A Salutation to Light in the Darkest of Nights

In December we are in the midst of the darkest time of the year here in Sweden. The sun barely reaches above the treetops and the evenings feels never ending. Ever since I was a child I have loved the Lucia day on Dec 13, where we celebrate the light in the darkness, with candles and singing.
And since many years back, I have done my own little twist on this lucia celebration, and lighted candles in the forest.
It is truly one of the traditions I love the most, and the message of bringing light into the darkness can be so healing on many levels.
"There is no darkness so dense, so menacing, or so difficult that it cannot be overcome by light."
- Vern P Stanfill
I wish all of you a good ending of this year. Thank you for being here on this channel and for watching my videos, and commenting from your heart. I'm so grateful to you all ♥
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Ardie Son - O come, O come, Emmanuel (Artlist)
Forndom - Hemkomst ( www.forndom.com)
Lyrics:
Til árs ok friðar
Bort flyr mörker ljuset bidar,
Fé, fé, fé.
English translation of lyrics:
For a good year and frith
Begone darkness, light awaits.
Fortune, fortune, fortune.

[@stayhappylittlemermaid]

Without the dark, we would never see the stars.

[@chandrayyaacharya5495]

Without the sun we will never live 😉

[@lauraaglioni9343]

Thank you for yoir comment. Today it is so important for me. Thank you thank you thank you

[@DangerNoodl3]

And without the moon, the day wouldn't be 24 hours long, because the earth would rotate faster. 😉

[@unnithomas808]

A new knowledge.. Thank you..!

[@lauraaglioni9343]

@@DangerNoodl3 wonder

[@sayanatarbaeva]

The fact that me and Jonna look at the same moon every night makes my soul warmer

[@jonnajinton]

Aww ❤❤ How beautiful 🙏🏻

[@Thirsty_Fox]

I often think about how it's the same moon as it has been since the dawn of the species, and imagine the number of people and animals that have looked up and wondered in awe a the moon and stars.

[@rapsahtaa]

@@Thirsty_Fox I love your comment, it's a beautiful thing to ponder on.

[@ketunleipa9588]

True 😍🥰

[@davidmarshall718]

Something many of us take for granted in the New World, also known as the Western Hemisphere, is the time it took in Europe, Africa and Asia.............. many, many centuries .............millenia really ............ for invention, development, business, industry, and education to reach its present level in the modern World. This video could have represented 200 years ago, and if you took away a few simple tools from the scene, it could have been 2000 years ago. People have persevered through weather and environmental challenges, natural calamities, famine, drought, disease, illness, accidents, war, crime, insurrections, raids, terrorism, ignorance, arrogance, insults, abuse, and community, family, personal challenges and difficulties and even strife, plus too many other things for me to think of right now to get the World and Society and Humanity to where it is today, but we often take that for granted. To me, this video represents all good people everywhere trying to overcome all that, in the symbolism of a simple ceremony on the edge of the freezing and dark Arctic representing hope, inspiration, and faith over the millenia.

[@mr.banana5967]

The more I was working in an office, the more I craved for nature. The more I'm working with nature, my craving grows even stronger. Now in winter it's even stronger...maybe because the Rauhnächte opening the gap between earth and spiritual world.

[@Sannelill]

Many years ago, I was chosen to be the town's Lucia. It was a great honor of course and still, after 44 years it brings back fond memories. Thank you for sharing our Swedish traditions to the people around the world with this beautiful video. ❤

[@christahelders]

Wouw wouw wat mooi is dat goed 👍 super

[@jounilojander8821]

Sankta Lucia is beautiful song! And I still hope Wonder that happened during WW1! We get peace at least for Christmas!

[@digdug1577]

My heart skips a beat as I get to feast my eyes on the visual poetry you create with the camera! What a gift you have for story telling and capturing the beauty of nature. Your channel brings me joy, Thank you. ❤️

[@jonnajinton]

Thank you so much! ❤

[@aquiuvidex3574]

@@jonnajinton Greetings from Colombia 🇨🇴 *it just ended to rain here in Bucaramanga City, , its 1:16 a.m. so is a little bit cold for me, I can feel the cold with your video, I hope I can travel to your country and enjoy the winter, the snow, here is eternal spring, so it is kind of boring for me, and all landscapes and culture there attracts me, and why not to get a woman as beautifull as you.* Sorry for my english, my native language is Spanish

[@aquiuvidex3574]

@@jonnajinton this video brings me peace and calm. Thanks

[@livelikeliz]

I have always believed that no matter if you are religious, no matter what you believe in, the darkest nights of the year have always been a symbol and a metaphor for hope and the return of the light. Even though in this moment we can't see it, we know that from the darkest nights on days are growing longer again and will eventually bring us summer - no matter how long or dark they might be now. That is something I always try to remember in difficult times. Thank you so much for capturing this perfectly Jonna and for sharing it with us ❤️

[@jonnajinton]

Wow so beautifully said! ❤🙏🏻

[@Ostsee118]

Yes 🙏❤️...

[@washimpower2259]

What a moronic delusional thoughts

[@My_Secret_ArtSketchbook]

I hope you have wrote this down in a journal- sounds WONDERFUL.

[@followthevind]

Scandinavian living in a hot sunny country this winter.. It just feels wrong, I long for the dark and silence so much. Thank you for bringing the peace of winter to me down here in the desert lands. Also wonderful to hear Forndom's amazing music at the end.

[@MarikaMeos]

@@excellestudio Very true. Nevertheless isn't it interesting we all are in search for this one magical place where all our needs and desires are simultaneously met? The longing..the dissatisfaction..

[@farinas5895]

Because it isn’t a physical place we are looking for but within ourselves which is “home”

[@MarikaMeos]

@@farinas5895 Perhaps :)

[@carinat7040]

As a fellow Scandinavian - For me the cold, crisp and dark season always feels like coming home.

[@korahholl810]

I am of rich Scandinavian descent and recently moved to Texas. I’ve never felt more out of place in my life. Every time the bitter cold air comes around, it makes me feel alive again, but most of the time, it’s extremely humid over here. Now I am beginning to realize how much I miss Oregon, even if we rarely got snow due to being near the coast.

[@johnflora4180]

I live in a small town in America. After watching your video I went out tonight in the dark and looked in the darkness for your light...I saw it. I wish you the love of Lucia Day.

[@Ash_Queen16]

I’m not a winter person but the scenery is breathtaking.. Sweden is a beautiful place 💙💙 Greetings from the USA 🇺🇸

[@Biglover29]

I agree!

[@cyndeeh]

I live in ohio, I'd give my right arm to move there. I'm totally serious.

[@dn5435]

@@cyndeeh It takes a lot less than your right arm to move to Sweden

[@tootsieb11]

@@cyndeeh A leap of faith comes to mind... we can do anything if we really want it badly enough, keep your right arm, you will need it when you shovel snow in Sweden xx

[@cyndeeh]

@@tootsieb11 how sweet

[@karex99]

Today we celebrate Santa Lucia in Sweden. It is a tradition of light. It is celebrated with a procession of girls in white gowns bearing candles, led by one who represents Lucia with a crown of candles on her head. It has always been one of my favorite holidays in the 20+ years that I have lived in Sweden.🙂

[@Narnendil]

There are usually both men and women in the procession. And yes, it's also one of my favourite things to celebrate, it's so beautiful with the lights and the music!

[@thinkoutsidethebox8456]

This tradition reminds me of the Diwali festivities in India (which also celebrate the light that will come after the fall and winter with candles and offerings). How closely bound by nature we once were to observe her cycles and celebrate her many aspects. We need to get close again or we will lose ourselves in this artificial world!

[@cymro6537]

@@thinkoutsidethebox8456 So true.

[@maryanne8395]

I find it fascinating that the celebration comes from stories that were told by Monks who first brought Christianity to Sweden. St Lucia was a young Christian girl who was martyred, killed for her faith, in 304.

[@thinkoutsidethebox8456]

@@maryanne8395 Very interesting! Also, the fact that "Luci" is a root for light (for example, Lucifer, the light bearer) is very interesting given that the tradition celebrates light bearing in the female form. Beautiful!

[@ketunleipa9588]

I am crying because this is so beautiful. When the viking music started the tears started fall from my eyes. It was like home-calling. I belong somewhere, I belong home. I will find it even it takes my whole lifetime. Thank you Jonna and best wishes for you all too.

[@gretchenchristophel1169]

Oh...me, too. Touched something in my soul...a memory from a previous life perhaps...but, it was very profound

[@afgesfgagsae]

Forndom = Hemkomst, "homecoming", song about a dead man entering Valhalla.

[@timezone-journeystounknownland]

I feel the same

[@hanjisungquokka14]

@@afgesfgagsae betyder inte forndom när något är fornt alltså från forntider?

[@itsmeee244]

I come from a warm country but I have lived in Sweden almost 5 years. It was really hard for me to survive first years but slowly learning the culture, tradition and language have helped me to move forward. Slowly but steadily I have actually developed a liking for Sweden and feel warm even in the dark cold nights. Your videos are so strong yet warm, carefree yet tender. I feel so many emotions while watching your videos. Thanks for making them 😀

[@BeautifulKittenOfLove]

I discovered your channel two years ago while in the hospital after being diagnosed with a debilitating immune disorder. There are days when even getting out of bed is not an option. Days when someone in their forties looks like they could easily be in their 70s. And when I truly need it your videos help take me out of my world and into yours I can't thank you enough. Jax

[@SaraNerys]

💛💛

[@belikethesquirrel6714]

thank you for your comment, I could have wrote it verbatim.

[@gandalf396]

God bless you and keep you safe and give you better health. Lots of love from France my friend ❤️

[@livelikeliz]

Even though I don't know you personally I feel so sorry to read that you are going through such difficult times. Jonna has such a gift to make us feel better in moments when we think we can't take it anymore. Without even knowing it she helped me through the darkest time of my life as well and I am forever grateful - such a beautiful soul ❤ All the best to you and much love!

[@manuela9342]

We don't know each other and will probably never met. But from the bottom of my heart I wish you all the best. I really understand your words

[@iTeHee]

Its crazy how far we are apart yet through these videos *we feel so connected* with you

[@jonnajinton]

❤

[@crisvandeuil]

Beautiful Jonna 💜thank you for this blessing ! 👼💝🧚‍♀

[@KellieAnn1111]

@@jonnajinton Your essence reminds me of me, Jonna. Beautiful, so pure and enlightening, With undertones of past life/Ancestral wounds that can't be said with words. I could feel it in your Song Wolf Song. Ironically, that is my Shamanic name. There is a seriousness to your Soul. Yet a lightness in your heart 💐 Many Blessings 🙏

[@angelesmilan8203]

A mi también me pasa me siento muy conectada a Jonna!, es un alma impresionantemente grande maravillosa!! 🙏💜💯😊

[@M3g840]

Blessed Yule Season Jonna& all! “ May the longest night and shortest day, Bring rest to your mind and soul, I pray. May you find guidance, may you find peace, As the cycle of light will slowly increase. Embrace the magic that the darkness bears, Breath deep in the chill and shift in the air. May you always be blessed from the light that’s within, And may well-being be yours as the new cycle begins. “

[@miramarity2270]

Dear Jonna. I'm not lying when I say I look forward to your St. Lucia video all year. It is so magical and sublime that it makes my heart explode. I cried through the whole clip. Thank you for this uplifting Advent moment. May the Light be with you! A big hug from Hungary - mira ❄🕯

[@sarahhassan9805]

I don't know why but I started crying maybe these days are one of the hardest in my life and this video bring me hope that my dreams can be true because my dream is to live in the woods surrounded with the nature and since I followed you a year ago you always give me hope I have never missed any of your videos Thank you Jonna Sarah greetings from Egypt 💜💜🥺

[@jonnajinton]

Thank you for your kinds words ❤ Sending you tons of love

[@sarahhassan9805]

@@jonnajinton oh my god thank you that you replied my comment I will never forget this 😭😭😭❤️

[@angelesmilan8203]

No me extraña Sarah!!!, te mando mucho amor desde españa!!, un abrazo 🙏💜😊💯😍

[@sarahhassan9805]

@@angelesmilan8203 oh my god I can't believe that 😭😭😭😭😭😭I am a spanish learner and I stated studying spanish 3 months ago in the university It's a pleasure to tell me these beautiful and kind words I will never forget this But I am still shocked 😭❤️ Muchas gracias por todo y estoy feliz de conocerte 💜💜🥺

[@carolineindacityphx]

Without the dark, we can never appreciate the light 🕯️ Thank you for sharing this moment with us. Sending peace and light to you and your family ❤️

[@juliebragdonarmstrong4191]

I have missed the Sankta Lucia ceremonies for years! I worked in Swedish and Danish churches. The joy and the excitement in the community for December 12th was real! I would host a smorgasbord at my home.

[@ivanvolpentesta]

Thank you Jonna, thank you so much from my heart for your infinitely sensitive and profound sweet beautiful soul 🎶✨🕯❄🕯♾🕯❄🕯✨🎶 I've always followed you now, and it's always pure magic, from beyond.... 😢😍 but every year I wait more with immense joy for this day, December 13, the day of Light, the day of Saint Lucia, the name of the my mom 😀 Thank you Jonna, thank you so much for everything... in every single detail, always 🙌🙏 I fly a huge kiss to you with my heart in my hand from Italy, with much esteem and sincere affection 😘😘😘 Good Light, good Saint Lucia to all of you ❤

[@rosol_polski]

Love and light for everyone! 🤍💜🤍💜🤍

[@minh5295]

Lucia day is the reason I discover your channel. Lucia day has always been one of my favorites day despite I live in a country far from Sweden. There is something that feels magical about looking at a person wearing a white robe with a candles crown in darkness. Lucia day has a perfectly balance feeling of power and fragile of light and that makes it so beautiful. Hope everyone has a good Lucia day

[@minh5295]

And of course thanks Jonna for making this beautiful masterpiece for us to enjoy

[@taraevans1108]

One of the great joys of the internet is seeing how those in other countries and climates interact with their world. This was a joy.

[@TheGeekMonster]

Thank you for thoughtfully including both a traditional Christmas hymn, and this beautiful Nordic blessing together. We're all connected as people on this earth, we all have the same hopes, fears, and needs as human beings. The dark of winter touches us all, as well as the hope and renewal of spring. God bless all of us this Christmas!

[@tidelinetoalpine]

This is perfect ❄️ thank you Jonna from my cozy, dim lit van parked in the frozen forest of Canada to you and yours in Sweden 🕯

[@chucky6367]

Hope you and Frank are keeping cosy out there.

[@SisterShirley]

Amanda, hope you and Frank are doing well. Any chance you and Foresty will do more collaborations?

[@TheMixCurator]

Hope everyone has a happy Lucia's day today. One of my favourite days I ever experienced was visiting Oscar Fredriks Kyrka in Goteborg for their Lucia's celebrations.

[@sonja437]

Thank you Jonna, for sharing the LIGHT. Many thanks. Namaste.

[@Iwsounds]

Chwała Chrystusowi, Żywemu Światłu Miłości, który swoim Przyjściem i Narodzeniem, prawdziwie rozświetlił mroki ziemi. Przyjdź Jezu i rozświetlaj mroki naszych serc, abyśmy umieli kochać Ciebie i bliźnich, aby na świcie panował Pokój i Jedność w Tobie☺ Maranatha! 😇

[@finncollins5696]

Amen❤

[@amysill3815]

Amen indeed!❤

[@paulg123]

Knowing you did this by yourself, with all the different angles and camera setups, I am very impressed! Even though I'm always blown away by your digital cinematography, the images you captured and the beauty and clarity of those images in this video are so beautiful and so moving. This was a real treat to watch. The music. The mood it creates. I love winter and the snow. I could almost feel the calming chill in the air as you walked through that beautiful snowfall. Wishing you and your loved ones health and happiness this holiday season. ❤

[@junipersolapothecary]

As a child we would celebrate this day, and in honor of my Swedish heritage I remember many a mornings dressing as St. Lucia with candles on my head bringing light to the darkness, serving pastries and coffee to my family. What a beautiful reminder of the season and light that comes amongst the dark. Love your videos Jonna

[@AdirondackRuby]

After dinner tonight I showed this, and your Lucia video from 3 years ago, to my parents. They were nearly in tears. They thought it was beautiful and made them very sentimental for the years they lived in Europe. Thank you, Jonna!

[@wilkobetzin8647]

Bei diesen schönen Bildern geht mir das Herz auf!

[@michaelpeterson7506]

Happy feast day of Saint Lucy and blessed Advent! To all, of all faiths, believing in the strength of light. Blessings from Minnesota, USA (a dark place now).

[@lisber8770]

Tears in my eyes. Wishes of love from peacetown Münster in Germany to Jonna and everyone

[@lydiarowe491]

What a beautiful celebration and you made it so..many years ago my daughter was living in Sweden on an exchange student visit..she was chosen to be Lucia..always will remember this time of her experience to be in this pageant..thankyou so much for this ..love and light to you..

[@itchywitchy570]

I live in northern Minnesota and love winter, it's so peaceful and that's what I feel watching this! My family is from Sweden and I hope to visit it someday. 🖤

[@cymro6537]

*Not a word was uttered - but yet,so much was said* Thanks for bringing us warmth and hope 🕯️ Love and light from Wales ✨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@lunalouhoo]

Mystical and beautiful. The glow of a single light in the darkest forest is a wonderful sight to behold. Thank you for sharing these images and sentiments.

[@pimawo.777]

Thank you, Jonna for this magic birthday gift!!! I so love this song: Emmanuel...I am born on December the 13th. this time of the year is very special to me because in all the dark hours more than in the rest of the year it is easier to connect with our inner light, which shines so bright, brighter than all the candles and christmas lights everywhere 💫🌟✨

[@Mweb1997]

Happy Birthday!

[@marcusmariemoylan]

I love the way you turned your music from “O come o come Emmanuel” to old Norse/Viking chants! Absolutely brilliant!!

[@AleksandraBessmertnykh]

I love your Lucia videos so much, and I am so happy you could create one this year as well. I learned about this day from you and I love to celebrate it maybe not publicly, but for myself and the one I care about. Thank you for all you are doing. May there be love and light ❤️

[@jonnajinton]

Thank you so much!! ❤

[@ujjwalbhatt1460]

Joseph Campbell said everyone should invite beauty into their lives and let it seep into their pores and for me Jonna's content is how I invite beauty into my life. Your content feels like an ecstatic arrest, a portal to the flow state where you don't feel passage of time anymore. Thank you for existing my friend. Greetings from India 🤍

[@brandiemcneal7016]

You have to appreciate the dark to see the beauty of light🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

[@Tortall2012]

As an American, connecting with my various heritages has been important to me. Lucia Day has been a tradition that I have embraced in as many ways as I can. As a child, I looked forward to the early morning (I am not a morning person) and the gathering of friends at a one of their homes for the celebration. Covid changed that but it also helped my family embrace a more personal celebration. December 13th is a day I look forward to every year.

[@richajain87]

Everything about this video is so stunning and the amount of work you put in for all those perfect shots. Truly incredible. You are so inspiring 🙏

[@jonnajinton]

Thank you so much ❤

[@Demonkungen]

Otroligt fint. Sveriges traditioner och kultur bidrar sån vacker och varm känsla och syn. Glad Lucia till er alla🕯️☃️

[@tanyasaxena2]

This is so beautiful. Thank you Summer will come. We’re in the dark. We’re planted. One day we’ll see the sunlight and feel the happiness ❤

[@alexiamaurin3694]

In the midst of the darkness of our world shine millions of small lights that illuminate our path to beauty and freedom. Thank you Jonna. Kisses from France.

[@skye4743]

You move like a dancer in the dark night. The world needs your Light right now. Thank you, beautiful Jonna. ❤️ ❤️ 🇺🇸 USA

[@michymoo839]

I grew up with an Aunt and some community who tried to keep our Swedish heritage alive in the melting pot of the US. Santa Lucia was a tradition we learned about and now I’m thinking I need to make sure it continues as a tradition in our family.

[@skojigoquist9288]

Same here but our heritage is not swedish. The struggle in the melting pot the same. We have Saint Martin to celebrate

[@K99WP31A2]

Zauberhaft schön ist es dort oben im hohen Norden, so weit entfernt von allen Schrecken unserer Zeit. Zusammen mit der traurigen Musik weckt es dunkle Gefühle von Endzeitstimmung in einem todgeweihten, untergehenden Europa.

[@heatherlatta5580]

Ethereal and beautiful as always ❤ Thank you for all of the comfort your videos bring! You truly have an amazing soul.

[@safaa8181]

A song suitable for those born in December. They are sensitive people who love the whiteness of snow and the sound of rain 🇩🇿💓

[@smakkdat]

I’m born in March, but I am sensitive and I love rain and snow

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Born in September and I too am sensitive and love rain/snow. :)

[@mariaverbi-miracles]

Geliebte Jonna Frohe Weihnacht in Unseren Geist . Möge die Liebe wo immer ich noch Dunkelheit zu sehen glaube ,meinen Geist beleuchten. Danke für das Demonstrieren. Ich liebe Dich.

[@kimperez147]

Hello Johnna! I was just reading today in my Advent reading, It said it was the feast day for Saint Lucia. The reading explained her mission of bringing light by burning candles into the many hours of darkness, and how each country celebrated her feast day from Sweden, Iceland, Germany, the Netherlands etc... What a beautiful tribute to Saint Lucia by bringing this glorious bright light into the darkness. Much love and light to you and your family during this time.❤️

[@finncollins5696]

amen..........

[@lucajager6786]

Thank you. I'm a huge fan of your videos, and your way of living, it's so natural and because of that, so magical. I don't know if you have ever realized how big gift and blessing you and your videos are for us other people. It's so heartwarming, seeing that there are some people, who still celebrate this way! So I just wanted to say thank you!!

[@Caffeine_And_Seawater]

It’s currently in the minuses in the uk, there’s snow where I live and the world feels like it’s preparing for its rebirth. Walking the woods in the early predawn mornings with my husky, is the greatest feeling. The atmosphere in this video encapsulates so much of why I love the snowy, dark winters

[@Hadasee]

Beautiful! The first hymn is actually a christian song known throughout the western world. I felt so connected singing along with your video in my own language (Dutch) ♥ We just had a tiny bit of snow, but I know I can count on you showing me more from your beautiful corner of the world. Have a great Christmas🤗

[@finncollins5696]

God bless you from a sri lankan christian.

[@johanna906]

Jonna, you are my definition of 'mindfulness'. Thank you for helping me find my inner peace again when it was lost

[@anggiegarcia7884]

This is my second winter ever and to be honest I've been having a very hard time dealing with it. Coming from a latin country and experiencing below zero temperatures makes me feel like I wasn´t built for this weather. Then I look at Jonna´s videos and I remember the beauty and the magic winter holds. Thank you for inspiring me.

[@usernotfound40400]

It's that time again! My favourite by far of all holidays! Every year you do a Lucia video, you never fail to amaze us with beautiful images and music! Love from Romania!

[@karenarden1856]

O my, how very beautiful to see the light of LOVE pierce the darkness in this world, and that Light will shine forevermore! Thank you for illustrating it so gloriously! 💝

[@davebrink8475]

Such a great tradition and you certainly add an air of beauty, grace, and peace to what you've shared. Thank you. God jul.

[@wildtracks40]

Since I subscribed to your channel, I look forward to December 13 and Saint Lucia every year. It's a date that we don't know in France and that I discovered with you. What you do every year is wonderful and requires so much effort. Thank you for your moments of beauty, poetry and sharing. Your country is an enchantment for me. Friendships

[@indirajane]

So symbolic. You are full of light Jonna. Please keep sharing it ✨✨✨💛

[@cornelialubke3755]

Jonna...this is so beautiful.🙏🌟🙏

[@mysticallavish1360]

The chant music is beautifully healing! We have a lot of chanting in my Navajo culture, it heals as you listen. Thank you Jonna💛💛💛

[@aresaurelian]

"And in the long night of midwinter, the bright älva, Jonna Jinton wished upon a dream. And a star was shown in a break in the clouds of the sky. From that day on, the nights lost its grip on our minds and we rejoiced with hope and dreams of the promises of the coming of Spring." Thank you Jonna for giving us these beautiful scenes of traditional culture. A mix of various things, it is a beautiful reminder of where we are now, in the present.

[@qudsiakounain2359]

Ah I've been waiting for Lucia since a long time finally a video last year h didn't celebrated it but now u finally did Jonna ur Lucia anthem is just peace to my heart ♥ there's a lot been going on in my life and it there are ups and downs but ur always at my downs thank u for creating this peaceful videos

[@karenroe6270]

I so look forward to seeing this every winter. It is a beautiful ritual. And you always do it with such grace.💖🌟

[@udangkrispyy1729]

as someone who live in Indonesia, this is truly a magical, like I've been waited the winter for so long.. Thank You

[@Maria.j1984]

Beautifully done, Jonna!! 😍 It looks like the wind was cooperating this year 😊 🕯 I hope you're both feeling better by now. 🙏 Be safe and stay warm. Warm hugs from Chicago!

[@wild_coast_designs]

I love your Lucia videos so much! They remind me of my childhood, when a girl in my class who was Swedish would dress in a white dress with a candle crown and bring sweet bread to share. I was always fascinated by this and looked forward to it every year. We live in Canada but her parents were from Sweden. Lots of love & light to you, Johan & your team there during this holiday season! ❤️🎄

[@christybeaulieu]

I love your beautiful, personal tribute to the Santa Lucia tradition and how you share it with us every year 🤍

[@agnetha2012]

You capture the beauty of the dark silence. The lone light in the winter forest is sacred and magical.

[@andread212]

The BEST thing I can watch while having breakfast and beginning a new day. Wishing the light be with you 🙏 And thank you for your work! 🫂

[@sayanatarbaeva]

I feel like I can survive the winter due to you and your videos 🤍🤍🤍 it’ so calming and magical ✨

[@Lizzylis]

So beautiful, dear Jonna... I was watching your video and at a certain moment I put my hand on my chest... And a little bit later you did the same in exactly the same way... It felt so strong, so connected. Thank you for all the love you send into the world. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for caring❤From the heart, Lizzy

[@TheNinjaInConverse]

_Veni Veni Emmanuel_ is one of my favorite songs of all time. Such longing and hope and melancholy.

[@jadwigaszara4716]

Jonna niech to Twoje światło rozjaśnia mrok na całym świecie. Dziękuję to było cudowne przesłanie od Ciebie. Pozdrowienia dla Was 😍

[@billyb.4381]

Dear Jonna, thank you for this wonderful video. It is a light on dark, short days and warms the heart. Greetings from North Germany and glad Lucia. 🕯️💖🕯️

[@tatianak9628]

Спасибо вам за то что вы есть!!! Вы мое вдохновение! Улыбка на моем лице, радость в моей душе! Я вас люблю!!!

[@Damian_B]

And that is the primary reason for Christmas. 🌞The legacy of our ancestors. 💫Thank you for beautiful video 💜💜💜

[@mist1610]

The video is so surreal ..like another world altogether. I wish I could visit Sweden some day! Jonna, you give the angel type vibes. Thanks for bringing peace in our lives by posting your life and videos. - Rachana from Mumbai, India.

[@heidisanders7694]

God Yule , just a beautiful tribute to the St. Lucia . 🇸🇪🎄☕❤

[@PilgrimKat]

Oh Come Emmanuel (the song at the start of the video) was one of the songs we sang for my winter wedding a year ago - so hauntingly beautiful, it gave me chills to hear it overlaid over the "cathedral" of the forest in this video. Thank you for this beautiful moment of light in darkness 💛🌿

[@user-wd9vm7og4y]

Какое очарование! Jonna как сказочная фея создаёт дух праздника и делится таинственно прекрасным ! Как это чудесно и мило! ❄️🤍

[@elaw3741]

W Szwecji obchodzone jest 13 grudnia Święto Światła na pamiątkę Świętej Łucji. Jest ona świętą kościoła katolickiego i prawosławnego.

[@yar_ros_slav]

СВЕТ ВО ТЬМЕ . ШВЕДСКАЯ ТРАДИЦИЯ ЛЮЦИИ - ПРАЗДНИК СВЕТА В САМОЙ ДЛИННОЙ И ТЁМНОЙ НОЧИ ПЕРЕД РОЖДЕСТВОМ СНОВА-РОЖДЕННОГО ЗИМНЕГО СОЛНЦА - КОЛЯДЫ-ХОРЕСА . В декабре мы переживаем самое мрачное время года здесь, в Швеции. Солнце едва поднимается над верхушками деревьев, и кажется, что вечера никогда не заканчиваются. С тех пор, как я была ребенком, я любила день Лючии 13 декабря, когда мы празднуем свет во тьме, со свечами и пением. И с тех пор, как я много лет назад я внесла свой собственный маленький вклад в празднование Лючии и зажгла свечи в лесу. Это действительно одна из традиций, которые я люблю больше всего, и послание о том, чтобы принести свет во тьму, может быть таким исцеляющим на многих уровнях. Нет такой плотной, такой угрожающей или такой трудной тьмы, которую нельзя было бы преодолеть светом. В самое мрачное время года мы чтим свет. В ночь с 20 на 21 декабря здесь, в Швеции, особенный день, когда мы празднуем традицию Люции (Колядки в Руси-России). 20 декабря самый тёмный и короткий день в году. Поэтому именно в этот вечер и ночь духи свободно перемещаются в наш мир, могут творить всякие гадости. Свет же защищал, ограждал людей от зла и неприятностей. В эту ночь даже животные получали способность говорить. И вот уже много лет как я сделала свою собственную традицию выходить ночью, чтобы зажечь сотни свечей с намерением принести светлые молитвы и любовь нашему миру. Это всегда очень особенное и волшебное чувство, даже если эта ночь превратилась в снежную бурю. Песня, которую я пою, является моей собственной версией традиционной песни Люции. Я надеюсь, вам понравится песня и видео. Это сделано с любовью ко всем вам ♥. Ночные прогулки тяжёлым шагом вокруг двора и дома. По мере удаления Солнца от земли, тени сгущаются. Мечты о крыльях, шелестящих над нами в пророчестве. Зажги свои белые свечи, свет-Люция! Заклинания и тёмные силы, вы подвластны свету. Страж благословенного огня защиту приносит нам. Мечты о крыльях, шелестящих над нами в пророчестве. Зажги свои белые свечи, свет-Люция! Звёзды, которые ведут нас, находят способ Стать твоими ясными вспышками, прекрасная Жрица. Мечты о крыльях, шелестящих над нами в пророчестве. Зажги свои белые свечи, свет-Люция! (С)

[@WeskersTentacles]

@@elaw3741 Powiedziała, że Jonna wygląda jak wróżka z bajki.

[@elaw3741]

@@WeskersTentacles oczywiście,to zmienia sens zdania✋.źle zrozumiałam( 🙄translator)💙

[@claudiamedina7623]

So magical, so beautiful!!! You’re pure light Jonna, blessings for you, Johan and Nanook. Sin la oscuridad no podríamos ver la magia de las estrellas…❤️⭐️✨ gracias por tu magia.

[@hannesstan4066]

I just found your channel and wanted to say you have such a calming presence; what a gift this channel is to humanity ❤ 🐶❄️

[@sherirm777]

Stunningly beautiful video tribute to the Saint of Light. Precious Saint Lucia pray for us. 😇✝♥🙏

[@sourabhsoni2930]

Your voice takes me in another world. Thanks for making us happy through your videos ❤🫀

[@JackieBaisa]

She didn't talk in those one. Or sing. (But I agree, her voice is incredible soothing.)

[@sourabhsoni2930]

@Jackie I am not talking about this particular video.

[@user-pg6kz5wq3o]

Как же это прекрасно, когда где-то есть волшебство и чудеса. Спасибо вам за эти минуты Сказки.

[@suedale1865]

Your filming is so atmospheric & you rarely seem to get cold making it so beautiful to watch THANK YOU for the blessings ❤

[@user-si3oo1qy5r]

💕светлячок добра💕милая Jonna, спасибо за свет душевности и открытости, объединяющий тобой так много людей во всем мире💕💕💕💕💕

[@rsoubiea]

the snow covered trees are so beautiful!

[@babavoz91679]

Она сатанистка 🤷‍♂️

[@user-si3oo1qy5r]

@@babavoz91679 да как ни назови, то что она делает -это красиво✨💞✨

[@babavoz91679]

@@user-si3oo1qy5r красиво то красиво но не знаю странные вещи просто спросил

[@messachan8337]

Какая ещё сатанистка, что ты несёшь...

[@nigelbenson4975]

The light will always shine even through the darkest nights. Thank you Jonna.

[@1N-A6]

Как же это прекрасно,как в сказке😍

[@helenaziegler6005]

I live in Italy in the north Po river plains and i haven't seen snow for years. I love snow and the typical northern landscapes so i am sitting here watching your amazing videos and dreaming to be a forest elf...

[@charlottecoolik9872]

BEAUTIFUL SALUTATION TO THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD 🌎 ✨️ 💛 ❤️

[@donnanichols6838]

Thank you soooo much!!! Wishes of love and light to you as well Jonna, Johan, and sweet Nanook!!! May the spirit of Christmas fill your hearts to the tippy top , and keep you full throughout the coming year!!! Much love and big fat hugs!!! 🍃😍🤗🍃

[@eanne4378]

This was so calm, so peaceful to watch. What a wonderful way to end my day. Thank you, Jonna❤

[@deoraday867]

And to begin mine!

[@kdavis4910]

And to begin mine as well ❤️‍🔥