What Hanukkah & Feast of Santa Lucia have in common

Both remind us to bless the Light as we head into the Dark.

Camille Cusumano
An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)
3 min readDec 14, 2020

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St. Lucy is always shown with wheat and holding her gouged-out eyeballs. Photo Benvenuto Tisi, Wikimedia

This year, on December 13, we celebrate the feast of Santa Lucia of Siracusa, Christian patron of Light and Sight, and the fourth day of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Light. Hanukkah’s origins stem from the second century B.C. commemorating the rededication of the Second…

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Camille Cusumano
An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

Author(ity) in/on San Francisco. Novel, essay, memoir. Teaches tango. Travel, outdoors, culture. Former editor at VIA Mag.