Christmas Traditions
Around the World
Finland
In Finland, Santa is called Joulupukki.
At Christmas time people in Finland say: 'Hyvaa
Joulua'.
In Finland they believe that Santa lives in
the north part of Finland called Korvatunturi which is north
of the Arctic Circle.
People from all over the world send letters to Santa Claus in
Finland.
They love sant so much in Finland that they built a theme park
called 'Christmas Land' near where Santa lives.
The houses are all cleaned and spruced up for Christmas.
The Christmas gifts are given to them by Joulupukki after they
tell him that they have ben good that yeat.
The families decorate a spruce tree for Christmas
The Christmas meal, is usually casseroles with
vegetables, meat or fish and pasta.
