• Many of the Christmas traditions of a late-19th-century bourgeois home in Uusikaupunki have survived to this day. Although Christmas was not as lavish a celebration as it is today, it was nonetheless spent enjoying good food and playing games with loved ones. Even the household staff might be invited to dine with the family in the parlour.

Lutefisk, cured salmon, cheeses and wines imported from abroad, casseroles, rice porridge, gingerbread cookies and…