This is the time of kaamos, the time of winter darkness. In Finland on Christmas eve the Finns light ice candles, to set bits of light onto frozen lakes, front yards and also graveyards.
My daughter and I attended Cokato’s Pikku Joulu “little Christmas” party
where ten of my students played Christmas carols and other tunes we have been studying this fall. We ate rice pudding and other treats and then visited the Cokato graveyard where dozens of ice candles flickered their warm stars in the winter dark.
--Diane Jarvi
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