圣诞老人故乡的圣诞节First Christmas in Finland

第一次在圣诞老人的故乡过圣诞节。

市区、商场从12月就装饰起来了，中心广场还开了圣诞市场，卖圣诞树、蜡烛、各种装饰、食品，蛮好玩的，看看图片吧：

My first Christmas in Finland, the homeland of Santa Claus

The city and shops were decorated in the early December. There were Christmas market in the city center, they sell Christmas trees, candles, food and decorations, see the pictures, pretty interesting!

除夕的时候我们就去了大熊爸爸妈妈家。大熊爸爸妈妈一进12月就开始准备了，做各种吃的，打扫卫生，买礼物，装饰屋里，很有气氛，让我想到了中国的新年。

很喜欢漂亮的餐桌布置：

we went to Miikka’s  parents home in the Christmas Eve , they had been preparing for Christmas for almost one month, making all kinds of food, cleaning house and decorating, preparing gift’s  for everyone. it reminds me about Chinese new year.

I especially liked the eating table! It was sooooo beautiful! and of course I loved the food!

除夕天黑前我们一起去了公墓，原来这边人也有除夕祭祖的习惯啊，给先逝的人带去圣诞蜡烛。我们把蜡烛放到了这里，到处都是烛火，记得夏天的时候看到的墓地到处都是鲜花，连墓地都很美很安详，感觉他们真的都去了天堂。

In the Christmas Eve, we went to tomb land, brought candles there, it was so beautiful and peaceful in the tomb land, not scary at all. In summer time, there were many flowers. even tombs are so beautiful in Finland!

我们在后院堆了雪人 we made snowman in the back yard

把雪球堆起来，里面放上蜡烛，烛光从缝隙里透出来，很好看啊 candle in side the snowballs

我和大熊用饼干做的房子：不容易的啊。。先设计。。再和面。。。把面团擀成薄饼。。。根据设计切成墙，屋顶，窗户，松树，院子。。。然后放进烤箱里烤。。。用烧熔的糖把房子一片一片地粘起来。。。再用彩色的M豆装饰房子，把糖撒在房顶上做成雪的效果。。。。。最后，把房子吃掉！

Miikka and I made house with ginger bread: not easy…firstly, design……make TAIKINNA……cut them into pieces as roof, wall, windows, pine trees…… bake in the oven…… stick them together with hot melted sugar, decorate it with colorful chocolate balls…… at last, eat it!

大熊妈妈做的显然比我们的精致好多：Leena made this, beautiful!

在学校过的“小圣诞”，相当于中国的“小年”吧，哈哈。我们在木屋里过的，氛围跟在家里不太一样。。。

those are some pictures in the “pikku joulu” I was in the cottage with the classmates and teachers.

好喜欢安详的烛光啊！ Love the peaceful candles!