18-year-old Tea Vigren, who attends Vimmerby high school, reacted to the fact that the school’s Lucia would once again be voted for.
– It will be like a beauty or popularity contest, says Tea.
Why not draw the school’s Lucia instead of a vote, she thought, and raised the issue with the student council and school management.
– Many people seem to think that voting itself is also a tradition, but that is not the case. It is the Lucia celebration and the songs that are the tradition, says Tea.
After much back and forth, Tea finally got her wish – see more in the player above.