St. Lucia Breakfast

The 71st annual St. Lucia Breakfast at First Lutheran Church in Litchfield will be on Saturday, from 6-to-9 a.m. It’s a traditional Swedish breakfast with proceeds going to the Women of the E-L-C-A.

Nicole Geffre has been serving as chair for the event – with lots of co-chairs – and decorations put together by Chris Cervin, and she says it takes a lot of preparation. She says they have several young ladies who serve as St. Lucia queens.

Geffre says the menu includes toast topped with white sauce and powdered egg yolks or scrambled eggs, sausage, cranberries, tea ring and cookies. She says the tradition goes back centuries to celebrate St. Lucia who brought food to Christians hiding in catacombs while wearing a wreath of candles on her head to light the way. The suggested donation for the breakfast is $10 for adults, $5 for children 6-to-10, and free for children under 6.