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Getting ready for my date with Santa... * Santa had decorated my present with angels... And this is what I got! * [caption id="attachment_11494" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Silk dress from Férrer - note the delicate lace adornments on décolté and sleeves, crochet lace on hemline. Over the knee suede boots Givenchy, silver and pearl earrings antique finds from St. Tropez. Hairband Accessorize.[/caption]

We had the a real heartbreaker of a Santa...

[caption id="attachment_11495" align="aligncenter" width="295"] Photo of Santa: Jari Laaksonen[/caption]

Santa's angels:

[caption id="attachment_11509" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Pauliina Lindsberg, Niina Nuorivaara, Sirkka Siiskonen & moi.
Photo Mikael Hytönen.[/caption] A warm thanks to D'Oro Press and PR for offering us this evening filled with friends, good conversation, fishing for gifts (!!!), and the sweetest visit by Santa I've experienced... well, ever ♥. ~*♥*~

My first and deepest memory of Finland's independence is from Zambia. Every year, on December 6th, we'd gather around the radio, trying to hear any word, any sentence, from President Kekkonen's independence day speech amongst the relentless static. And even though I was so little I hardly understood the meaning of independence, the President's speech felt terribly important. Although we had no phone lines, no newspapers, virtually no contact to Finland, we had that static and (with very good imagination) a word here and there. We had two candles in the window. It was enough to feel like home. ~*♥*~

I stumbled upon this in Facebook, of all places, and loved it. Typos and all. Simple, real, perfect. Thank you Fiona Timantti for inspiration. ~*♥*~

A man I don't even know gave me a touch of that real Christmas spirit today - this one deserves to be shared. You all know that show "Vain elämää" from Nelonen. Well, I've told you my 7-year-old son loves music... We've watched every episode together, loving it. And he really wants to see the concert also... But of course it was sold out before I even realised there would be a concert. Now the tickets available on huuto.net are around 350-400 euros, for us two. As I don't have work at the moment, it's a serious investment. But he loves music so much... So, I've been saving up. I've tried betting for some tickets but the prices always rose beyond my means. Until yesterday when reasonably priced, great seats became available. I placed my bet. And sent a message to the seller, asking him if he had a final price for the tickets as I'd love to offer this to my son for Christmas. This morning, I got mail. The man had taken the tickets off the market. He offered them to me at cost price - much lower that the bet I'd already made. He said he didn't want to sell the tickets to a broker, but rather give a little boy this experience. Wow. I was so taken aback by the kindness of this stranger, that don't think I even thanked him. Did I mention that he also sent us the ticket pdfs straight away, before I'd even paid? Thank you, Dear Stranger. Because of you, our December began with thankful happiness. That genuine Christmas spirit. ~*♥*~

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