{"id":92,"date":"2022-10-26T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fontegaiatour.it\/en\/blog\/?p=92"},"modified":"2022-10-26T12:16:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T10:16:15","slug":"why-you-should-choose-finland-for-your-next-christmas-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fontegaiatour.it\/en\/blog\/why-you-should-choose-finland-for-your-next-christmas-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you should choose Finland for your next Christmas Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Janne is a Finnish colleague<\/strong> who organizes some special activities in Southern Lapland<\/a>. We asked him why we should spend Christmas time in Finland<\/strong> and here it is his magic tale about Wintertime in Lapland!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The magic of Christmas time in Finland according to Janne<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you’re looking for a nice place to spend the next Christmas holidays<\/strong>, I would like to give you a few reasons to come to Finland<\/strong>. Here is the first one: you become happy<\/strong>! You might know that the Finns have been nominated as the happiest people in the world! Therefore we spread happiness all around, especially at Christmas time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second one is because of the S\u00e1mi people<\/strong>, the indigenous people living in the Northern part of Finland. They taught us how to herd reindeer<\/strong>, so here in Southern Lapland reindeer are free in the wild for half of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We herd reindeer naturally because of their tasty and organic meat, which is always the queen of our Christmas food.\u00a0Carrot and swede casseroles, oven-baked ham, beetroot salad, pickled Baltic herring, smoked salmon, and roasted potatoes are the perfect pairs of reindeer meat, making our Christmas menus rich and delicious<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Christmas cookies<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The smell and taste of Christmas bring back memories of my childhood<\/strong>: baking Christmas cookies and “star pastries”, or, joulutorttu<\/a>, were the most important moments in our family Christmas. Of course, the white-bearded man with a few presents in the evening was the most awaited moment at Christmas!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around Christmas, we are in the darkest period of the year<\/strong>, which is called the Polar Night<\/strong>, up in the North above the Arctic Circle. Fortunately, in South Lapland where I live, we have a bit of light around <\/strong>Christmas time. We call this spectacular moment of the day the Blue Moment<\/strong>. And it happens only during Christmas: the sky and the whole landscape turn blue in the afternoon. From light blue to dark blue, and then from yellow to purple, red, and to total darkness, it\u2019s a dance of colors. Then usually starts the wonderful Northern Lights show<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Northern Lights in Lapland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We can say that Christmas time is the most magical period<\/strong> also for nature and landscape photographers<\/strong> because nature is stunning. When I was a child, I used to spend Christmas holidays outdoors and my life was a great adventure in the Nordic nature all the time. I loved it so much that went to school for learning Arctic survival skills and Wilderness First Aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this period of the year the activities in Lapland we offer<\/a> to our guests are the same as we do with our families and children like skiing, snowshoeing, and ice-fishing. We might feel a bit quiet and shy at first, but you can trust that the heart of Northern people is always warm for guests visiting!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to South Lapland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Janne & Pena-husky<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Winter holidays in Finland: we asked our Finnish colleague Janne to tell us about the magic of Christmas holidays in Finland!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[10,12,14],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fontegaiatour.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/syo\u0308tesunrise.jpg?fit=1500%2C1001&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa7uIP-1u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32,"url":"https:\/\/fontegaiatour.it\/en\/blog\/visit-finnish-lakeland-in-summer\/","url_meta":{"origin":92,"position":0},"title":"Summer Holidays in Finland: visit the Lake Saimaa","author":"Fonte Gaia","date":"9 August 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A labyrinth of islands that overlook the blue of the water so pure that you can even drink it. 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