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| There's nothing like a real Christmas tree. We cut this one from our field and dragged it home on snowshoes. |
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| Siniristi lippumme.... |
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| This Christmas we had all four of our granddaughters with us. |
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| Mom and Dad, why are you so tired? |
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| Our traditional Christmas eve meal. Kinkkua, rosolia, riisiporkkanalaatikkoa, suolakalaa, jne. |
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| Christmas morning. |
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| Grandma making rice pudding |
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| Sampo is eager to open the presents. |
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| Mik is still trying to wake up. |
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| This was the most enjoyable Christmas morning I have ever had. These little girls were the biggest reason. |
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| Nice hat! |
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| What's in the package? |
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| I think we all relived our early childhood through these darlings. |
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| Christmas morning would not be complete without riisipuuroa ja sekähedelmäsoppaa - rice pudding with fruit soup. |
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| Mmmm....grandma's pudding is good! |
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| Look, the sun is about to rise! |
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| After a long stretch of clouds and snow, even a glimpse of the sun is gold. |
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| Look who's standing! |
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| Magic carpet ride! |
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| Go faster auntie! |
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| Wow! |
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| Naptime. |
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| Mixing the pulla dough. |
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| Look what I caught! |
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| Kneading the dough. |
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| Tastes good, grandma! |
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| Rolling the dough. |
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| Another sunrise. |
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| Just above the clouds. |
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| Yes, sunshine is good. |
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| Sleeping beauty on her lambskin. |
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| Look at all those chompers! |
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| Potato! |
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| Potatoes! |
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| Lake effect snow, a daily occurrence. |
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| 10 degrees on one side of the glass, 65 on the other. |
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| I periodically have to shovel out the bed of my truck. |
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| I cut another spruce and set it up just outside our kitchen window so that we could have an outside Christmas tree as well. |
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| It's hard not to take pictures of sunrises when you see them through your kitchen window. Each one is unique. |
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| More lake effect snow. This year we got about 175 inches in 6 weeks. |
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| Push-the-cat-around-the-room game. |
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| Life is tough, isn't it? |
