Hyvää Hyvää Joulua!Joulua!

Merry Merry Christmas!Christmas!

Day before Day before National DayNational Day

6.12.6.12.

Class 4

Midwinter 21.12.Midwinter 21.12.

daylight less than 5 hours!daylight less than 5 hours!

Class 1

We had snow before Christmas!We had snow before Christmas!

Snow – a wonderful thing!Snow – a wonderful thing!

1½ dl syrup1½ dl milk200 g sugar1 tsp ground clove 1 tsp ground cinnamon1 tsp ground ginger ½ tsp ground cardamon100 g butter (with salt)1 tbsp bakingsoda500 g wheat flour

• Put a small saucepan on a low heat, add the syrup, sugar, milk and spices.

• Combine with a spoon. Keep stirring until the mixture boils.

• Take the pan off the heat and add the butter, let it melt in.

• Stir in the flour and baking powder.

• Let it cool down in refrigerator.

Granny’s gingercookiesGranny’s gingercookies

• Preheat your oven to 200°C.

• Dust work surface and rolling pin with flour

and roll the dough out to about 4 mm thick, use moulds.

• Bake in the oven until cookies are golden brown.• Decorate: 1 egg white mixed with 250 g icing sugar .

Christmas lunch 17.12.Christmas lunch 17.12.

Christmas party 19.12.Christmas party 19.12.

Santa livesSanta livesin Lapland,in Lapland,Finland!Finland!

He visitsHe visitsFinnishFinnish

Homes onHomes onChristmas eve.Christmas eve.

OnnellistaOnnellistauutta vuotta 2014!uutta vuotta 2014!

Happy New Year 2014!Happy New Year 2014!

Christmas 2013 and floodsChristmas 2013 and floods