A hundred years of independence.
Happy birthday, Finland. Independence is valuable to us Finns on an individual level so a hundred years of it is worth celebrating.
I will mark this day by standing on a cold street listening to some pompous music. Then I will withdraw to a warm kitchen where gingerbread cookies are baking in the oven, teenagers are squabbling and an old lady is knitting socks in the corner.
In the evening, I will watch the president's ball on TV with a friend and decide to never have another gingerbread cookie again.
At some point, I will listen to Sibelius' "Finlandia" and cry.
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