Traditional Dinner on Christmas- Rovaniemi, Finland

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After breakfast in the late hours of the morning, we hang around at home and have a Christmas sauna around 2pm (usually have sauna for a couple of hours so everyone can go). Following the sauna we have dinner. Traditional dinner in most Finnish homes is a roasted pig. It is prepared the day before and cooks overnight in the oven. Then, cooked and seasoned throughout the day of their “Christmas” on the 24th (I use the quotation marks because for me, Christmas is celebrated on the actual Christmas day of Dec. 25th). The pig is served with mashed potatoes and a thin, clear gravy. Sides include a variety of mashed vegetables from carrots to squash and mixed potatoes and a traditional meal layout of breads and sauces. Above is a picture of our half eaten pig following the meal.

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