santas, angels, hearts, anchors, crosses, Christmas trees, candlesticks and so on and so on.
in Sweden,Norway, and Finland, know as Christmas begins on December 13th
They open their Christmas presents traditionally on the 24th of December.
It's called "joulu" in Finland and "jul" in Sweden and Norway.
Traditionally we eat ham. Some people eat turkey too. We also eat Turnip Casserole, Carrot Casserole and Potato Casserole. As you can see, we eat lots of casseroles. A traditional Christmas dish in Finland is also a beetroot salad. We drink mulled wine (known as "glögi" in Finland).
*** Observed Days *** Some of these are not national holidays. ----------------------------------------------------------- Country Event 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------- Finland New Year's Day Sat, Jan 1 Finland Epiphany Thu, Jan 6 Finland Runeberg's Day Sat, Feb 5 Finland Daylight Saving Time begins Sun, Mar 27 Finland Good Friday Fri, Apr 22 Finland Easter Day Sun, Apr 24 Finland Easter Monday Mon, Apr 25 Finland May Day Eve Sat, Apr 30 Finland May Day Sun, May 1 Finland Mother's Day Sun, May 8 Finland Ascension Day Thu, Jun 2 Finland Flag Day Sat, Jun 4 Finland Pentecost (Whit Sunday) Sun, Jun 12 Finland Midsummer's Eve (Juhannus) Fri, Jun 24 Finland Midsummer's Day Sat, Jun 25 Finland Daylight Saving Time ends Sun, Oct 30 Finland All Saints' Day Tue, Nov 1 Finland Father's Day Sun, Nov 13 Finland Independence Day Tue, Dec 6 Finland Christmas Eve Sat, Dec 24 Finland Christmas Day Sun, Dec 25 Finland Second Day of Christmas Mon, Dec 26 -----------------------------------------------------------
Of course they do. You should see the Christmas street in Turku, Finland when it's a snowy Christmas.
Christmas trees, mistletoe, Santa Claus, and candles are some of the symbols used to represent Christmas.
In Finland, everyone they celebrate the three holy days of Christmas. These are Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day.
Finland's official Christmas city is Turku (actually also previous capital of Finland). One street in Turku is decorated every Christmas in shiny, colorful decorations, and someone always gives a "Christmas Peace Decree" in there.
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in Sweden,Norway, and Finland, know as Christmas begins on December 13th
Father Christmas does something with his goat
Merry Christmas
In Finland they three traditional times to be on holiday: Summer, Christmas and winter.