At Christmas…experience the magic of Maki Talo!
Christmas at Maki Talo
Archive for December, 2009
Christmas
Sunday, December 13th, 2009Savusauna
Saturday, December 12th, 2009The Koskela House Finnish Museum at Brantwood, Wisconsin, has acquired this Finnish wood carving of a savusauna (smoke sauna).
Savusauna
Rolling in the Snow
Sunday, December 6th, 2009Sung to the tune of Bringing in the Sheaves:
Rolling in the Snow
1. Warming of the sauna, heating of the water,
Carrying of the firewood at Maki Talo;
Waiting for the right heat, and the time of bathing,
We shall come sauna-ing, rolling in the snow.
Refrain:
Rolling in the snow, rolling in the snow,
We shall come sauna-ing, rolling in the snow;
Rolling in the snow, rolling in the snow,
We shall come sauna-ing, rolling in the snow.
2. Rolling in the sunshine, rolling in the shadows,
Fearing neither snow nor winter’s chilling blow;
By the end of steaming, and the sauna ended,
We shall come sauna-ing, rolling in the snow.
3. Going forth with sisu, rolling for the Master,
When the sweating’s over we will always go;
When the sauna’s over, He will give us voima (strength),
We shall come sauna-ing, rolling in the snow.
Lyrics by the Maki Talo Sauna Meister
Bill Hoffman
Copyright: 2009
Music by George A. Minor, 1880
Copyright: Public Domain