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Do something different this year: celebrate the holiday Finnish style. via Jaana Nyström​ Originally shared by Finland Explorer Christmas in Finland As everyone knows, Santa Claus comes from Finland. His home is on the fell Korvatunturi (“Ear Fell”) on the Russo-Finnish border. Being the chosen people of the Santa, it is obivious that Finns know best how to celebrate Christmas. Therefore I have compiled you an overview of some of the most essential Finnish Christmas traditions. As everywhere, the buildup for Christmas starts early, and this is of course reflected in the media. After the press is done with discussing the dresses worn at the President’s independence day ball (December 6th), by tradition the news is mostly about: • whether there will be snow on Christmas or not • how you absolutely must not put the grease left over from cooking your Christmas ham into the toilet, as it will clog the sewers and feed the rats • police reminding you about burglars, heavy traffic on the day...

I love this!! Originally shared by Giovanni Totaro (Vanni) The Indo-European & Uralic Language Families by Minna Sundberg ( http://www.minnasundberg.fi ) Author's post about the illustration: http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=196 Image source: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/4a/75/8e/4a758e581d02c333e7a6ee36aa36819d.jpg h/t Jaana Nyström Annie Yim #illustration #language #culture

Earlier today I posted a topic on Google+ . This particular post was a share from someone else's post of a feminist blog about how men should not walk up to women "on the street" and tell them they're pretty. While the original author does make the case that this is not a universal rule she does go on to claim that telling women they're pretty or dressed nice is considered harassment or demeaning by a lot of women. She then goes on to tell us about the inner workings of the male mind and how if we see an attractive woman the only reason we have for complimenting them is because of an innate desire to fuck (her word, not mine). Is it wrong to compliment a girl? Not at all. And of course, that opinion puts me square in the neanderthal category that feminists reserve for men who don't automatically agree with their position. However, the approach is important: a man walking up to a strange woman on the street and just saying, "Hey, you're hot,"...