During pikkujoulu everyone gets permission to get wasted, do silly things and will be forgiven by others. The forgiving attitude quite often might stem from the fact that not so many people will remember the next day what exactly happened the day before.
The point is to have fun after hard year of working (there is quite a big percentage of workaholics among Finns). What we did this year was very Finnish: we went to see an ice-hockey match, went later on for a dinner to a restaurant. After delicious dinner sparkled quite well with some wine and cognac we proceeded in search for more fun. As the majority of my co-workers are in the middle group age we landed in a karaoke bar where dizzy Finns sing extremely melancholic and sad songs. Luckily it was so crowded that at some point we left and ended up in a great place with groove, funky and 70-80's music.
We all visited dance floor and had a very good time. I heard stories that some of our workers suddenly got so talkative (unusual combination: talkative Finn) that they discussed after the party (club closed ca.3.30am) until 6am on the street when it was like minus 6 degrees :) Discussion only for the toughest ones :)
Anyone wants to share his/her Christmas party story? We could have like the most comprehensive Christmas party collection :)
Hyvää joulua! (Merry Christmas!)
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