>>1090740Sure anon. It's a Finnish tradition. It's dark around that time of the year so people put ice lanterns on the yard and often some candles inside and dim the electric lights.
At some point during Christmas Eve people visit the graveyard(s) to light candles for relatives and friends buried there and for people buried elsewhere. In addition, I (and my family), like many others light a candle at a memorial for the soldiers who died fighting Soviets during WWII (basically every graveyard in Finland has one).
Swedes have this tradition, but to my observation to a lesser degree during Christmas, but more during All Hallows' Eve. Finns do it then, too. Not sure of other Nordic countries. Madsen maybe can answer.
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Ice lantern: fill bucket of water, let it freeze, but not fully solid. Flip upside down, remove vase-shaped iced-up thing, make a tiny hole to the top and pour out water, place a candle inside.
