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NAME OF THE DAY CELEBRATIONS AND NORDIC ANSWERS TO HALLOWEEN | NORDIC ODDITIES AND OTHER TRADITIONS
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In Finland and Sweden, people not only celebrate their birthdays each year, but their name days as well. The tradition of assigning names to specific dates stretches back to medieval times.\xa0
As the importance of name days changed over the centuries, so did the various traditions associated with it. Nowadays, it\u2019s mainly coffee-and-cake celebrations in workplaces, day care and schools.
Finland\u2019s indigenous S\xe1mi people also have their own name day calendar. There is also an Orthodox name day calendar that recognises the days of saints that are observed by the small population of Finnish Orthodox.
Most Nordic\u2019s have adopted the commercial Halloween tradition of American-style pumpkin decorations and trick or treat customs. Iceland\u2018s answer to Halloween is \xd6skudagur in February, where kids dress up in costumes and go from door to door to sing for candy. In Finland during Easter Saturday,\xa0 children dress up as little witches. The tradition derives from ancient times, when evil spirits and witches were thought to wander around, doing mischief before Easter.
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