Feels like Christmas
November 30th, 2009 admin
I’m a Christmas person. Without a doubt it’s the only celebration that I expect seriously year after year. For me Christmas has never been about religion, it’s a celebration of family filled with traditions, good food and being together. To share tidbits about the Finnish Christmas as well as many faces of Christmas postage stamps, I’ve
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One of the Finnish national epics is Seven Brothers (Finnish title: Seitsemän veljestä) by Aleksis Kivi first issued in year 1870. The book features also one of the most memorable descriptions of past christmas traditions on the peasent families. The topic of 1980 Christmas postage stamps takes it’s source from these traditions by displaying...
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