Strong gusts of wind crawl against the entrails of the city of Helsinki. Suurikirkko peeks through the snow, awaiting for the sun that hasn’t laid arms on the pearl of the North for months.
Against all odds, life continues here. It’s a marvel how human beings adapted to such a harsh environment. You start thinking either you hate snow or the snow hates you. 😀 There is no other option.After a typical Finnish weekend, you can’t feel your bones 😀 Your body runs on Karhu, you extinguish your dreadful hangover by just having another round of less stronger alcohol. Olvi perhaps?
Or just do lumityö ( snow work) half- naked while it snows like there is not tomorrow. If that doesn’t cure your hangover, than I have nothing else to say to you. 😀 You fight your way through the snow, and there is a small envelope waiting in your postilaatikko ( mailbox). Who could have thought of me in this time of year?!
Then I just open the letter, and on top of it I see the seal of Santa Claus’s main post office in Rovaniemi, Article Circle, Lapland.Some of us never grew up. Deep inside I am still a child! My reaction was: “SANTA WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE YOU FAT F***!” Just kidding 😉
It warmed my heart up , despite of the harsh winter ravaging outside.
Joulupukki’s letter
Santa IS from Finland. Every Finn will tell you that! You better know it. 😛 It’s a well know fact.
My letter came from Joulupukki’s dwelling, Korvatunturi (Ear Mountain), Lapland that is. The letter contained Santa’s letter and a calendar for the incoming year of 2013. It only means one thing, someone dear to me, sent me this letter. I still do not know who it was!
Here is an excerpt from the letter:
” As I look through the window I can see the fluttering of snowflakes. The deep blue light of the darkening afternoon colours the landscape in Christmas shades. I have been reading the delightful letters the children of the world have sent me, while munching on some freshly baked gingerbread biscuits. Now what I really feel is sending you a letter and giving you my Christmas greetings…”
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Enlighten someone’s day!
PS: Check your mailbox 😉
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