Lucia! Emma and her class sang in Akalla and later on in Old Town. Alexander's daycare had a very crowded Lucia. It started out with a daycare teacher carefully and clearly explaining that no one should take pictures or film until AFTER the children were done singing, since a group of 1-5 year olds suddenly faced with a sea of unfamiliar faces pointing cameras at them might not be so inclined to remember the 10 minute program of sweet songs they have been rehearsing for the last month. A bunch of people started taking pictures anyway, so the daycare teacher stopped the children and explained again about no pictures, but people still just held up their phones and cameras. Then a parent started shouting, "WHAT IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?!!? TURN OFF YOUR PHONES!!!" and finally people put their phones away. And the children sang. The younger children obviously had mixed feelings about the experience but the older (3+) children were having fun. They put all the children from the daycare (5 different groups) together so it was a lot of children and parents crammed into a small space. Here is Alexander standing in front of the daycare tree.
