Piken uudet pistelyt

Sorry about the blurry picture, but this was taken from the car just near our cottage. They sometimes even come and visit us at the cottage but not this time :)
Juu, poro se on, vaikka autosta otettu kuva on hieman epäselvä...

We always start the Christmas Eve in the afternoon lighting candles to the graves of our loved ones. There are also these memorial stones where you can remember the ones buried somewhere else.
Muistokivi Sodankylän hautausmaalla

The cabin in Sodankylä; not so much snow :) - and so dark, this was taken at 2 p.m.
Mökkimme Sodankylässä, klo 14 - eikä paljoa lunta...





The ice lanterns with candles created a nice atmosphere - my DH's niece had froxen some with flowers, they were so pretty. I didn't photograph them, but you see some here.
Tunnelmaa toivat jäälyhdyt miehen siskontytär oli jäädyttänyt tällaisia kukkalyhtyjä.


Our Christmas dinner was more delicious than it would have been at home :) - this is what we started with.
Kotonakaan ei olisi näin paljon alkupaloja joulupöydässä ollut :)

And this is what it's like here in Central Finland at the moment - pretty, isn't it?
Ja tällä hetkellä näkyy keittiön ikkunasta näin kaunis maisema...