Today we had our 5th meeting, and we met on Teams again. We had a small talk at the beginning and then started with the discussion about holidays in our countries. Firstly, I told guys about our national holidays and also about the fact that while in school, children have 3 months of summer holidays (officially starting on the 1st of June, which is also International Children’s Day). I also told them when and how we celebrate Christmas (in Russia it is on the 7th of January). Then Simon and Heini told us about holidays and national days in Germany and Finland. We found out that we all have a holiday on the 1st of May, which is Labour Day. Heini said that lots of holidays in Finland are religious, but they also have some traditional Finnish ones, like Finnish Sliding Festival, called Laskiainen, when they eat traditional pastries with whipped cream and jam. Then they also have some holidays to celebrate the memory of famous Finns. One of them is more popular than the others and it’s called Runeberg’s day. This person was a famous poet and on Runeberg’s day they always eat traditional Runeberg’s tart.
Anyway, it was a nice Sunday meeting, and we will have another one in a few days!
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