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Swedish Yuletide 2012

SWEA Boston Christmas Fair and Holiday celebration - as always a wonderful event. More joy, more people and more fun than ever...

The grand moment at the Cyclorama center stage: Lucia choir of the Boston Yuletide 2012. ENLARGE IMAGE »

Ulla-Britt Ekengren of Örebro and Dunstable, Mass. read Nordstjernan for close to 50 years. ENLARGE IMAGE »

Christina ‘Kia’ Lampe-Önnerud coordinates the large Lucia procession in Boston. ENLARGE IMAGE »

Close to 80 children participate in the popular concert. ENLARGE IMAGE »

SWEA organizes, sells used Swedish books. ENLARGE IMAGE »

Performances are long, patience not always. ENLARGE IMAGE »

The Lucia concert itself draws a huge audience to Cyclorama in the center of Boston. ENLARGE IMAGE »

Gisela Nilsson found a book she had to show fellow SWEA Johanna O'Connor. ENLARGE IMAGE »

Peter and Laurie Widmark visiting children and grandchildren in the area. ENLARGE IMAGE »

The SWEA choir prepares for a second performance on stage. ENLARGE IMAGE »

The local Consul General of Sweden, Dr. Alllen Counter Jr. rarely misses this annual event. ENLARGE IMAGE »

"So much to do, see and experience here and so little time..." ENLARGE IMAGE »

Beata Schmid, in a folk costume from Ingelsta Härad Skåne, read Nordstjernan for 30 years. ENLARGE IMAGE »

Close to three thousand people come to the annual SWEA Boston event. ENLARGE IMAGE »

"I really only need to rest and collect my thoughts a little..." Photo: Mitch Leon ENLARGE IMAGE »

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