Finnish festivals

                     Finnish festivals

Midsummer eve:

Light and midsummer’s party. In Finland it’s rare that the sun doesn’t set at all. That's what happens at Midsummer. The night is like a day and it’s the most beautiful day of the year in Finland. At midsummer people clean their houses, light bonfire to the safe place and go to sauna and get drunk for all night long.

Independence Day:

it’s the national day of Finland.  We celebrate it on the sixth of December. It’s a flag day in Finland. Then we use to put two blue and white candles on the window sill. Our president organizes big parties and he invites all important people to celebrate together. You can see the full parties on the TV. We have one movie tradition in Finland, too, we watch a movie called The Unknown Soldier.

Christmas:

On Christmas day we take candles to the cemetery. On Christmas eve Santa comes from Lapland with reindeer and gifts. We open our gifts at the night, eat good food , sing and dance and also the sauna is the best part of Christmas. Some people go to church to worship and sing more.