Traditional House Candles in Ice, Finland Christmas

Originally uploaded by frozenreindeer

During Christmas time in Finland, it is common for most homes to have
candles like these displayed outside their homes seated inside ice
candle holders. I watched Matti’s dad make these this year (now
kicking myself for not taking a picture of them in their buckets) but
these candle holders are constructed out of ice inside buckets you
would use for making water to clean floors. They are filled with
water and left to freeze. Then the ice comes out with the help of a
hammer in this perfect glass like shape and set out in front of homes
filled with candles. This year, however, they have not managed to
stay up for too long. The weather in Rovaniemi has been rather tame
so the first batch (made before we arrived a week ago) melted before
we got here and this second batch melted in two days. Glad I got a
photo when I did. Enjoy, there is another one coming looking
straight at the house.

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