1. Our region, our culture, our environment Our hobbies

2. What kind of hobbies do the upper secondary school students have? What kind of possibilities are there in Taivalkoski? The students had the second course of English at the upper secondary school. One theme of the course was hobbies. They had to give an oral presentation on their hobbies. After that photos and little presentations were collected together.

3. Snow Since we usually have a lot of snow in winter, many winter sports are famous among our students

4. Snow

5. Summertime hobbies

6. Other possibilities

8. Our region, our culture, our environment Christmas in Finnish way

9. Today’s Santa ”Joulupukki” Brings gifts to the nice kids Has a red floofy coat and has a long white beard He lives in northern Finland Really LIKES kids Stories about Santa are based on Saint Nicholas (who was by the way from Turkey) I have to drag that old guy around

10. Old timey Santa, ”Nuutti-pukki” Not as nice as Santa Usually one or two men dressed as a goat who went from house to house asking for food and alcohol Kids were scared of Nuutti-pukki and people used to say that ”bad- Nuutti is taking the Christmas away” Later the Nuutti-pukki evolved to Joulupukki with some influences from stories about Saint Nicholas

11. Usually people do lots of things at Christmas Such as decorating the Christmas tree And bringing candles to the graves of dead friends and family members

12. Traditional Christmas food in Finland ”lipeäkala”(lutfisk in English/Swedish). Looks just as horrible as it is. HamCarrot and rutabaga casserole beetroot carrot potato salad ”Rosolli” On Christmas morning families eat rice pudding as a breakfast and the one who finds a hidden almond, will have a lucky year (or an allergic reaction)