#joululaulu

[nei-ning]

In Finland our Christmas songs are 99% about gloom, misery, life has kicked your ass, your family has abandon you or they have died, you go to their grave, you celebrate Christmas alone (either drunk or not) etc. No joy of any kind, ever.

Today I heard another horrible Finnish Christmas song. The song started like this:

A child finds his / her father dead on the snow, at the park. Police comes to inform them about this later. Their house is cold because their electricity has been cut off.

That was enough and I shut the Christmas radio...

[because-its-eurovision]

Ihanaa joulua! 🥰✨🖤✨

Hyvää joulua ystävä! 🥰🎄

[iibislintu]

Finnish Christmas song topics

your brother died (Varpunen jouluaamuna)

your mother died (Konsta Jylhän joululaulu)

you are locked in a cage in a foreign country (Sylvian joululaulu)

life sucks and then you die, hi-ho (Hei tonttu-ukot hyppikää)

Baby Jesus freezes to death in the snow while humans stuff their faces indoors (Me käymme joulunviettohon)

Mary looks at Baby Jesus and has a vision of him crucified (Rauhaa, vain rauhaa)

Baby Jesus looks so peaceful on the manger, you know what, soon he will be executed (Heinillä härkien kaukalon)

Christmas elf has an existential crisis (Tonttu)

Bubbling under:

the whole family is drunk at Christmas dinner (Jouluaattona kännissä)

it snowed, it's beautiful, the homeless freeze to death under the bridges (Jos Helsinki on kaunis)

your friend went to war and promised to come back for Christmas, guess what, he's dead (Herra Melperin sotaanlähtö)

it snowed, it's beautiful, well you know what the black rotten leaves are still there waiting for the snow to melt (Musta, niljaisten lehtien kaupunki)

burglars dress up as Santas and rob the house when everyone is visiting relatives (Joulu on juhlista pahin)

[two-us-two-ks]

Sylvia`s Song

[neroushalvaus]

Hyvä suomitumblr. Itse rakastan joululauluja. Jotkut vihaavat joululauluja. Suurin osa meistä pitää joistakin joululauluista, mutta vihaa toisia. Siksi haluankin joulun alla kysyä teiltä:

(Nää on melkein kaikki musta kivoja, koottu yksinomaan lauluista, joita olen kuullut vihattavan)

[blackboard-monitor]

i have a fun idea

reblog and add your favourite christmas song that isn't in english (translations of songs originally in english are fine)

here's mine

Sylvian joululaulu is a poem written (originally in swedish) by Zacharias Topelius in 1853, which was then composed into a song by Karl Collan. it's about a poet spending christmas in italy, but longing for home in finland. there are many, many arrangements of this song, but i've chosen this one because personally i prefer to hear it performed by a choir

[niuniente]

Hi Niu! What are your favourite christmas songs? :)

I LOVE Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire. It's Finnish version is also very cute, albeit less romantic than the original. I'll Be Home for Christmas has same sort of slow vibe that I love, with a little sense of yearning and homesickness.

From Finnish songs I like

Sylvian joululaulu (The Christmas Carol of Sylvia). It's very melancholic old song, and it has been voted as the most beloved Christmas song in Finland (you'll hear how the Christmas atmosphere in Finland is in this song) Since we're in Finland, there are heavy metal versions of this song. Here's one by Antony Parviainen and this one is by Ari Koivunen.

Tulkoon joulu (Let the Christmas arrive). Of course, there's also a heavy metal version of this one, too :D

Taivas sylissäni (Heaven in My Arms) by Suvi Teräsniska. This is a pretty new Christmas song and it's been written from the perspective of Mother Mary, who ponders if her small, just normal looking baby, is really a Heaven itself - and how she can keep him safe. This has also a melancholic tone, where Mary sings how the angel has left them, and the baby Jesus is crying, like already knowing how difficult his life is going to be. (Because honestly, we Finns can't make Christmas songs without some gloominess in it). Yes, you guessed, this has a metal version of Taivas sylissäni, too :D There's only a live version performed by Noora Louhimo, but it's really nice! Plays like any other metal concert :3

Yes, we do have heavy metal Christmas concerts called Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas). They're extremely loved, typically sold out, and are hosted every single year around Finland as a tour.

By the way, you'll find Finnish heavy metal Christmas songs from Youtube and Spotify with a search Raskasta Joulua.

[holespoles]

Rudolf Koivun(1890-1946)

Vanha joululaulu(Old Christmas Carol)

[nei-ning]

HORRIBLE CHRISTMAS SONG is playing in the radio! A woman sings (with very happy melody):

"Grandmother wants to die and so do I. Maybe someday elves hear our wishes, too." AND "Try to forget everyday worry while placing a candle on your sister's grave with frozen fingers."

Yep, welcome to Finland where we know NO HAPPY SONGS. Everything here is ALWAYS about dying, darkness and misery. No wonder we have so much mental health issues here...

The song is called Vuoden Pimein Yö by Maustetytöt. I can already say I hate this song.

[kanelinsuomi]

Joulukalenteri - luukku 10

Christmas vocabulary!

joulu - Christmas

Hyvää joulua! - Merry Christmas, Happy holidays

piparkakku, pipari - ginger bread, ginger thins

kinkku - ham

glögi - glögg (a drink)

riisipuuro - rice porridge

joulutorttu - Yule tart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joulutorttu)

porkkanalaatikko - carrot casserole

imelletty perunalaatikko - sweetened potato cassarole

lanttulaatikko - turnip casserole

syödä - to eat

juoda - to drink

leipoa - to bake

Joulupukki - Santa Claus

tonttu - nisse (a mythical creature), Santa's little helper

poro - reindeer

lahja - present

antaa (lahjaksi) - to give (as a present)

saada (lahjaksi) - to (get as a present)

joulusauna - going to sauna during Christmas

saunoa  - go to sauna

joululaulu - Christmas carol, song

yhteislaulu - a singalong

laulaa  - to sing

joulukalenteri - advent calendar

luukku  - the thing opened in an advent calendar, hatch, door

joulukuusi - Christmas tree

kynttilä - candle

joulukuusenkoriste - Christmas tree ornament

jouluvalot - Christmas illuminations

[girafferoyalty]

Happy St. Stephen’s Day! Being very much a Christmas person, I felt like doing some doodles based on Finnish Christmas songs.

The first one is inspired by Kettu ja tähti (the Fox and the Star), which places the nativity scene in the northern Finnish scenery. The song mentions the Northern Lights, which in Finnish are called “foxfires”, based on an ancient belief that they were made by the tail of a giant fiery fox.

The second one is based on Sylvian joululaulu (The Christmas Song of the Sylvia), where Sylvia refers to small a bird caged in Sicily, who sings about his distant homeland. It is not widely agreed upon which bird the writer meant by “Sylvia”, but some believe he might’ve meant the robin, who was believed to be part of the genus Sylvia.

[kivikunnas]

Sylvia's Christmas Song (Sylvian joululaulu) sung by John Kinell

[i-havenothingelsetopost]

miks mulla soi sylvian joululaulu päässä

[pipariperho]

Täällä on jostain herännyt kärpänen horroksestaan ja jotenkin se huvittaa meitä nyt ihan hirveästi, etenkin kun sanoin "kärpänen pienoinen" ja sisko jatkoi "syönyt kesäeinehen" ja nyt meillä on uus joululaulu