Tanja @tanjaostman@dingdash.com

This picture was shared by a Kurdish woman living in Sweden, Soheila Fors. She writes in Swedish "People ask if Kurdish women traditionally used to wear hijab. As the pictures show, they wear turbans, not hijab, at festive events. The hijabs were forced on us by you know whom".

We were on a Christmas tree hunt today, in my mother-in-law's forest. The trees are far from perfect there but we found one that is not too big for our living room. (My parents in-law are not rich, but it's not uncommon for a Finn to own a little or a bigger area of a forest. 75 % of the land area of Finland consists of forest. In addition it is a big country with a small population).

Anyone who can confirm this is true? Anyone who has a trustworthy source on this? I don’t have time to search right now, and I don't know what American newspapers/ -websites are the best. If this is true, it gives me hope! I am so sick and tired of all lies and unrighteousness that we are facing every day. I found this in the Instagram feed today, but no source.

Ice skating on a frozen lake in Finland.

...and the same goes for the rest of the 🌎.

Lucia, a very Swedish Christmas tradition that we have even in this area of Finland. These were riding horses. In this picture they are singing Lucia songs and traditional Christmas hymns.

Last night we participated in a house church meeting in our city, hosted by a man who is considered "controversial" by others, incl christians (even pastors), because he is vocal about his opinions (against c-vax and c-passports, same sex marriages etc). Nobody was wearing masks, nobody was vaxed, we were hugging, we were eating together. The host was so happy and enthusiastic, and didn't want it to end, so we were going on for 5 hours (!), which is very uncommon in Scandinavia. We are not allowed to Christmas concerts in churches in our city without c-passports. So we enjoyed the fellowship with others that are turned away from churches. Somehow I felt like a rebellion - participating in a "forbidden" underground house church meeting (even if it wasn't forbidden or underground). 😀 It was far from ordinary 1-2 hrs Sunday morning services. We kept going for 5 hours, eating, praying, singing, sharing, discussing... PS. I warmly recommend the book in the picture.

A walk in our neighborhood before sauna with my family (everybody's got a sauna in their home). @sinbach I bet you're gonna miss Scandinavia at Christmas. 😉

My phone can't capture what the eyes see... would need a real system camera. These views would be great Christmas cards. 🎄 All of Finland doesn't look like this... a 10 min ride from our village is the city center with concrete buildings.

#censorship by the big platforms. They just delete tons of videos and articles. Not because they are false, but because they tell the truth. How sick isn't it? Luckily you find @thetruthaboutvaccines and @thetruthaboutcancer here! These screenshots are from Telegram.

Another beautiful and very cold day. Took these pictures on my way to a lunch restaurant by the (frozen) sea. Look at the sun in the second picture - that low and pale at 11.30 AM! Dark at 4 PM.

We have a tradition of celebrating Finland's 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮 Independence day (Dec 6th) with two neighboring families. This year we met outdoors in -13°C. Celebrating our Independence day is not like celebrating the 4th of July. For obvious reasons there are no celebrations outdoors. But I remember growing up, this was a very serious holiday. Maybe people remembered wars and sorrows, losing loved ones? But now there are only a few veterans alive, and the mentality has changed a bit. But I am thankful to my forefathers fighting for our freedom when attacked by Russia several times. Finland used to be a part of Sweden for several hundreds of years until Sweden lost a war against Russia in 1808-1809 and had to give this area away. Then we became independent in 1917, when Russia was busy with the revolution. Then we had a bloody Civil War. Then we had a few wars when Russia tried to take us back.

A survival guide for -20°C (as we have today): layers of clothing and wool. Wool and wool. Wool is the perfect material because it's breathing, stays dry and keeps you warm. When you have many layers of clothings you easily sweat and it's super important that you stay dry. I have wool underwear, socks, mittens, scarf, caps (not this one), sweater... almost everything. My boots are one size too big so I can wear two pairs of socks.

Great picture! 😂 The persons who should be locked down.

A screenshot from Laura Aboli's channel on Telegram (not owned by Big Tech and no censorship). HANG IN THERE!

The same thing a doctor from South Africa testifies. No hospitalizations because of Omicron. Seems like a mild flu. Those that we always have around us. BUT you need to close down countries and force vaccinations or punish those who refuse. Madness.

In the northern part of Finland (and Sweden and Norway) the sun doesn't rise for two months.