and some other lights on my walk last night of the year 2011:
peek through the church window
very light snow was magical, perfect ending for the year.
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Showing posts with label candles. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Sunday, December 25, 2011
CHRISTMAS DAY
still grey and drizzly
Every Christmas Eve afternoon volunteers place candles along the Rauma river:
Art Museum's Christmas project, himmelli made out of plastic coat hangers:
Himmeli is a traditional Finnish Christmas decoration. It is usually made with pieces of straw.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
HALLOWEEN and MemorialDay
Happy Halloween!
No Trick or Treaters on the streets.
Stores are trying to push decorations but few people buy them, maybe some young ones who are having parties.
But today is actually memorial day for the dead and very old custom putting candles on the gravesite still exists. Graveyard is full of live candles, some graves have many, most just one.
Even the ones who do not have a grave here have a spot for relatives to put candels on:
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