My mother, Eila, was an immigrant from Finland, and I was born in her hometown, Rauma, located on Finland’s west coast across the Gulf of Bothnia from Sweden. A Finnish Christmas revolves around ...

During the weeks prior to Christmas, Finland seems overrun by party fever. This phenomenon is called the Pikkujoulu (pre-Christmas party) season. And that same energy was brought to Duluth today. The ...

FITCHBURG — The community is welcome to celebrate the season and bake traditional “Joulutorttu”, Finnish Christmas pastries, and taste “Glogi”, a holiday drink from 10 a.m. until noon, Sunday, Dec. 1, ...

Christmas in Finland is a very special time, with much attention paid to fine food, family fun and beautiful decorations. The Finnish Tourist Board is pleased at this time of year to answer a few of ...

While many people believe that the spirit of Christmas can live on in all of us throughout the year, there's one town where ...

ROVANIEMI, Finland — Workers at Santa Claus Village, a holiday theme park on the edge of the Arctic Circle, chipped away at a frozen dome, using chisels to put the final touches on an ice ...

The Finns really know how to celebrate the Christmas season. Here are a few more Finnish holiday traditions: Anna's Day: Dec. 9 is the day preparations for Christmas traditionally begin in earnest.

Passion for doing and getting things done has been an important theme for Paulig Juhla Mokka coffee for over 40 years. This year the market leader in Finland decided to create the world's very first ...

According to the Finnish tradition, Christmas is brought to the homes by St. Thomas on December 21 (St. Thomas Day) and is taken away by St. Knut on January 13. St. Thomas markets prepare for the ...

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