圣诞与新年
满眼已是圣诞气象。空气寒冷清冽，走在雪地上嘎吱作响。在这个圣诞老人的故乡，扑面而来的也都是圣诞气息。靠近 Rovaniemi（罗凡涅米）的北极圈上的圣诞老人村全年游客络绎不绝，在圣诞期间尤其热闹。
在 Helsinki（赫尔辛基）和其他一些城市，新年前夕的午夜焰火表演会将天际照亮。观看时您应该找一个视野好的地方。Helsinki（赫尔辛基）市中心的 Senate Square（参议院广场）就是最热闹的看焰火的地点。穿戴暖和，好好享受这场表演。
1 Santa Claus - the real one lives in Finland!
As well as being Santa's home, wintry Lapland is a snow-carpeted playground full of magical experiences for everybody. From exhilarating safaris on snowmobiles, to sleds driven by teams of reindeer or huskies, to all types of skiing, ice fishing, tobogganing, Lapland offers endless fun in the snow. And if you are looking for something at a different pace, why not come and explore a different type of wilderness or simply indulge yourself in the relaxed atmosphere and the romance of a search for Father Christmas?
New Year
With Christmas over, the wait for the New Year begins. The Finnish winter prevents any big New Year celebrations in the streets. But at midnight on New Year's Eve, the mayor of Helsinki wishes the townspeople a Happy New Year from the steps of the Cathedral. Firework displays and rockets launched around the city add colour and a boisterous note to the occasion.
Tell your future
Glasses of champagne are raised in homes and restaurants. But the most important tradition of all is telling your future by casting molten tin into a container of water and interpreting the resultant shape of the metal.
It is the time to take away the Christmas tree.
Christmas and the festive season that follows last until Twelfth Night, or Epiphany. Twelfth Night (January 6) is not observed in Finland with any specific celebrations but it is a public holiday. It concludes the Christmas festive season, and it is the time to take away the Christmas tree, enjoy the last of the Christmas fare and get back into daily routines.
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