Unshamefully patriotic and proud

Hyvää ja rauhallista itsenäisyyspäivää kaikille

 

Well said, but...this thread needs a watch pic. How about a Suunto?

 

I thought this was the finish flag

 

Finland is great. Dated a girl from Finland in HS. What an idiot I am. I should have moved to Finland back in 1979. Dammit she was hot

 

Don’t mess with Finland. Happy Independence Day!

 

Go Kimi!

 

Congrats Finland!

We don't have Independence Day (always been independent, since Roman times at least) but today it's our Constitution Day, a national holiday.



The watch:

 

Well congrats to Spain too, yes indeed you've been a staple in the history books for a long long time.

 

Finns and spaniards have one thing in common.

 

It was complicated between 1808 and 1814.

 

How do you celebrate Independence Day? Food? Drink?

 

Good food with friends and family, some go to church or graveyard to commemorate all those who died in the wars so that we have the independency. The most interesting ritual is to watch TV for hours in the evening. From the TV everyone can watch the big party organized by the President of Finland. 1700 guests (politicians, local celebrities etc.) and President with his spouse are shaking hands for hours and Finnish people are watching this ritual...

 

This watch has the colours of our flag; blue and white:

 

I guess every family has slight variations, but probably most of us celebrate in quite similar fashion.

Spend the day with the family, watch the "Unknown Soldier" (or at least parts of it), visit the cemetary and the Tombs of the Heroes (Sankarihaudat).

Then more eating and watching the military parade.


The classic of all classic is to gather with food , wine, friend and family and watch the Presidential celebrations. Every independence day the President and the first lady hold a big gala celebrating the Independence and it is televized.



Mostly is just ppl shaking hands, and then interviews. It's slightly difficult to explain and now that I try to explain it seems a bit weird. Awkward .

Then most of us finish the evening by reading or seeing from the news report how some demonstrators arrange alot of work for the law enforcement (both leftists and rightist )

Of course a visit to the sauna is almost mandatory and some snaps.

 

@FinWatch beat me to it . But yeah, as you see , in somewhat similar fashion.

 

Pulled out the official Kimi Raikkonen spectators water bottle. Semi retired due to Kimi no longer racing for the red team.

 

Just another war of so many before and after (f-ing Napoleon)

 

Actually two: a Dec 6 national holiday and a former F1 champ

 

Thanks it sounds like a really special day.