Bird of Tampere
The Kalevala Christmas decoration is an ornament for the whole home. The decoration reflects the warm light of candles and the fireplace. When the day is at its shortest, it's time to hang a decoration on the wall, window or Christmas tree and let joy and beauty fill the home. The Kalevala Christmas decoration sets the mood for Christmas, year after year. The Tampere bird, the 2020 Christmas decoration, brings a message from the prosperous Viking age a thousand years ago. The bird was a common motif in jewelry of that time. For the ancient Finns, birds were symbols of luck and success, and because they were able to fly through the air, up to the heights of the heavens, they were also believed to be messengers between the lower and the higher.