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Easter Family Celebration
In partnership with Finlandia Foundation Columbia Pacific Chapter, Portland Finnish School, Nordic Northwest invites you to this family Easter event. Parents, grandparents, and friends can enjoy coffee and pastries while kids make crafts and go egg hunting. In good weather, this event will be partly outside, so bring your lawn chairs and/or blankets.
Easter in Nordic countries is an exciting mix of flavors, history, and traditions. Besides celebrating the religious roots of the Christian feast, Easter in Finland is all about welcoming home and the long-awaited spring after the dark and cold winter months. It is often considered as planting the seeds for happiness and health for the upcoming summer season. For many, Easter also means a break from the hectic life in the middle of the spring. In Finland, Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays, and many families take the opportunity to spend the long weekend away. Surprisingly, often they travel to northern Finland to see snow one last time before the summer.