one of the few saints honored by the Lutheran Nordic people, namely the Danes, Swedes, Finns, and Norwegians. St. Lucy was one of the early Christian martyrs and the monks who brought Christianity to the Nordic countries. She also brought along tales of her martyrdom. St. Lucy died a horrible, gruesome death in 304 AD after she refused to give up her vow of chastity to marry the pagan to whom she was betrothed.
Saint Lucia was believed to have brought food and aid to Christians hiding in the underground cemeteries.
The Nordic people’s observance of this day was first demonstrated in the Middle Ages and carried on after the Protestant Reformation in the 1520s and 1530s.
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Malta Independence Day on September 21 (celebrates the independence of Malta from the United Kingdom in 1964);
Republic Day in Malta on December 13
Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck in Malta on February 10
Maltese Carnival on February 26
People's Sunday in Malta on March 2 (celebrated on the first Sunday of Lent);
St. Joseph's Day on March 19 (Italy, Malta, Liechtenstein);
Freedom Day in Malta on March 31 (This important milestone was achieved during 1979 when the complete withdrawal of the British troops and Royal Navy marines left the island)