Temple Worker Christmas Party

Finnish and American food!

The Temple Presidency hosted a great Christmas party tonight.  Lots of the regular workers came and the paid employees and us...the missionaries.  About 50 were there.  They started with a Christmas song and then the Haikkolas spoke.  Then we ate.   Then a few more songs, then more food.  Then a 'traditional' play with acting and singing about Christ.  (Roles: King Herod, a wise man, a Knight, and Mankki, he bears the star).

Then Joulupukki came!!  We all had to sing a song and he answered. Don't ask me what we sang to him or what he said to us.  Next year I'll figure that one out!  Then more eating.  Then the missionaries sang a song and I think there was more eating!  The drink they make here is Glorgy,  you warm it up and it's like wassill. Yum.

It was a very nice evening of socializing with wonderful people.

Wayne can't help me with this blog...he's making our lunch for tomorrow!  VERY similar every day: voileipaa (open faced sandwich with meat, cheese, cuke, tomato and anything else in the fridge) , 2 nice mandarin oranges, maybe a  cookie.  All put in bags that we recycle from somewhere!  Bags are a big commodity here.  Wayne misses sandwich, ziplock, hefty....any of those.  Also  you take your own bags to the grocery store or you have to buy them, .16 cents.  And, of course you bag your own groceries.  You don't buy huge amounts of items because nothing is sold in huge amounts.  Less than 5 lbs. of sugar or flour in sacks  etc. etc.