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  • Oh, hi, I'm Wilbur.

  • Is anyone else really excited for Christmas?

  • We don't have Christmas back in Manstonia So I've asked my friends here at web certain to tell me what it's all about and it seems that different countries have their own unique Christmas traditions My friend Mina comes from Finland and since Finland is the home of Santa Claus himself I couldn't wait to hear about a typical Finnish Christmas The morning starts with rice porridge with a hidden almond in it normally the person who gets the almond has to do something like sing a song or is just Considered to be the luckiest person at the table Later in the day the family will take a sauna together.

  • This is one of the most important Christmas traditions in Finland some families choose to make the occasion extra special by using a victor which is a whip made of birch twigs to beat each other Which enhances the effect of the saunas heat in the evening Santa comes to visit to give presents Children get to sit on his lap and the whole family sings Christmas songs for Santa with at least one song being Dedicated to him.

  • Yeah, and of course all this happens on Christmas Eve I hope you enjoyed learning how they do things in Finland.

  • Happy Christmas from everyone here at Whip Certain

Oh, hi, I'm Wilbur.

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