Ep08 Our traditional Finnish Christmas - so much family, food, santa & all them gifts
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- Christmas Eve is a big day for us Finns. We are mostly an atheist people but celebrating Christmas with family is more of a cultural practice than religious. We celebrated this year's Eve at Hämeenlinna with my mother's partner's family. It was the first time for Annika and Vinod to see Santa bring gifts, decorating the Christmas tree, all that delicious food and meeting my extended, blended family. I'm sure they'll take these wonderful family memories back to India with them. We also visited the cemetery where my grandparents and father is buried. It's a Christmas tradition in Finland to visit the graves and remember the dead.
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This shows that people are more like a same all around the world. they just want to be happy and happiness around them.
Well said and l agree.
Joanna I’m so happy to see your vlogs. Such a lovely family ❤️
This country is built for introverts! Love it!
Yes it is. 😅 From self-service everywhere to huge personal space, it's an introvert's paradise. Also it's an important part of our culture to give space and be silent. To us, it's the biggest form of appreciation one can give. 😊
In Portugal we visit the cemetery in november 1st.
8:28 maybe that's the reason it's the happiest country 😄
hahaha!
Such a beautiful Christmas family gathering and surely a memorable one. I loved the interiors of the home and the dining table laid out in red and white. The view thru the large glass window seems like a fairy tale to me.
I love the way you make your videos, they are like documentaries with good camera angles and clarity and with a lots of love. Raimo is so full of life and your mom is so cute, I felt like hugging both of them and they look so good with each other (he cool as cucumber and your mom bundle of nerves :-) ). Beautiful traditions, that shows that one need not be a believer to have good food, show love and togetherness. The visit to the graveyard made me emotional for some reason and Annika looks so cute in that sledge. It is nice to see that Vinod got a chance to spend such good time with such warm people. And Annika is always the star of the show with her beautiful maroon red dress. Thank you for sharing this with us.
They opposites balance each other out! Well at least that is the case with mom and Raimo, and also me and vinod 😊 i think these days, at least in Finland, Christmas is much more a cultural celebration than a religious one! Anyways Christmas was originally a pagan festival 🤓
@@JohannaNorth , my husband and I are the same as well. He is the one with the cool attitude and I full of nerves.
Beautiful Finnish traditions. Very sacred atmosphere. Your Indian husband will probably honor it, as his culture is also very non-western and demanding. I grew up in Hungary in a similar culture to the Finnish. But since 1989 that culture is almost diminished by Nato moving in. Keep the heart of your traditions forever, don't ever despise them, or let anyone take them from you....before I forget to add....beside the absolute beauty of everything and everyone in your video, the editing is perfection.
i want to see annika running around....god bless u little sweetheart...😘
Loved he lovely cozy house , and the Christmas tradition of visiting the cemetery, We do miss our loved ones more on days like this.. In India we visit the cemetery on November 2; which is All Souls day.
I think the cemetaries are visited on almost all our winter holidays, Christmas and also independence day, all saints day etc ☺️
What a beautiful way to celebrate Christmas! Truly magical 🧙♀️!
Missing old dayz ..watching again!!!
Very informative. Beautifully made. Thank you
annika has grown so much!
So much love.
Enjoyed seeing Finland,Annika,Your Family.We too remember our elders by offering prayer every year.Rameshwaram in south India is for remembering parents. Beautiful Finland well cultured people.Enjoy your life.
It’s awesome how this baby is going to enjoy two different cultures and traditions growing up in one world.
22.27 is the best 👌
Wie schön! 🥰
We also had a magical snowy christmas in Poland this year and have similar traditions around Christmas. Greetings from Polish/Indian Vloggers in the UK
Annika is getting more n more interesting by the day.
She has taken the best of both parents. Fathers Indian looks and mothers coloring !! How comfortable she is in any atmosphere. Started crawling in her Nani’s home too. A perfect insight into ur rituals and customs : remembering ur dead for Christmas !!!
How simple and uncomplicated u all r.
A joy to watch ur blogs, Joanna !!
Keep posting !!!!!
Actually Annika did already start to crawl a little a week or two before we came to Finland, but now the speed just keeps getting higher and higher! 🤩 but it’s so nice to see that she is enjoying life here too, not just in india! Thats all i could ask for 🥰
Secret of buying toys and gifts for babies. Pick the toys you want to play with and the babies will love the wrapping and boxes while you get to play with the toys. Babies loves boxes and wrapping!
Haha yes, i’m pretty sure that’s how my mom was while shopping! Annika got this baby keyboard/music toy and my brain explodes with the sounds but grandma and Annika keep playing with it happily together 🤣❤️
Mom is like me !!!
Happy Christmas everyone 🌲
Thoroughly enjoyed every moment of your Finnish Christmas Celebration. It was just WOW! Loved the bonds and bonhomie, togetherness, sharing and caring and enjoying together, the candle lit Christmas dinner, snow outside, warm people inside, Carols, Santa, reindeers, Christmas tree, candles and lamps, delicious Nordic Finnish Food, Cheerful people, laughter and merry making, lavish dinners, lovely people, porridge and pastries, gifts and wrappers, cozy wooden cottages, absolute fun, you had it all. Loved being a part of it virtually.
Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year 2022!!!
I think you must’ve listed almost everything that is great about Finnish Christmas in my opinion too 😍 wish you a happy new year!
@@JohannaNorth Hahahaha, Thank you so much. Really appreciate your personal touch with your viewers despite being in a busy schedule and with your family after a long time.
Good to see good festive harmony . I come from a Muslim Arab country and married interracially into a British family . I am glad Annika is well pampered
I appreciate the acceptance and cooperation with full inclination to learn more and more about your customs and you are equally compa
Thanks for teaching how familes should live for peace n happiness 🙏❤️❤️❤️👍🎉😍
Thankyou for sharing you're Christmas day with us. So LOVLEY and very touching when you visited lost ones at the graveyard so special Annika love the wrapping paper 😂 as most little ones do ❤️🤗 soooooo cute vinod I loved how he was happy with he's presents bless him hope you enjoyed you're presents johanna thankyou again for a LOVLEY Christmas video and taking you're time to record it thankyou LOVLEY johanna and family I felt like part of you're family sitting there opening prezzys so welcoming 💕💕💕🤗🤗🤗🤗👍👍👍👍👍🤶🎅🎄💐🎁
I hope you had lovely holidays with family too, Tina! You deserve all the love and peace after a year like this ❤️
a little life going between the dead ... a journey we will all go through and the life we have to enjoy the journey so keep going 😘
Apologies lm late to watch, we have also been spending quality time together as a Family and creating memories as my Dad is running out of time with us.
Compliments to your beautiful Mum and Raimo for the exquisite feast they created and bringing the whole family together. Hope Nina is recovered now. Annika is like every other baby in this world on first Christmas, all about the paper and straight into the mouth🥰. "I have many husbands" 😅 Vinod "how did you know l wanted this" Johanna "l live with you" this was too funny!! Thankyou for sharing a traditional Finnish Christmas, these memories can never be taken from you . 🙏
Annika is like her Maternal mother in law, so beautiful and Jolie Annika, Merry Christmas, God bless her👏👏👏 🌹🌺❤
Truly a beautiful & blessed Christmas family get together! Thank you Vinod & Johanna for spreading the warmth & joy of Finnish Christmas...Raimo & your Mom stole our hearts...such darlings!
Wow happy to see Annika's first Christmas celebration in Finland
Raimo and your mother are extremely hard working and organised, meticulous, I noticed how she keeps everything in order, even the runner on the table every time Annika slips it off. Such people need a good back massage and pat on the back to show our love to them and the years of hard work they have put in for their kids. Nina deserves a Rolex watch from you and Vinod as a parting gift for she has such genuine affection towards you and your baby. Hope she comes to India and has a great time, or even sets up a Finnish school in India. And the Christmas filled days, it was a joy to watch no doubt, but more than I observed the rhythm and mannerism of the Finnish people and the way they express their happiness so implicitly, subtly yet so powerful is the force inside, it is a very different human aspect, maybe because of the cold weather it makes you more resolute and stoic. Johanna yours and your sister, mother smiles are so lovely, and Annika of course, says not much like Vinod, but she has that one cute expression in a day that lights the whole house up.
Best complements of the season. Happy to see you celebrate together
Thank you for sharing your Christmas . Annika is so cute and you're a lovely family. Your mum is so cute and caring. ❤🙏😄
Thanks for sharing your Christmas celebrations with us. Really enjoyed the authentic Christmas
Watched your 1st video 3days ago, now addicted to this cute little angel 🤩
Annika's hair is getting so full! And, the color is so beautiful. In the sunlight, it glows an auburn/red
Amazing, please keep your History Alive.
The cemetery shots are stunning, and Annika being in the sleigh is beyond cuteness. 😄 Wonderful tradition to visit/include the ones that passed on.
Hello Johanna,I'm Serena and I always watch your videos...they are so beautiful all of them but this in Finland I prefer......I love your country and traditions...and your family is sweet,warmy and lovely...😘😘😘😘a kiss for all of you
I’m so happy to hear you love Finland! I’ve really been enjoying sharing my country with all of you ❤️
Beautiful traditions and love the Christmas celebrations.
Johanna thanks a lot for your answer...yes I love so much Finland and I love your videos because you show the traditions of live and I image with my though to be with all of you😘😘😘😘❤❤❤❤
Beautiful tradition to remember those who have gone before us,enjoy the feasting,Annika is very settled and enjoying everything,
Real real Christmas experience for Vinod. Lovely white Christmas celebrations for all in the family
The warmest and most welcoming video l have ever seen. Best Wishes to all
Love from Canada
Important thing is family and togetherness...rest follows...
i really love this video i like the people out there and their celebration, pure love in it
I hope nina is well now she looks so much like my aunt I hope u all r happy ur mother n raimo may u all be blessed
Hi Johanna,. Lovely vlog. Anika 's smile is enchantIng. Vinod looks like Vikrant Massey. He is an accomplished actor in Hindi cinema. I am from.kerala. But don't live there .
Johanna such a beautiful Christmas Vlog. All ur family members in Finland are soo loving and caring, you are lucky to have them. My best wishes and love to all your family members. 😊🙏
Morning Johanna Vinod and baby Annika 👧🏻Finland mummy and sister 🎄🤩💕she is enjoying the Finland 🇫🇮 food 🍲 she likes you sister 👱🏻♀️I think she love the cold weather ☃️and beaning outside ☃️☃️☃️
Another beautiful video Johanna. Finland has a wonderful Xmas tradition, and it is so lovely to see how your family celebrates it. Visiting the graves of your ancestors was really so very touching. Vinod is thoroughly enjoying the trip. Raimo is a character! 😂Annika on a sleigh, what a deligh, and I cannot believe how tall she is getting, and just as beautiful, OMG. God bless u all and may 2022 bring many wonderful blessings, mainly health, good cheer, happiness, peace, and many trips. Happy New Year. Much love fm 🇵🇹.
We wish you all the best for 2022 too! It’s so good to have you here and I hope you enjoy a new year with us ❤️
Nice to watch a Finnish Christmas celebration 🎅🤶🧑🎄🌲 .Annika sitting in a sleigh was a cute sight. So happy for you Johanna that you could celebrate Christmas in Santa's home land and yours too❤
Such a heart warming Christmas Eve Johanna. Annika seems to find joy in everything she experiences in Finland & with your family. I hope Nina has recovered from her stomach bug. So unfortunate. Vinod in all the Finnish winter sweaters is something he must find so foreign to his experience but delightful & unforgettable. You always manage to bring me back to my treasured memories of Christmastime. Be well & much love to you all. ❤️
Such a lovely vlog ,and so interesting to see how Christmas is celebrated in Finland ,I was intrigued that the tree is put up on Christmas morning , food looked yummy , and the snow made it so magical ,here in Ireland a white Christmas is very rare . Annika is just delightful ,her Christmas dress was so nice and loved how she interacted with Santa 🎅😊 she is a,social butterfly 😊. Vinod did great work keeping the fire going .Here in Ireland we also visit the graves ,we lay wreaths made Holly that we pick .Happy New year to you all !!!
❤️❤️❤️ as a child I always dreamed of a Christmas just like this. I know it's strange but I'm going to miss when you leave Findland
Beautiful Christmas celebration with family
Beautiful and hope memorable Christmas year for your family. 👍🌸✨🎉
Beautiful Christmas 🎄 😍 ❤ ♥ 💕 💖
Nice family !! I appreciate much to see you all together!❤️
I mean, we have also celebrated Christmas amidst the new variant Omicron. But this Christmas celebration looks more warming and fantastic. Raimo has been the star of the event. He welcome everyone wholeheartedly and with joy. It was fabulous to watch those beautiful moments. Yes, you guys are definitely collecting memories. I found Annika being cool with the Finnish side of the family. Take care dear Johanna and wishing you all a prosperous New Year😍🎉🥂🎈👏Ciao🤗
Beautiful tradition to remember loved ones not with you today.. Amazing spread of food. Best part was all adults also enjoying the santa tradition and Santa playing his part to T!! And best line when you said " I live with you"..Lovely video ( and entire fin series).. ❤
Beautiful ❤️ kiitos sinulle ihanista videoista ❤️🙏
very nice video💖😍 God bless u and your family. Thank you for making us happy and smiling... Keep rising and shining... sending lots of Love and care 💕from Sydney, Australia.
Amzaing & Happy New year ; Annika is very much happy in Nani ji home
Very nice of you to share this family Christmas with all of your viewers. I loved seeing the traditions in Finland 😀
Thank you for sharing such a warm & lovely family Christmas.
Wow! real candles. I haven't seen those (except in packages in some European grocery stores). Not on a tree for several decades. People don't like the risk. They're so lovely.
I don’t blame your mom for being nervous sitting by the tree that has real candles burning!!! 😱 Raimo made the best Santa ever 😂 So much fun.
Hi 👋 it was so beautiful 🤩 to see Annika first 🎄☃️🐾in Finland 🇫🇮 happy happy times sweetie ☃️🇫🇮☃️🇫🇮☃️🇫🇮🐾🇫🇮
Season Greetings to you and your family. I’ve really enjoyed you sharing your beautiful family gatherings. Thank you for sharing these wonderful memories. Annika is growing up and getting more adorable. These are wonderful memories for everyone!!
Very nice family christmas...Just like a fairy tale🤶🧑🎄🧚♀️🧚🧚♂️
Lovely celebrations .. Beautiful Annika was the star .. such a good girl always happy and enjoying .😍.. 🎄🌲🤶🤶
Beautiful Christmas Day Beautiful Christmss traditions Beautifu People love 💑
It was so heart warming celebration 🎉 happy that Vinod had a good Finnish Xmas 🎄
Dear Johanna: Thank you so much for sharing your amazing Christmas dinner with us! It was truly a joy to watch. I love all your traditions Raimo was so wonderful as Santa. Annika was so captivated with Santa and all the excitement. I am sure Vinod will never forget his amazing Christmas and holiday with your family. It was so beautiful to see everyone together, singing, laughing and enjoying each other's company. Christmas is definitely a very special time of the year. I want to wish you, Vinod, Annika and both your families a Very Happy and Healthy New Year. Thank you again Johanna for sharing these very special and precious moments with us. Big Hugs💖. Silvie
Wow what a wonderful Christmas celebrations ❤️🎊👍Annika is so 🥰
Beautiful memories made. Very interesting to watch a typical Finnish Christmas. Similar to our Welsh Christmas in many ways. Slight difference on the food but the concept of family, enjoyment, feasting and the remembrance of loved ones who have passed is the same. A truly beautiful vlog. 💙
Woh beautiful Christmas..felt like I was there with you celebrating Christmas..🥰 really touching
This was so touching it made me teary eyed, Johanna. I’m going to be so sad when you guys leave.I’m really going to miss your family there. Thank you for sharing with us. ❤️🙏
Peaceful and fun gathering with family and food is all about holidays.. isn’t it? Such a beautiful sight and all that casseroles 😋 your mom must have spent hours cooking and all those gifts😍 you chose perfect time to visit your home dear Johanna. We all got to see this too!
I was touched by your visit to fallen solders and putting candles 🙏.
Xmas tree straight from roots and live candles burning on tree never been done here!! We just see fire here caused by just keeping live tree inside for too long!!😱
Wishing you all very happy new year 🎊 with lots of ❤️🥰
Looks like I am visiting Finland myself..Such a good video this is...God bless you all 🙏
It is really cool to see how they celebrate Christmas in Finland!
Nice vlog. Annika enjoyed immensely especially with the gift wrap ribbons. Raimo totally rocked and your mom fussing over everyone. Beautiful Christmas video Johanna. Thanks for sharing this.. Finland is beautiful. ❤️
Annika’s Christmas dress is so pretty 🥰🥰🥰🤗❤️❤️ Joahna enjoy your vacation. I am sure Vinod must be missing his Dal Roti or chaval by now😀😀😀🥰🥰
Annika seems to grow more and more intelligent and responsive..The house with it's beautiful interiors looks very attractive. The human relations among you people are very warm. The celebration was really exceptional..The dishes spread on the table were colourful ...In short, you have made your Xmas celebration very very special to the viewers.. Thank you Vinod and Johanna.
Omg, this beautiful smile 😍
You really know how to capture the interest of the viewers. The moment I saw Annika looking so pretty and giving such a beautiful smile I had to watch the video immediately. Sending you and your family lots of love ❤️
Wow- I learned a lot about the differences between the US ( where I lived for 7 years) and Finnland.
I didn’t know that there isn’t not really a religious tradition….thank you for explaining us.
Oh lovely...thanks for sharing!
Family making gorgeous memories together. Thank you for sharing your family with us at this special time of year.
Lots and lots and never-ending love to the angel. Annika keeps on radiating happiness and love wherever she is. Hugs and kisses for her from elder sis Jini (8yrs) from India. Wish you all and the family a nice year ahead. 🥰🥰
Thank you for sharing your Christmas with us. Great seeing your family and the traditions. Everything looked so. Beautiful and delicious. Happy New Year.
O Natal na Finlândia é lindo e maravilhoso!
Loved watching the heartening way you celebrated Christmas. Amazing bond of the family.... 🙏🙏
Loved the cozy interiors of the houses over there. You will never be bore with super active baby like Annika. Oh, the gifts are beautiful too.
The Christmas FOOD Looks Delicious : )
Beautiful family Christmas gathering. Merry Christmas to all of you.🎉🎊🎄🧑🏻🎄👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️
What a beautiful family get together 💖 I am sure the exposure Annika and Vinod getting in a different land ( second home) is a very good experience, such warmth and like the saying goes ‘love is an universal language’ ❤️ thank you for the video clip
A really remarkable video!! Longer than the previous ones, I like it a lot! You are a great family, and you get along well with each other!! I am italian but I never heard about Italian sad, it is a very funny thing 😂 it seems really tasty!! We call russian salad the one made with boiled vegetables as potatoes, carrots and peas all with mayo! Best wishes for a happier new year!! Baby Annicka and Raimo really stole the show 😍😍
A beautiful Christmas vlog with beautiful peoples. Your dedication, enthusiasm, and insight are shown in your work Johanna. Annika and Nina were looking so beautiful on Christmas eve
Wow your Christmas celebrations are very beautiful 🤩 homely & warm remembering your deceased is very heart warming. What a good day it is to show how much you love & care.💗💗Annika loves aunt so much.