Winter events in Kuopio and Petonen


Every year in the center of Kuopio the city organizes the opening of the Christmas season. This year it will be held on 24 November. The event has a lot to do. There will be Christmas carousels, Santa Claus and Mrs. Santa, parade with them, reindeer rides, pony riding and hobby-horsing, lightshow, The snowman movie show, Kauppatori’s stage program and fireworks!   

In Kuopio there are also many Christmas market’s in winter and more events. For example, in December there is Christmas gift calendar. So, every day (1.12-24.12, in Finland we celebrate Christmas one day earlier) one door opens and someone wins something. There is also Christmas blaze (“Joulun loimu”) event. It’s Christmas globe and street food event. And the last event in Kuopio’s Christmas is New Year in harbor (“Sataman Uusi Vuosi”) in 31.12. There are fireworks for kids at 7pm and then the official one at midnight. 

In Petonen, where our school is located there is also a Christmas event. It’s in “Pinari” (community center) 15.12. The event includes Christmas sales, music and Christmas shows, free Christmas porridge, lottery and Christmas karaoke. For children angling, Christmas crafts, teddy bear hospital (according to your own teddy), library’s fairytale tent. There's also a Santa Claus for children's delight.

Our school has only two events. We have Christmas celebration which takes a few hours. And last school day when we go a Christmas church and school. At school we eat Christmas porridge and do something fun with our free time in class and get our intermediate certificates. 

(Sources: https://kuopionjoulumaa.fi/  http://www.kainarvi.menoinfo.fi/kuopio/tapahtumat/petosen-joulutapahtuma-2018/917293)
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