Wishing You a Merry Christmas

"Pakkasyö on, ja leiskuen

pohja loimuja viskoo.

Kansa kartanon hiljaisen

yösydänuntaan kiskoo.

Ääneti kuu käy kulkuaan,

puissa lunta on valkeanaan,

kattojen päällä on lunta.

Tonttu ei vaan saa unta."

(An excerpt of my favorite 

Christmas poem:

Tonttu by Viktor Rydberg. 

See translation below.)

"Deep in the grip of the midwinter cold,

Stars send a sparkling light.

All are asleep on this lonely farm,

Late in this winter night.

The pale white moon is a wanderer,

Snow lies white on pine and fir;

Snow glows on rooftop shake.

The tomte alone is awake."

(You can find the whole poem from here.)