Christmas in Estonia by Maila Lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1 Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2017-11-17 12:36:03 UTC 2023-03-17 12:37:04 UTC hello@padlet.com We are from Estonia, from Tartu. maila_lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208068845 2017-11-17 12:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208068845 Last year we had snow. maila_lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208069438 2017-11-17 12:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208069438 Last year we had this "traditional" Christmas tree in the city centre on the town hall square. maila_lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208069713 2017-11-17 12:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208069713 But you can see different Christmas trees in Estonia. Some of them are made of recycled or reused materials eg. timber or windows. maila_lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208070394 2017-11-17 12:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208070394 Christmas tree in Rakvere made out of windows. maila_lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208070765 2017-11-17 12:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208070765 Christmas tree in Rakvere maila_lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208070962 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwG7MXX6y2U]]> 2017-11-17 12:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208070962 For Estonians, Christmas aka JÕULUD is a mixture of the traditional, the modern, the secular and the religious. The Estonian word JÕULUD is of ancient Scandinavian origin and comes directly from the word jul and has no real connection with Christianity. December 24th is Christmas day. maila_lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208071570 2017-11-17 12:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208071570 The traditional Estonian Christmas food is pork with sauerkraut and blood sausage maila_lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208073907 2017-11-17 12:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208073907 Christmas as an official holiday was banned during the Soviet occupation. The traditional Christmas season was limited to New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day celebrations. Despite these restrictions, Christmas was celebrated unofficially, since a great number of Estonians participated in Christmas Eve church services. People go to church on Dec 24 and after or before that people go to the graveyard and light the candles. maila_lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208074837 2017-11-17 13:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208074837 The Santa Claus visits the schools and kindergartens and sometimes also children´s homes or at least leaves present under the tree. maila_lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208078813 2017-11-17 13:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208078813 People sing Christmas songs maila_lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208078829 2017-11-17 13:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208078829 A very nice song about Santa´s little helpers aka PÄKAPIKK maila_lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208079317 2017-11-17 13:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208079317 People send Christmas cards to their relatives and friends. All institutions send and get Christmas cards. maila_lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208080165 2017-11-17 13:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208080165 maila_lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208083817 2017-11-17 13:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208083817 We have sometimes 4 Christmas parties in our school maila_lubi https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208084751 2017-11-17 13:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/maila_lubi/x6n2fywfzz1/wish/208084751