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Having a sauna at
Christmas is an old tradition. People washed in the Christmas sauna before the festivities, and food and drink gifts were left there for the elf. People in wealthy families started giving each other presents at the beginning of the 1800s. Christmas calendars arrived in Finland after
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may have believed that the dead, i.e. soul birds, celebrated the mid-winter holiday with the living. They may have also believed birds to bring good luck to the home. In Sweden, the church was against this tradition, and it was about to disappear in
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Eating abundantly at the
Christmas meal comes from the ancient Finns and relates to the agricultural year cycle and the festival of light celebrated around the winter solstice. At a time when food was grown at home, gluttony and eating meat at Christmas was a rare luxury.
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Christmas has traditionally been a family celebration, but in the 2000s it has become common to spend Christmas alone.
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2175:Events and celebrations
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2697:Journey of the Magi
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2786:Christmas Lectures
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2120:Boar's Head Feast
1789:Star of Bethlehem
1760:Nativity of Jesus
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1892:TiĂł de Nadal
1842:Korvatunturi
1693:Annunciation
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