(Clearwisdom.net) For Westerners, Christmas is a time for family and friends to gather together. Just after Christmas, on December 29, a group of practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden. They sat in candlelight, protesting the CCP's brutal persecution of Falun Dafa.

Practitioners protest the persecution in front of the Chinese Embassy in Sweden

A girl and her mother deliver a letter to the Chinese Embassy asking for an end to the persecution.

The sun hung low in the sky at two o'clock in the afternoon on this winter day in Stockholm. A cold drizzle began to fall. Most of those protesting had not brought rain gear, but even as the rain fell and the wind blew, the faces of the practitioners reflected their tranquility and sense of purpose. They prepared for their candlelight vigil by lighting the candles and putting them in order, delivering Falun Dafa truth clarification materials to passers-by, and sending righteous thoughts. Everybody cooperated very well. During the two and half hours in front of the Chinese Embassy, hardly a voice was heard. There was no leader, even a coordinator, but every task was carried out quietly and efficiently.

A pretty ten-year-old girl and her entire family came from Arvika. She wrote a letter to the Chinese Embassy in sincere and pure language to ask for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong, because cultivation of Dafa can make one healthy and it is truly a very good thing. She drew a picture with a lotus flower bookmark and took it to the Embassy with her mother.

In the last eight years, as the persecution of Falun Gong in China has intensified, practitioners around the world have held many peaceful protests in many different places. This Christmas activity was only one of many peaceful appeals.