Christmas in Finland and Belfast

I travelled back home to Finland to celebrate my birthday and to have a little "pre-Christmas". I had to work for Christmas in Belfast, so this way I could kinda have a Christmas with my family. After coming back to Belfast, I had a second Christmas with my friends. So I had two Christmasses this year! Lucky me!

Christmas in Finland

Our Christmasses with my family always follow the same pattern. This year we had to do it a bit differently, but I got the most important parts. We usually don't get a Christmas tree until just a few days before Christmas, but this year they got one early so I could get the chance to decorate one. So very thoughtful of them! It was such a nice surprise!

Our front door

Then we had the traditional Christmas Dinner.

First course is traditionally the "Cold" courses. So basically different types of fish-dishes and salad and potatoes. Here we have two types of smoked salmon and two types of herring. All delicious!

After that it is time fot the main course which consists of Christmas ham, potato- carrot- rutabaga casseroles and boiled potatoes.

Cutting the ham

Ham, potato casserole and rutabaga casserole

 And here are some more photos of the Christmas Decorations

It was an absolutely gorgeous day with a bit of frost on the ground so I decided to go for a little wonder with  my camera.

Christmas in Belfast

Then it was time to come back to Belfast. At Christmas Eve I had Christmas Dinner with some friends at the Europa Hotel. The food was just as delightful as the company!

My starter..

..The Main..

..And Dessert

  And in the end, just a few pictures from the Christmas lights in Belfast City Centre