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Posted: 02 Dec 2018

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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

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 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 (inactive)
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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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