"Varpunen jouluaamuna" is a Finnish Christmas song we will never forget ♥ (ft. Johanna Kurkela)

[@MaxSujyNorden]

Hei :)

[@haisuli1458]

Terve😊

[@evapovenius2042]

Hei! Christmas Greetings from Finland. I, myself, think that the songs message is quite universal. You never know how much impact you can do to a person if you help her/him. Just a simple smile is sometimes just enough to make ones day. And you get maybe good Karma for it❤ P.S. Quite often Finland prefers "predominantly minor" played songs. It’s not always the sadness which the songs refer but the deep feelings they want to portray.

[@Kokardi65]

moi

[@j3mixa]

In the song, the sparrow speaks to the girl and tells her that he's her little brother who comes from heaven to greet her. It's also about generosity. The girl is giving from what small she has without expecting anything back. The lyrics say that God will reward her for the kindness she showed to the poor. Her reward is that it was her brother whom she helped.

[@elinahamalainen5867]

This is beautiful and beloved song in Finland. And yes many of our Christmas (and other) songs are very melancholic.

[@Staccet]

This song also plays on the old belief of sielunlintu (soul bird). Birds are believed to both bring the soul at birth and take it in death. Wooden bird statuettes were also used a lot as protective charms.

[@DorkVader-u7p]

And in my Finnish family eweryone got bird tattoo 😊 (exept kids)

[@StatusFennica]

Song isn't sad. Its emotional.They aren't the same thing. Many country have happy happy songs but no emotional or touching songs witch is lackness of variety of songs. We have also happy Christmas songs. We can handle greater variety of songs than many other countries.

[@flammeus100]

It's plenty sad. Like most finnish christmas songs :p

[@StatusFennica]

@@flammeus100 No sinä olet vain tyhmä etkä tunnista eri tunneskaaloja.

[@StatusFennica]

@flammeus100 Mene ryssä hevon kuuseen.

[@spugelo359]

@@StatusFennica Mistä sä niitä tunnistaisit ku sulla niitä ei ole?

[@StatusFennica]

@@spugelo359 Ai mitä minulla ei ole?

[@finnishculturalchannel]

Child mortality was high in Finland in the 1800s. Every fifth child died before the age of one. So people had a lot to be sad about. And Lutheranism isn't exactly the most joyous branch of Christianity. The belief was that the birds were the connection between this life and the afterlife. You can still see bird statues on the children's graves, and birds still hold a special place in Finnish culture. On Christmas especially it's a tradition to feed the birds. Couple of videos on that: "Million Birdhouses Campaing in Finland", "megabrock161 Birding in Finland" and "Markku Lehtinen Monia lintuja ruokailemassa". Here's a Christmas song by Sibelius: "15/19: En etsi valtaa, loistoa (Jean Sibelius) [Advent Concert 2013]".

[@osclhelp]

Sakari Topelius was Finnish but Swedish speaking poet and writer. (about 5% Finnish are Swedish speaking even now)

[@sarisalmi7972]

You should react to this song by Marko Hietala at Raskasta Joulua or Vain Elämää also. And Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) overall.

[@pekkakarppinen1608]

I concur.

[@pekkakarppinen1608]

It's so emotional, that l can't sing or hear it without 😭😭😭

[@issyd2366]

Swedish is the second official language of Finland, just like French in Canada. Topelius was a Swedish-speaking Finn.

[@RavnHeggerud]

English and French being official in Canada entirely depends on the location, not at all like Swedish in Finland.

[@tarmotyyri6733]

🇫🇮♥you for sharing your reaction to my favorite Xmas song.

[@viesti]

So many onions lost their lives whilst watching this.

[@Zenfiren]

Hei, more Johanna Kurkela please! (She's amazing) :))

[@Magga-f3z]

Johanna is Tuomas Holopainen ( Nightwish ) wife.

[@SatuMSJaaskelainen-le4sc]

If you like Johannas voice and Tuomas’es magical song writing you might like Auri:Pearl diving official video. That is their ”family project”.

[@anttiypya8264]

Please, Try also Vesa-Matti Loiri’s version from this song.

[@KROB3LO]

This is old song, so that brother might have died so early than she can't even know him.

[@zekevarg3043]

We finns love sad christmas songs. React to Anna Eriksson - Sylvian joululaulu.

[@lassesaikkonen501]

I have always felt that Juhanna Kurkela can carry a tune but her voice is quite weak. I have never heard her belt, only sing in a soft voice.

[@hietalamari1301]

Well she is a very light soprano but try listen some Eye of Melian songs. There she belts really strong. Her tone is just higher than most other female voices.😊🎵

[@KROB3LO]

Jack Sparrow