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The Grand Opening of the Christmas Season

The Grand Opening of the Christmas Season
Contribution for The Sunday Challenge "various Winter Celebrations, Customs & Festivals held this time of the year."

The Grand Christmas tree
Each year City of Tampere erects a tall Christmas tree next to main market square. Here's an old photograph from 2013.
Christmas tree

Christmas parade
Part of the Christmas season opening customs is the Christmas parade.
Christmas pareid

The Tampere Christmas Market
Since 2008 the main market square became the place for so called Christmas markets held during December. However, there are three market places around the city, and two of them are lively market places every Saturdays throughout the year. This photograph I took in 2012 when somewhat the whole December was very rainy.
Rainy Christmas

Tampere Festival of Lights
From the end of October until the beginning of March, the streets of the Tampere city centre are illuminated with hundreds of light fixtures from traditional light figuress to urban art projected onto empty walls. This photograph is from Tammela market square in 2012.
Christmas lights

Janet Brien, Gillian Everett, M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !! ( Marj ), Annemarie and 17 other people have particularly liked this photo


20 comments - The latest ones
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
Xmas should be a happy and peaceful time where we could forget the hardness of this world.
Pretty joyful images, Sami !!
5 years ago.
 Stormlizard
Stormlizard club
A Nice set of photos Sami.
5 years ago.
 Ruesterstaude
Ruesterstaude club
Alle feiern dasselbe - und jeder wieder anders. Wünsch dir eine schöne Adventszeit, Sami!
5 years ago.
 neira-Dan
neira-Dan club
ah !! belles décos , et gilets jaunes en prime
5 years ago.
 Amazingstoker
Amazingstoker
Nice one, but I thought you'd moved to France at first look :)
5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
nog geen sneeuw ?
5 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
Interesting series!
5 years ago.
 Wierd Folkersma
Wierd Folkersma club
very nice series, but rain in Tampere?
Ah 4 years ago :))
5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.
 Clickity Click
Clickity Click
Sure are a lot of people ready for the opening of the Christmas Shopping Season. :)
5 years ago.
 Boarischa Krautmo
Boarischa Krautmo club
good series!
5 years ago.
 Stevia
Stevia club
There's a lot going on! Everyone is waiting for the big Christmas parade! The people wearing the yellow safety vests initially gave me the impression that this was a demonstration. ;-)
I really like the beautiful Christmas decoration at the top of the picture. She looks precious.
5 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Stevia club
Maybe "Mouvement des gilets jaunes" is slowly sneaking up here =D
5 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
Looks like a great celebration.
5 years ago.
 ColRam
ColRam
*********
5 years ago.
 Chrissy
Chrissy club
da ist ja ganz schön was los bei euch und der Weihnachtsbaum ist echt groß ...
5 years ago.
 M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !! ( Marj )
M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!… club
Lovely traditions Sami. Very atmospheric !!
5 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
A lovely series Sami
5 years ago.
 Diederik Santema
Diederik Santema club
Quite a happening.
Love the incllusion of the traffic signs left and right.
5 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Diederik Santema club
Great, you noticed! =)

I had to think what to do with them. I carefully chose the spot where to take the shots. Any closer, and I would not get enough chandelier into the frame, and any further, and those traffic signs would have been too much in front of the Christmas tree and market place sign on right.
5 years ago.
 Janet Brien
Janet Brien club
What a nice presentation, Sami! I loved all of your pictures and the explanations to go with each. I really do avoid the Christmas holiday rush like the plague though, I can't stand the crowds, the grumpy people, and the horrendous marketing that is shoved down your throat. *cry* It didn't used to be like that! :( But I do love seeing all of these pictures so thank you for sharing! :)
5 years ago.

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