His sleigh flies. His deer talk, his bag is always full of gifts. He is known all over the world and in each country they call him differently: Per Noel, Julbokk, Futter Christmas, Santa Claus... But in his homeland, in Finland, he is better known as Joulupukki.

Translated, the name does not sound very nice - Christmas goat. The Finnish Santa Claus received such a strange nickname thanks to the villagers who on Christmas night put on a goat's fur coat and delivered gifts home. They say that it was these impostors who scared Santa away. He no longer walks the streets on Christmas Eve, but sits in his winter residence in Rovaniemi and receives everyone.

The owner of Rovaniemi sits in a small wooden house dotted with light bulbs. It is difficult to understand whether Santa Claus is smiling when little fans approach him... Due to his abundant beard and mustache, his face is almost invisible. Only eyes, very wise and kind, examine visitors through glasses. "Are you good children?" - with these words Santa greets his little guests. We warn you right away - it is useless to lie. You can't fool Santa. He knows everything. The huge books that line the high shelves in Santa's office can tell a lot about every child on the planet. Where he lives, whether he behaves well, what his desires are.

These Talmuds are filled out by Santa's little helpers - gnomes. But Santa Claus receives information thanks to his extra ears. Everyone knows that in the summer Joulupukki lives on Mount Korvatunturi. This mountain has three ears. They catch the slightest changes in the life of any child. And they are the first to tell Santa who has stopped believing in the Christmas miracle. They say that at these moments it rains stars over Korvatunturi, and the page with the story about the grown-up child turns white. The gnomes do not write anything on it, since Santa is convinced that someday the adults will come to their senses and believe in him. Then forgotten names and surnames will appear again on blank pages.

The gnomes also help Santa deal with the letters. Every year more than 600 thousand letters arrive in Rovaniemi. And it’s impossible for one person to read them all, not even for Santa Claus.

At the main Christmas post office there is smoke like a rocker. Little gnomes fill out forms, put stamps on envelopes, and discuss some Christmas matters. Santa's main assistant is in charge of this entire team. Her official title is "Chief Postal Gnome". Her duties include marking on the board how many letters have arrived, so that God forbid any are lost. The Chief Postal Gnome knows better than anyone what kind of letters Santa likes most. After talking with the Chief Gnome, we learned a few golden rules in writing letters to Santa Claus. First of all, don't ask for too much. Secondly, tell us more about yourself. And thirdly, Santa loves gifts too. A large glass cube filled with nipples. These are the gifts for Santa Claus. The value of an ordinary pacifier lies in the fact that it was with this object that each of us began life. Santa himself does not use pacifiers, he gives them to little gnomes, with the condition that later the pacifiers will return to their place.

All the bustle at the post office, and in the village itself, stops at midnight on Christmas Day. As darkness falls over Lapland and nothing but stars can be seen, the quiet sound of Christmas bells echoes throughout the village. This is a signal for Santa. It's time to go on a trip around the world. In order to have time to deliver gifts to everyone who managed to order them before morning. In writing, in words or just in dreams.

Santa Claus knows)

A song called "Santa Claus knows this" (Pukki tietää sen). Performed by the group Rajaton (No Borders). They really have no boundaries when it comes to depicting musical instruments with their voices.
And from the lyrics of the song you will learn a lot of interesting things: for example, how gnomes are born and why they don’t have a navel. Interesting? And here are the lyrics of the song in Finnish and Russian.

Taas revontulet laulaa hiljaa lauluaan,
Again the northern lights sing their song quietly,
ja lumi peittää alleen joulupukinmaan.
And snow covers the land of Santa Claus.
Ei korvatunturilla nuku yksikään,
No one sleeps on the hill (where Santa Claus lives),
Tontut ovat työssä, pukki pakkaa rekeään
The gnomes are at work, Santa Claus is preparing a sleigh.
refrain:
On jouluyö, hän liitää halki taivaan poroillaan
Christmas night, he (Santa Claus) cuts through the sky with his reindeer
On jouluyö ja kohta joka oveen kolkuttaa
Christmas night will soon knock on every door
hän tuntee kaikki toiveet pienten suurten sydänten
He knows all the wishes of small and large hearts
ja joulun salaisuuden, Pukki tietää sen!
And the secret of Christmas, Santa Claus knows it!
Voit ihmetellä kuinka pukki oikein selviää
You might be surprised how Santa Claus copes.
Kirjeet, sähköpostit, ei kukaan unhoon jää
Letters, emails, no one will be forgotten
Suuri joulukirja taas kohta aukaistaan
The Big Christmas Book Will Be Opened Again Soon
milla toivoo molla Maijaa ja Tero formulaa
What do the Maya and Tero dolls want?
refrain
Hey! Miksei tontuilla oo napaa?
Hey! Why don't gnomes have belly buttons?
Pukki tietää, Pukki tietää!

Tontut syntyy tällä tapaa:
Dwarves are born this way:
Pukki tietää, Pukki tietää!
Santa Claus knows, Santa Claus knows!
Kuusenkerkut pataan vaan! Muori laittaa kiehumaan
Spruce needles - in a cast iron pot! The old woman sets it to boil.
Pata kuplii, porisee, tontut padast hyppelee!!
The cast iron boils and gurgles, the gnomes jump out of the cast iron!!
(pukki tietää, pukki tietää)
Pukki tietää!
Santa Claus knows, Santa Claus knows, Santa Claus knows!
Ken uskoo joulun taikaan se sille avautuu
Who believes in the mystery of Christmas and opens up to it?
ja sydämmessään silloin joulun ihme tapahtuu
The miracle of Christmas then happens in his heart.

Finnish Santa Claus Joulupukki answers children's letters.

Rovaniemi - Lapland residence of Joulupukki

"Youlu" means Christmas and "pukki" means goat. Many years ago, the Finnish Santa Claus wore a goat skin and delivered gifts on a goat... Now on reindeer! Translated, the name does not sound very nice - Christmas goat. The Finnish Santa Claus received such a strange nickname thanks to the villagers who on Christmas night put on a goat's fur coat and delivered gifts home. They say that it was these impostors who scared Santa away. He no longer walks the streets on Christmas Eve, but sits in his winter residence in Rovaniemi and receives everyone.

Joulupukki's catchphrase:

Onkos täällä kilttejä lapsia?

Are there any obedient children here?

Where do gnomes come from?

In Rovaniemi, Joulupukki lives with his old woman Muori. Yes, yes, Finnish Santa Claus is married, but he doesn’t like to talk about his wife. Joulupukki and Muori's house is full of gnomes who help with the housework and, most importantly, wrap gifts. Where do gnomes come from? From fir cones. The old woman collects cones in the forest, puts them in a large cauldron at night and wraps them in a warm blanket. By morning the gnomes are ready.

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The gnomes also help Santa deal with the letters. Every year more than 600 thousand letters arrive in Rovaniemi. And it’s impossible for one person to read them all, not even for Santa Claus.

The tradition of celebrating the New Year on a grand scale exists in every country, because this holiday brings with it not only hope for a bright future, but also unites all peoples, creating a certain force that generates sincere joy and happiness in the hearts.

It is also worth noting that in almost all countries the symbol of this holiday is a special character in human form. Outwardly, they all look the same, but their names are completely different. For example, in Russia this symbol is called Father Frost, in the USA - Santa Claus, in Belarus - Dzed Maroz, in Belgium and Poland - St. Nicholas, in France - Père Noel, in Great Britain - Father of the Nativity, in the Czech Republic - Mikulas, in Slovakia – Jerzyšek, etc.

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Surely many have heard about the name of the Finnish Santa Claus, because his name is the funniest and most memorable. And it sounds like this - Joulupukki. As you know, translated from Finnish, this word means “Christmas goat”. Santa Claus received this name quite a long time ago, when the villagers of this country put on goat skins on a festive night and went from house to house, handing out gifts and tasty treats.

After people learn about the name of the Finnish Santa Claus, they immediately become interested in what exactly this fairy-tale character looks like. It is worth noting that it is practically no different from the Russian symbol of the New Year.

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Joulupukki lives in a wooden house in the forest, where everything is decorated with colorful lights, tinsel and toys. He is kind and wise, likes to wear a red short fur coat and hat, he has a bushy white beard and a huge red bag in which he places all the toys and sweets for the children.

However, it is worth noting that, unlike the Russian Father Frost, Joulupukki moves not with the help of three beautiful horses, but with the help of stately and strong reindeer. They are the ones who carry him on Christmas night from one house to another. Finnish Santa Claus also has many friendly gnomes as his assistants, who work with him and collect thousands of gifts for obedient children every day.

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Joulupukki lives in Lapland, on Mount Korvatunturi ( Korvatunturi).

Korvatunturi, “Mound-Ears,” is located on the very border with Russia and is shaped like ears—some say hare ears, some say dog ears. But be that as it may, it is believed that it is thanks to this ear-dwelling that Joulupukki can hear the dreams and desires of all children.

Every year up to 500 thousand letters and postcards from all over the world arrive at Joulupukki post office.

Historically, the word is a homonym of the Finnish language, Joulupukki Literally translated from Finnish it means “Christmas goat.” The latter is depicted as a straw goat and also accompanies the Christmas holidays.

Now Joulupukki looks like the familiar Santa Claus with a white beard, red fur coat and hat, although he retains some national characteristics. But back in the 19th century he was depicted in goat skin and sometimes even with small horns.

Joulupukki has a wife - Muori ( Muori, “old mistress”) - the personification of winter. Joulupukki's assistants are gnomes, who sit in the “Echo Caves” throughout the year and listen to how children around the world behave, and before Christmas they sort out the Christmas mail, help prepare and wrap gifts.

Joulupukki began delivering gifts to homes himself in the 19th century. In the twenties of the last century, the children's program “Children's Hour” was broadcast on Finnish radio. TV presenter Uncle Marcus told the kids a story about an old man in a red fur coat. They say that that white-bearded old man walked around the whole world and reached Lapland. He leaned on his staff, and a heavy bag hung on his shoulder. Grandfather got tired, sat down on a stone to rest and began to spin. He has no helpers, he won’t have time to please the kids or distribute gifts in time. The elves and gnomes heard the old man’s complaints and decided: let’s help grandfather and make the children happy. But with one condition: let my grandfather stay with us in Lapland forever. Thanks to the help of the gnomes, grandfather managed to congratulate all the children. And since then he remained in Lapland forever.

On the eve of Christmas and New Year, Joulupukki prepares for travel. He puts gifts for all obedient and well-mannered children in a large bag decorated with silver stars. And his assistants, the gnomes, harness young reindeer to the super-fast sleigh.

The most famous reindeer of Finnish Santa Claus is, of course, the red-nosed one. Petteri. But Joulupukki cannot travel to every home on just one reindeer, so Petteri is one of many.

Reindeer are strong enough to carry Joulupukki and pull sleighs full of gifts over long distances. Petteri's presence is especially important as his red nose glows during the dark Christmas evenings when Joulupukki gets ready to travel.

Entering the house, the grandfather asks: “Do obedient children live here?” After receiving a positive answer, Joulupukki asks the kids to dance or sing a song, and then gives gifts!

Merry Christmas!

Finnish Santa Claus - Jolopukki - was once an unsympathetic and even evil character. It was used to scare naughty children; it was believed that he was stealing babies. In the minds of modern Finns, Jolopukki is no longer externally different from Western Santa Claus, and children write letters to him and ask him to send gifts. European correspondent Sergei Pankratov tells how this miraculous transformation of a folklore character took place.

Finnish children are the happiest children in the world, because not only Santa Claus, but also Joulupukki gives them gifts at Christmas. Santa Claus is a famous Christmas character. But with Joulupukki the situation is more complicated. Its history goes back to the Finnish folk epic.

At that time, when the Finns were still composing their epic, Joulupukki wore goatskin. And sometimes even with small horns. Hence its name: Yule is an ancient pagan holiday dedicated to winter, and pukki means goat. This not-so-nice character often frightened children, and he took the naughtiest ones with him.

Over time, Joulupukki became gentrified. That is, he acquired human traits and turned from a malicious goat into a kind grandfather who gives gifts to children for Christmas.

In 1928, resourceful Finnish journalists settled Joulupukki on Mount Korvantunturu, which is located in Lapland. He would have lived there peacefully if even more resourceful Finnish businessmen had not settled Santa Claus on the same mountain forty years later. Finnish businessmen can be understood. By promoting the world-famous Santa Claus brand, they will earn much more than from Joulupukki, unknown to anyone except the Finns. So Santa Claus and the Finnish Father Frost began to coexist together on the same mountain.

Over time, as befits natives from the east, Joulupukki began to look more and more like an alien from the west. And today, purely outwardly, it is already difficult to distinguish where Joulupukki is and where Santa Claus is. Although, specialists in Santa Claus studies believe that there are differences, and significant ones. For example, Santa Claus lives as a hermit in a small hut and is a confirmed bachelor, while Joulupukki is married. His wife's name is Muori and she represents winter. It is clear that where there is a woman, there must be a house and a household, and housekeepers - gnomes.

Despite these significant differences, these two fairy-tale characters have the same task - to give gifts to children at Christmas. At the request of their parents, before the New Year, Finnish children can receive gifts from both Joulupukki and Santa Claus. And in especially child-loving families, children can receive gifts from two fairy-tale characters at once.

By the way, this children's fairy tale also has a completely adult continuation. The fact is that Christmas in Finland is a decorous, family holiday. Usually he, she, his parents, her parents, plus children gather around the table. In general, you won't have a blast. So the Finns came up with an adult holiday - the meeting of Joulupukki, which they usually start celebrating at work on the eve of Christmas. In fact, this holiday is reminiscent of our corporate parties. That is, the scope of the fun is limited only by the imagination of the participants themselves and the level of democracy of the company’s management.

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