Christmas for the little ones at the Helsinki City Museum
The holiday season will kick off at the Helsinki City Museum at Aleksanterinkatu 16 on Sunday 20 November 2016 from 1 to 5 p.m. The opening event is intended especially for children, who can decorate gingerbread cookies, meet a traditional Father Christmas, or attend a school Christmas tree party, as it was done in the old days. As with all City Museum events, entrance is free of charge.
The children’s Christmas event will start with the traditional Finnish Three Wise Men pageant at 1 p.m. After the pageant, Veera Voima and the Kameleontti Choir will sing and children can decorate cookies, chat with Father Christmas or sing Christmas carols at a traditional Christmas tree party in the 1930s classroom at the Children’s Town. Holiday fun for children and adults alike!
Children’s Christmas 20 November 2016
1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Traditional Finnish Three Wise Men pageant in the courtyard (in Finnish)
1:20 p.m. and 3:20 p.m. Veera Voima and the Kameleontti Choir
2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Christmas tree party in the classroom at the Children’s Town
2–3 p.m. Traditional Father Christmas
1–4:30 p.m. Decorating gingerbread cookies
Christmas chores at the museum on week 47
On the week following the children’s Christmas event, the museum will offer more holiday chores for the whole family. There will be arts and crafts workshops for children from Monday to Sunday, 21–27 November, at 12 noon–3 p.m. Pop in to the workshop to make your own Christmas card or decoration or stay for the whole afternoon. Täti Taikakynä will tell illustrated fairy-tales on Tuesday 22 November, Thursday 24 November and Friday 25 November at 11:30 a.m. in the lobby of the Helsinki City Museum. Admission to the events is free and no advance registration is required.
