In this article, Sweden's St. Lucia's Day holiday goes gender neutral, published by CNN and written by Lilit Marcus on October 11 mentioned Sweden will not consider gender when casting their "Lucia.". The holiday, which often coincides with the winter solstice, depicts St. Lucia -- Lucy in English, as a young girl in a white dress and red sash, with a wreath of candles on her head. Very often, the selection of Lucia has been compared to a beauty pageant, and some have criticized officials for preferring pale, blonde Lucias. But this year they decided to rethink the idea of Lucia completely…