"The Coca-Cola Santa" Created by Haddon Hubert "Sunny" SundblomThere are so many funny thoughts about Santa Claus, that I think I should tell you some facts. Althought it is ok to make fiction stories about him, but still it is good to know the facts.
~As a child I didn't belive in Santa Claus, I thought it is impossible that he has time to deliver presents to everyone. But now when I know about time zones and stuff I understand how he could do it. He has plenty of time to do that. He goes round the world, he delivers presents already in Christmas eve in Finland. There he; instead of sneaking in through the chimney during the night, he knocks on the door and his first words are "Onkos täällä kilttejä lapsia?" (Are there (any) nice children here?) Today, Finland is one of the few countries where kids actually see Father Christmas in the act of delivering the presents.
~And the truth is that he doesn't deliver present to every countries. He skip some poor countries and finally he is back in Russia at New years day, and then back to Finland. And there he has once more the all year time to make new presents. So instead of living in the North Pole (nobody could live there) he lives in Korvatunturi, Finland. Here is link to his official website.
~Joulupukki is the Finnish name for Santa Claus. It literally means Christmas Goat. It comes from an old Finnish pagans tradition. In Finland the spirits of darkness wore goat skins and horns. The modern description of Santa Claus is a fat, jolly man wearing a red coat and trousers with white cuffs and collar, and black leather belt and boots. The urban legend tells that Haddon Hubert "Sunny" Sundblom's (a son of a Finnish emigrant) has actually created the modern image of Santa Claus, when he painted Santa Claus advertisements for Coca-Cola Company in the 1930's. And that also explains his red and white colors. (There is an other theory about those colors, but I will come up to it later).
And here is my receipt to get a real Finnish Christmas spirit!!!!
Santa's Home Town - Winter in Rovaniemi in Lapland, Finland
7 comments:
I'm not a Christams person, but I do enjoy the holidays and not having to work!
Here's no snow and that's good -I'm not a winter person either:))
Do you miss snow, Kirsi?
I love Christmas time, but I don't celebrate it with any traditional way.
I love white Christmas, but always after Christmas I was already bored of snow.
If I ever do miss the snow, I can drive one hour north of here to Big Bear...and well in 30 minutes to the west is Malibu beach...
I miss some Finnish Christmas food though, but luckily I enjoy all food. :))
I was wondering if you could get Father Christmas to forward me his list of the naughty girls this year? Yes. This would be a present to me that could last all year! :D
LOL, Mick, that is a brilliant wish...I promise to talk to him if he passes by...and if not, you know what that means... :))
Yes, Kirsi, it's true that most people don't know that a lot about Christmas was an ideal which originally came from the Pagans.
And you're from the land where Santa Claus is from! No wonder you're such a sweetheart! hohoho!
Oh and that video! Finland is so beautiful! And soooo much snow everywhere! Cool..
Ho Ho Ho Aurinkonainen!
Nothern Finland is very mystic and beautiful....but
unfortunatelly not snow in southern Finland yet...when I was a child snow game every year for sure, now it is not so sure anymore, but lets hope they get a white Christmas. :)
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