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Old-house holiday magic

4 charming cottages—peek inside Finnish homes where Christmas feels a little more like Christmas

We picked little red cottages and gray log cottages where Christmas is celebrated by candlelight and the glow of the bread oven.

Author Anni Alatalo

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December 12, 2025Lue suomeksi

1. Pia’s little paradise: a 35-square-meter cottage [in Finnish]

The small red cottage stole Pia’s heart in an instant. Inside its timeworn log walls, it’s a joy to spend Christmas with the scent of rice porridge and evergreens, listening to the cat’s purr. “Let time show in the logs; they’re not meant to be erased.” Take a peek at Christmas in the little red cottage here. [in Finnish]

The small red cottage stole Pia’s heart in an instant. Inside its timeworn log walls, it’s a joy to spend Christmas with the scent of rice porridge and evergreens, listening to the cat’s purr. “Let time show in the logs; they’re not meant to be erased.” Take a peek at Christmas in the little red cottage here. [in Finnish]

2. [in Finnish] Katri and Jarkko savor Christmas peace in their 100-year-old cottage [in Finnish]

In the little red cottage in the middle of the forest, candles flicker at Christmastime and old, familiar carols play. The Marjamäki cottage is Katri and Jarkko’s dream come true: “Sometimes it feels like time has turned back”. See the little cottage at Christmas here. [in Finnish]

In the little red cottage in the middle of the forest, candles flicker at Christmastime and old, familiar carols play. The Marjamäki cottage is Katri and Jarkko’s dream come true: “Sometimes it feels like time has turned back”. See the little cottage at Christmas here. [in Finnish]

3. At Kari-Otso’s atmospheric cottage, time stands still at Christmas [in Finnish]

As evening falls, lanterns cast a fairy-tale glow around the house—a Christmas glow. Peek inside Kari-Otso’s red-and-white Christmas cottage here. [in Finnish]

As evening falls, lanterns cast a fairy-tale glow around the house—a Christmas glow. Peek inside Kari-Otso’s red-and-white Christmas cottage here. [in Finnish]

4. The Rantala family’s traditional Christmas in a country log cottage [in Finnish]

The Rantalas’ gray “log lord” smells of winter apples, evergreens, and gingerbread at Christmastime. Rag rugs, a himmeli, and lace curtains set a suitably still mood. “We listen to how the centuries-old logs sigh in the frost,” Birgitta Rantala says. Step into the festive log cottage. [in Finnish]

A gray log cottage in a winter landscape. — The Rantalas’ gray “log lord” smells of winter apples, evergreens, and gingerbread at Christmastime. Rag rugs, a himmeli, and lace curtains set a suitably still mood. “We listen to how the centuries-old logs sigh in the frost,” Birgitta Rantala says. Step into the festive log cottage. [in Finnish]

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