Lapland's Santa Spreading Xmas Spirit At Women’s Shelters & Orphanages In Hungary

  • 1 Dec 2019 10:15 AM
Lapland's Santa Spreading Xmas Spirit At Women’s Shelters & Orphanages In Hungary
The Original Finnish Santa Claus arrived to Hungary for the 18th time recently. Santa Claus, or Joulupukki as Finns call him, came all the way from the Lappish town of Rovaniemi via Finnair - as the video below shows.

During his trip in Hungary Joulupukki visits several towns around the country spreading the Christmas spirit to everyone, including expat families.

Besides many public events he will also visit kindergardens, women’s shelters and orphanages in order to meet children with different kinds of backgrounds.

Joulupukki’s Program:

Thursday 5 December 16:00-16:20 Debrecen, Főtér

Friday 6 December 12:00-13:30 MikulásGyár, Millenáris Park
16:00-17:30 Vörösmarty tér Christmas Fair

Saturday 7 December 15:00-17:30 Székesfehérvár



Earlier:
Sunday 1 December 14:00-15:30 - Millenáris Park - MikulásGyár

Monday 2 December 15:30-17:00 Veszprém, Főtér

Tuesday 3 December 10:00-12:00 - Lurdy Ház

Wednesday 4 December 16:00-17:30 Ajka, Agóra tér

 MTI Photo By Balázs Mohai

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