Christmas Traditions in Finland | Magic in the Dark and Cold Winter

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  • Опубликовано: 18 дек 2024

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  • @thomashubbell8612
    @thomashubbell8612 14 часов назад +21

    When my mother was a young girl in rural Iowa, USA, oranges were a special treat only for Christmas. Their stockings always held an orange, a “store bought fancy” apple, fancy nuts in the shell, and a candy cane. They thought they had received treasures in their stockings. Have a wonderful Christmas!

    • @atticuskilby515
      @atticuskilby515 12 часов назад +3

      It was the same for me as a child. Oranges were once a year treat.

    • @lareverie8285
      @lareverie8285 11 часов назад +3

      Aww this in a way is much sweeter than todays presents

  • @offplumbnan
    @offplumbnan 9 часов назад +7

    Many blessings to you Sanna, such a beautiful, gentle and peaceful soul. Thank you for finding your heart's delight and for sharing it with us the world over.
    And generous! I cannot imagine the hours and hours you must spend editing video and drone footage to create one of these shows. Thank you.

  • @bonnie7730
    @bonnie7730 22 часа назад +32

    I loved your video, Sanna. My ancestors came from Finland and settled in northern Minnesota (USA) which reminded them of Finland. We still live by a lake and I love hearing the ice cracking and taking lovely winter walks on it too.

  • @Raven-l8w
    @Raven-l8w День назад +27

    It is very wonderful to know there are people with enough personal honor and respect for others that you can have the "everyone's right" traditions.
    Your gentle ways and kindness' are beautiful. May you start a new trend in the young generations of the world.
    Love the Yule Goats! 👍

  • @erntefreude
    @erntefreude День назад +57

    The artistry and gorgeous scenery take my breath away, quite evocative, too.....lonely, spaceous, and just achingly beautiful. And it is all packed into 14 minutes! The sound of the cracking, booming water-sounds freezing on the lake was other-worldly. Thank you for sharing your magnificant world. Seasons Greetings from Germany. P.S. We, too, have the right of passage and very similar laws about private lands.

    • @angelika-63
      @angelika-63 17 часов назад +3

      Dein Englisch ist super! Respekt 😊 And I totally agree ❤

  • @jimt6589
    @jimt6589 День назад +23

    Merry Christmas from Australia. So glad I found this channel it makes me feel at peace.

  • @encoreunemaille
    @encoreunemaille 2 часа назад +2

    Northern lights and images of the frozen lake are stunning! So ma many thanks to you for these precious moments and images of the North. I wish you a very happy and full of joy end of this year!

  • @deidrespencer5467
    @deidrespencer5467 8 часов назад +6

    Merry Christmas, Sanna! 🎄
    I have just made my Christmas donations/gifts. This year I have donated a bale of hay to a drought-striken farmer in South Australia, and I have also donated enough money for a homeless person to be able to wash & dry their clothes at one of the Orange Sky vans here in Australia. Blessings to you & your wonderful fiance (& doggies). 🥰🌿💞🌈

  • @JulieAnne-7
    @JulieAnne-7 6 часов назад +2

    What a world-a world away from our pains and deep sorrows here in the US. You are blessed beyond measure.
    Thank you for the beautiful, soaring images of the country. That is where my heart feels the best. 💖🕯️

  • @SharronCampbell-v4n
    @SharronCampbell-v4n День назад +11

    You really know how to capture the beauty of your homeland. And describe it so beautifully! Always look forward to your next video!

  • @supriyabanerji5964
    @supriyabanerji5964 День назад +14

    Sanna - Very Happy Christmas to both of you! I am grateful to you for all that you share of your life, home and surroundings. Wish you a very good year ahead!

  • @darlenegates4055
    @darlenegates4055 22 часа назад +11

    The ice noises are an amazement!

  • @carterb43
    @carterb43 День назад +11

    Wishing you a quiet Christmas with those you love. Thank you for sharing your beautiful life with us. ❤

  • @kathymoll7010
    @kathymoll7010 22 часа назад +7

    You are so beautiful inside and out. What a beautiful life you and Esa have created. Thank you for sharing your peaceful life. I believe in giving more than you receive too.

  • @jinnymay3371
    @jinnymay3371 6 часов назад +1

    Hello from Canada, it is dark most of the day where I live as well. We are lucky to get a clear day to see the pink sky from the sun. When my dad was a boy oranges were not a normal thing, or bananas. They were not often in the market and were only a special treat. My Grandparents came from Finland in the 30’s, thank you for sharing the landscape and your eye view with us ❤

  • @sebastiancabotwats211
    @sebastiancabotwats211 22 часа назад +13

    Merry Christmas..I really enjoyed your video!

  • @jamesblack8173
    @jamesblack8173 22 часа назад +5

    Thank you so much Sanna, it feels like Christmas now! The haunting use of music and the cinematography in this film are breathtaking. Merry Christmas!

  • @MelodyMoore-ng4tb
    @MelodyMoore-ng4tb 22 часа назад +6

    I thoroughly enjoy your videos, I sit and knit while watching. Your red sweater is beautiful a work of art. Merry Christmas from Quesnel BC Canada. Our Christmas is quiet and not flashy either.

  • @SERWIN-l1v
    @SERWIN-l1v 22 часа назад +9

    Thank you Sanna for sharing your beautiful peace with the world. It's so needed these days. Wishing you a magical Christmas from California (USA).

  • @markmorris3579
    @markmorris3579 17 часов назад +4

    It's odd how water expands as it freezes,rather than shrinking.I love listening to a lake or pond as it freezes.I also love seeing the joy in your face as you decorate your home.Thank you for bringing this joy into our lives!

  • @sl9906
    @sl9906 23 часа назад +8

    What a joyful, nature immersed, hope filled video! Loved every second❤❤

  • @merkotun
    @merkotun День назад +5

    Thank you, Sanna! Be happy.

  • @dagmarsiivonen5322
    @dagmarsiivonen5322 18 часов назад +2

    Hello Sanna, from South-Finland, where we have so far more snow than you in the north, what is unusual ! I need a lot of strength to walk now through the forest to my bird.feeding place in the middle of "nowhere", the snow is so deep. Thank you for this beautiful video, it has such good vibrations !

  • @daphnekrakeel3946
    @daphnekrakeel3946 20 часов назад +5

    Dear Sanna, thank you for sharing beauty and for reminding us that love and compassion make us happy, My wish for all beings is that we all find the causes for happines and be free from suffering. Love from the Netherlands.

  • @robinbriand3362
    @robinbriand3362 8 часов назад +1

    Such a beautiful video. ❤ Thank you. When I was a child we always only had an orange, a dime, and a peppermint stick. I never understood until my grandfather explained that is what they did in Viitasaari Finland where he came from.

  • @CPerry-bu1ni
    @CPerry-bu1ni День назад +18

    Your filming is BEAUTIFUL. You are so talented 💖💖💕

  • @janetlongmuir8280
    @janetlongmuir8280 23 часа назад +6

    Merry Christmas from Scotland ❤

  • @kathyfairhead
    @kathyfairhead 23 часа назад +5

    A beautiful video and message. Thank you Sanna. Wishing you both a peaceful and happy Christmas. ☺️❤️

  • @FrancineNoel-v3s
    @FrancineNoel-v3s 23 часа назад +4

    Merci pour ce beau moment et je vous souhaite une belle période des Fêtes❤

  • @klaudiasmucker4341
    @klaudiasmucker4341 11 часов назад +1

    So beautiful and peaceful! Thank you for sharing such beauty with us!

  • @hughlaverton8748
    @hughlaverton8748 День назад +5

    God bless you 🙏

  • @NancyVanEvera
    @NancyVanEvera 23 часа назад +5

    Merry Christmas and thank you for your beautiful videos!🎄

  • @juliading1759
    @juliading1759 16 часов назад +3

    Your house is so beautiful and bright in the dark old night, Sanna. You are blessed to own a forest, no matter what size it is. It will be very pretty and smells fresh to decorate your cozy warm inviting little house with natural materials/tree branches. Love your videos, pictures, songs and everything. So happy to find your RUclips. Merry Christmas and God bless you and your family more in 2025! 🙏❤

  • @vanessachapman4868
    @vanessachapman4868 День назад +4

    Thank you, Sanna, for creating this channel and your wonderful content. You present the Finnish nature and culture so beautifully. My mother is Finnish, but she never spoke Finnish or introduced me to the culture. It's almost as if she was embarrassed about it, which I cannot understand. Your knife reminded me of one my great-uncle in Rovaniemi made for my father decades ago!

    • @turpasauna
      @turpasauna 20 часов назад +1

      Us Finns have always been told we are inferior. The Swedes, who often ruled over us, historically thought of us being lower humans than them. In the US, Finns were associated with POC and Natives; some people denied them entry to various places. The rye bread the Finns baked was darker than the wheat one US kids ate, so Finnish kids were teased about it: "Did your mom bake the bread from dirt on the floor??"

    • @polyglot.basketer947
      @polyglot.basketer947 18 часов назад +1

      @turpasauna That must have been terrible for a child, while everyone in the world is equally human being.

  • @TinyGalore
    @TinyGalore День назад +4

    Ice singing is beautiful music :)
    Merry Christmas from Denmark. ☃

  • @marniecarr1194
    @marniecarr1194 9 часов назад +1

    Thank you soooo much for sharing a small part of Finland with us and the cracking ice and the excitement of the Northern Lights❤😊 and everything else ❤😊. I make my own Christmas 🎄 tree every year with evergreen branches I put in a tall heavy vase. It turns out beautiful every time. Especially after I decorate it
    Thank you again for a wonderful video 😊❤

  • @hanne1606
    @hanne1606 День назад +10

    Thank you so much for your words of kindness❤

  • @rene.khamitov
    @rene.khamitov 23 часа назад +3

    Thank you Sanna. Greetings from Siberia

  • @gailhorrocks
    @gailhorrocks 14 часов назад +1

    Thank you as I wish you joy and blessings. My country, America is going through so many trials and I fear the next few years.
    I appreciate being your gentleness towards life as I strive for simplicity

  • @wtfbeads4464
    @wtfbeads4464 12 часов назад +1

    WOW! That was beautiful! Thank you lady of the North.

  • @carolangel6667
    @carolangel6667 12 часов назад +2

    Merry Christmas from Canada! Love your videos.

  • @nolas5638
    @nolas5638 22 часа назад +2

    Thank you, Sanna. ❤ Sending you love, peace, and light from our corner of the world (Colorado, USA).

  • @patbrougham9929
    @patbrougham9929 12 часов назад +1

    Thank you, Saana. All the best to you and yours in the new year!

  • @KaitlynFoxwood
    @KaitlynFoxwood 11 часов назад +1

    I loved this! Just beautiful to watch. A really peaceful and mindful approach to the festive season. It was so life-affirming. Thank you so much! ❄🌲❄

  • @jinxie228
    @jinxie228 День назад +5

    Merry Christmas! Beautiful views and I love the lights on the house and in the windows!

  • @annamesa5138
    @annamesa5138 6 часов назад +1

    Praised be the Lord!✋How great He is the Creator!

  • @pilgrim42
    @pilgrim42 9 часов назад +1

    Love your videos! The visual experience is fantastic, and your narration makes it even better! Maybe more video including your super-cute dog?

  • @allie1953
    @allie1953 День назад +3

    I remember how my mother rationed the orange juice when I was a child. Bacon was rationed, too. When I grew up and finally had my own home and good enough wages, I ate as much bacon and drank as much orange juice as I wanted until they no longer seemed like delicacies! 😀

  • @dianemh1779
    @dianemh1779 3 часа назад

    Thank you for another beautiful video and for the text reminders at the end ❤. You are such a beautiful human being and it shines through in your art and work. It helps to remember that we share the planet with many other like minded people. Wishing you peace and joy this Christmas and always!

  • @Cookingwithnto
    @Cookingwithnto День назад +7

    Merry christmas it looks very cozy in her video I love her videos❤❤

  • @polyglot.basketer947
    @polyglot.basketer947 15 часов назад +1

    It's been a while since we've had much snow, just a few flakes. Your whole winter atmosphere is romantic and very picturesque, with lots of magical shapes and shades. I love it (and the cute dogs) and I stare at those many stars in the sky. It's a real fairy tale. I'm agree with your Christmas decoration tips, nature gives the most beautiful ornaments...

    • @polyglot.basketer947
      @polyglot.basketer947 2 часа назад

      According to your Finnish traditions, what color clothes does Saint Nicholas really wear? After all, he lives at you in Lappland, right?....
      It is an eternal debate whether it is green and white or red and white. According to those who support the first version, this is only because of the American soft drink advertisement. 😕
      We Hungarians believe the latter, since the bishop's robe he wore was red and we call him "Mikulás"💖

  • @counselingonthealameda442
    @counselingonthealameda442 20 часов назад +2

    You make the most beautiful videos of the land with lovely music and heart felt wishes for human goodness. Thank you! Wishing you a happy holiday season 💖

  • @vladpezo8080
    @vladpezo8080 День назад +3

    Magical place

  • @chrisdeceuster6929
    @chrisdeceuster6929 15 часов назад +1

    Thank you so much Sanna, for your beautiful films. You are a beautiful inspiring human too. Thank you very much !

  • @marcusadams4154
    @marcusadams4154 День назад +4

    Beautiful video. Thanks, from grey, wet UK.

  • @trinityd4097
    @trinityd4097 16 часов назад +1

    Sanna I too so enjoy your videos, my Grandparents came from Finland to Minnesota, I was to young to hear of the story's of there from them before their passing, I do know of the lake they took the row boat across to go to church, I have photos of that very spot. Of course in the winter sled or skis. You were placed where the Lord wanted you. Merry Christmas. I was given with love, hand spun, hand knitted Finnish wool mittens that she my cousin hand dyed from her own willows cut from the backyard then she sent this year from there. The lights on the house and stars in the windows look fabulous reminding us of the words spoken from the One "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."❤ Joy to the world. Happy New Year.

  • @beeheart6324
    @beeheart6324 21 час назад +2

    Thank you for your beautiful videos! You are so talented and it's so good to learn how life is in the north of Finland. I live in the West of Ireland, which also brings very short days, but of course much longer than yours. The weather has been exceptional this year which is also a sign that big change is happening. Thanks also for your inspiration at the end of this video. Blessings!💌💌💌

  • @forestsaunter4807
    @forestsaunter4807 18 часов назад +1

    I love your creativity~ orange slice ornaments! And your hair is sooo lovely rolled up in back like that. Thank you for another video~gift. XO!!

  • @Todd_O_SOP_3465
    @Todd_O_SOP_3465 День назад +2

    Какая Красотища у Вас! С Наступающими Праздниками Вас!

  • @patriciadavison1486
    @patriciadavison1486 День назад +2

    Merry Christmas to you both,Sanna. I cannot imagine seeing the sky with so many stars and seeing the Northern Lights - how utterly beautiful. Peace for the Season - from, PD in the UK XXXX

  • @karimaabrahams8552
    @karimaabrahams8552 22 часа назад +2

    Another beautiful episode. Season's Greetings

  • @Hikehags
    @Hikehags 13 часов назад

    When I snowshoe out on our local bay, it makes those expansion and contraction sounds. I love it!

  • @dianaperkins1910
    @dianaperkins1910 16 часов назад

    Thank you Sanna I love your short videos

  • @lindarice5783
    @lindarice5783 5 часов назад

    Thank you Sanna, I do so agree with you, God Bless you and your husband. Have a joyous Christmas and here's to a Happy and Peaceful New Year. 🥂🎄❤

  • @karend8575
    @karend8575 19 часов назад +1

    Merry Christmas! I enjoy your videos. Love the Northern Lights, and the ice cracking was wonderful! To a wonderful 2025! 🥂

  • @alexgosher2702
    @alexgosher2702 3 часа назад

    Thank you so much Sanna Vaara, for your beautiful and atmospheric videos !
    Much peace and warmth your way for Christmas 🎄
    Love from the South of France,
    Katrina

  • @susanne4028
    @susanne4028 23 часа назад +2

    Thank you very much for this cozy and festive video. ❤

  • @forestsaunter4807
    @forestsaunter4807 18 часов назад +1

    So Beautiful! Please be careful~ I have not heard of ice cracking when it is forming but when it breaks up, and with such a warm winter it could perhaps freeze and break up multiple times...I don't want it to break up right under you!

  • @gingerspath3565
    @gingerspath3565 15 часов назад

    Merry Christmas! Thank you for your gift of sharing the northern lights in your video. I’ve never seen them through clouds. It was just beautiful to see. It’s something I will never see (in person) in my lifetime.

  • @sedi70
    @sedi70 День назад +3

    Wish you happy days ❤

  • @judycleland9087
    @judycleland9087 20 часов назад +1

    I love the stars in your windows

  • @jacquiharris1943
    @jacquiharris1943 4 часа назад

    Thanks

  • @doviart-fashiondesignersli5161
    @doviart-fashiondesignersli5161 21 час назад +1

    So beautiful and peaceful and I love the forest laws and yeah the sound of ice! Your life feels so unreal. Merry upcoming Christmas.

  • @leonastutzman6190
    @leonastutzman6190 21 час назад +1

    Beautiful video! I believe you could be a poet with your description of your land. You enjoy a beauty that a lot of us never see. The darkness too will pass❤. Thank you for sharing your little corner of the world. I love it!

  • @TEPO--
    @TEPO-- 4 часа назад

    A very Merry Christmas to you from the high alpine mountains of California, from my home in a snowy forest❄️
    May the arrival of Winter Solstice delight your spirits as you enjoy the scent and essence of evergreen branches in your home and the nortern lights above🕊️

  • @peterwonders4664
    @peterwonders4664 8 часов назад

    So beautiful Sanna, thank you for opening your beautiful world to us. Your cinematography and music makes it all so magical💫✨Merry Christmas

  • @sailingnstuff
    @sailingnstuff 12 часов назад

    Your videos are so peaceful and calming, so needed in this hectic modern world! Beautiful. Thank you.

  • @Seahawkess
    @Seahawkess 13 часов назад

    The cracking ice had me a little worried for you and the wolverines, yet how spectacular this all is!

  • @RezaMarz
    @RezaMarz 14 часов назад

    Kiitos.

  • @carolpiirto5613
    @carolpiirto5613 11 часов назад

    I Love your wisdom at the end. Yes oh I agree wholeheartedly with everything you say. Lovely

  • @henriettanovember4733
    @henriettanovember4733 19 часов назад +1

    Oh, it is more or less same decorations as here in north Sweden, star in window, the straw goats with red ribbons...A beautiful video with a very important message! Many blessings to you from me here in northern Sweden.

  • @ranahabiburrehman2262
    @ranahabiburrehman2262 21 час назад +1

    Perfection is your passion. You have Concord the whole hearts by making and sharing such beautiful and heart touching vedios. We have only learned about paradise but I think you are in peace and heaven. God bless you more happiness love and long life. ❤

  • @MarjaSaari
    @MarjaSaari 18 часов назад +1

    Ihanaa Joulua teille sinne!

  • @있는그대로-n9z
    @있는그대로-n9z 3 часа назад

    fantastic country !

  • @roc7528
    @roc7528 13 часов назад

    your voice is so soft and tranquilizing and the beautiful nature make me, far away from where you live, taiwan, feel peaceful. thank you

  • @barriemacfarlane
    @barriemacfarlane 16 часов назад

    Merry Christmas from the east coast of Canada where the days are also short and the temperature fluctuates from frosty cold to mild rain. Such a beautiful dog !

  • @ענתכהן-פ7ז
    @ענתכהן-פ7ז День назад +2

    Thank you for spreading goodness and kindness in tge world.
    Lovely holidays to you 🌻🌷🦋🌺💛

  • @ВалерияТогузаева
    @ВалерияТогузаева 13 часов назад

    Каждый край по-своему хорош, но Север и северное небо - это что-то особенное.
    Нет нигде такой красоты!!!❤

  • @Susan-hv9mc
    @Susan-hv9mc День назад +3

    Merry Christmas xx

  • @chrisdeceuster6929
    @chrisdeceuster6929 15 часов назад +1

    to put the slices of the oranges in the christmas-tree : ik just put them in the tree without drying first; In a few days they dry in the tree, en you can re-use them next year...

  • @ruralliberal1377
    @ruralliberal1377 12 часов назад

    so grateful that wolverines still exist in this world! and I remember ice skating on a moonlit night with the ice cracking like that :)

  • @ThereforeStand
    @ThereforeStand 7 часов назад

    Have a very merry Christmas for you and your loved ones. God bless you and yours.

  • @MR2spyder100
    @MR2spyder100 21 час назад

    A professor from Finland recently joined the facilty of our church's seminary in Indiana. He remarked to me how much more light there is here than in Helsinki, while I had been noticing how gray and gloomy it was! Thank you for sharing.

  • @eltonsalvador7620
    @eltonsalvador7620 День назад +1

    Thank you for sharing with us, your beautiful home, and congrats on your own little forest, I always enjoy your Finnish Blogs, I can't wait to visit again next year for the Autumn season

  • @unatierney230
    @unatierney230 14 часов назад

    Happy Christmas to you both! ❤❤ I wish you peaceand happiness for the new year and look forward to seeing more of your wonderful vlogs of your beautiful country. Thank you for sharing it with us.!

  • @shark1347
    @shark1347 5 часов назад

    Merry christmas🎄Sanna from Germany,i love to watch your videos every time,in Germany we don‘t have winter for a long time,that‘s really sad.

  • @annakoni3535
    @annakoni3535 23 часа назад +1

    Hej Sanna,
    so great and peaceful. You have a lovely home. Very nice.
    Thanks for sharing . I wish you a wonderful christmas-time and also a good + happy new year.
    Many greetings from Denmark

  • @TheBrandonnnn
    @TheBrandonnnn День назад +3

    Merry Christmas, Sanna. It is my dream to one day be able to spend christmas in Lapland!

  • @vegetablesmatter1408
    @vegetablesmatter1408 11 часов назад

    Stunning, Sanna! I'm new to your channel. I've just been watching for a week or so, and this was just breathtaking. Here at 38 degrees latitude, I love the short days of winter and how they inspire me to get out in the sun while it's up. I can hardly imagine what that must be like at 60+degrees latitude.
    I am weaving kitchen towels on my table loom as I watch this, before heading out on a solstice camping trip into the dark and cold. I love getting to experience the fullness of this season in that way. There will be long nights snuggled up in my sleeping bag; it's a time to catch up on sleep. I have muffins made and packed away for easy breakfasts without having to expose fragile fingers to the cold. Midday will be when we pull out the campstove to cook.
    Winter blessings to you and yours!
    xoxo

  • @pamsmith7369
    @pamsmith7369 5 часов назад

    I love❤️your Christmas decorations!
    I also use natural things a lot-pine cones, twigs, greens, pods, wood to deviate. Very simple but nice to look at!
    I out somewhere lights among them and it brightens the long, dark winter nights.
    Have a wonderful, peaceful Christmas!