It's different every year! Some years I don't get excited at all, some years it starts already during summer. But usually in november.  

I order the calendar from a kid's tv-programme every year. I might or might not open every door in January, but I always need to have it. I hardly anymore buy any chocolate ones, but this year I actually have a chocolate one too!

I've actually not seen that many, but I love Home Alone, Elf and Joulupukki ja noitarumpu (Santa Claus and the Magic Drum) - it's one I grew up with and associate with Christmas more than anything else.

 

The more I think about it, the more I realise I actually can't remember much at all. The only thing I remember, which isn't really funny, but one year, I was probably 5 years old, I wished for loads of stuffed toys but instead I ended up getting a big one. This isn't a funny one, but a few years ago I fell in the stairs and hurt my finger, and little did I know I would actually be going to the doctor a lot and have three (or four? I can't even remember) surgeries within a few years because of it. I still can't use my finger properly, and I never will.

Christmas Eve is the big day in Finland, but in my family we don't really do much actually. My mum and step dad leave pretty early to eat rice porridge. I stay in bed late, and by the time I've gotten ready it's usually time to start preparing dinner. So I help with that, then we eat, my mum cleans up a bit, we open presents, and eat dessert a few hours later. My mum and I usually eat a little again around like 10p.m. Christmas isn't really that different than a normal day to be honest. 

 

We actually don't really have any.  

Some of my favourite songs and a link to my Christmas playlist can be found here.

I can't think of anything special. I'm always really grateful for everything I get, but especially for a new phone or computer, because those are the most expensive gifts I've gotten, and the thought of someone spending that much money on me scares me a little.