Well as you may or may not know, Christmas is quite a big thing for the Virtanen household. It was something that Maurice’s father had to understand pretty quickly when he got married to his wife, but the Finnish people are very strict and clear on how Christmas is spent. In addition to this we all know the real Santa Claus does not live anywhere near the North Pole, because like seriously who would live there? Instead the fat bastard lives in Rovaniemi where tourists are able to see him every day of the year (apart from Christmas Eve). Oh and that is another important thing, Christmas and its biggest celebrations are had on Christmas Eve and not on Christmas Day. The day starts with some rice porridge, followed by visiting any graves of relatives. After that everyone in Finland listens in as the peace declaration of Christmas time is announced. This means that all the bickering and fighting that might be going on in any household must cease at once and can only be started up again after Christmas (so somewhere around the 27th of December). The next point of business is to go to Christmas Mass and repent for any sins. After this has been done we all sit down as a family (and any relatives that visiting) for Christmas dinner and have all of our traditional dishes that I could go on and on about. After this we realize Santa has visited our house while we were eating and we open up all the presents that we received. Finally we all go to our own homes or beds and start waiting for the next Christmas
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