Christmas in Finland

This article is about the public holiday in Finland. For the Teletubbies hour-long special episode "Christmas in Finland", see Teletubbies.

"Joulu" redirects here. For the album, see Joulu (album).

Christmas in Finland (Finnish: joulu; Swedish: jul) begins, as is commonplace on public holidays in Finland, on Christmas Eve (Finnish: jouluaatto; Swedish: julafton). Especially the evening of Christmas Eve has become the most important day of the Christmas period, and is nowadays a paid holiday in most workplaces. Unlike on other public holidays, public transportation stops almost completely on the afternoon of Christmas Eve in Finland. The Christmas period ends on Epiphany (Finnish: loppiainen; Swedish: trettondedagen).

In the BBC's 2023 article, Kinsey Gidick praises Finnish Christmas celebrations, especially the season of pikkujoulu ("Little Christmas"), which usually kicks off the Christmas festivities in Finland.

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