INDEPENDENCE DAY FOR FINLAND IS THE NEWS
December 6th is Independence day for Finland. It was in 1917 that the the emerging Nation State of Finland declared independence from Russia. It was a well timed event as the situation in Russia was a little hot and messy at the time. Lenin recognised this Finnish act officially on January 4th 1918. ( The Brits were not so quick!!!)
By the way Swedes gave Finland away to Russia a hundred years before and Finland became a kind of pass the parcel in all the war games.

But today Finns begin to forget work and begin to cool down for the big celebrations over the next 36 hours.