Christmas is a popular time of the year in Finland and has many of the familiar Christmas traditions of other nations such as trees and decorations, parties, markets and customs. Finland has a great Christmas atmosphere as it is located in northern Europe so has snow, reindeer, trees used for Christmas trees and it is even said that Santa Claus lives in northern Finland.

Finland has many of its own Christmas customs to reflect Finnish culture. It has its own distinctive Christmas food eaten throughout the Christmas season and during the main days of Christmas.

Learn about Christmas in Finland and try some Finnish Christmas foods with this book - The Finnish Christmas Cookbook