Christmas is the most important celebration of the year in Finland - Santa Claus brings the presents
Merry Christmas from Finland! For Finns the Christmas is the most important celebration of the year. Families gather together and celebrate Christmas Eve. In the old town of Turku, the former capital of Finland, a special ceremony is held to declare the beginning of Christmas peace period, starting at 12 o'clock noon on Christmas Eve and lasting for twenty days. The citizens are wished a merry Christmas and prompted to spend the Christmas time peacefully, avoiding noisy and rowdy behavior. Children watch the animation Snowman in television and wait Santa Claus. Actually Santa Claus speaks and reads Children's letters on television in the morning. The Christmas Eve many people visit cemeteries and light candles on the graves of their relatives. The cemeteries look like a sea of candles on white snow, if there is snow. In Helsinki there is no snow just now. Sauna is important for Finns and the Christmas sauna is a special tradition. The sauna has a puri...