Joel Harkimo says that he lost one of his best friends in 2017.
Businessman and politician Joel Harkimo says fresh with his Instagram video of their Christmas traditions.
Every Christmas Eve, Harkimo heads to the cemetery in Sipoo. Harkimo says that one of his best friends died unexpectedly in 2017.
Joel Harkimo talks about his Christmas Eve traditions on Instagram. ATTE KAJOVA
A group of friends has a tradition every Christmas of going to the cemetery to remember a deceased friend.
– The tradition includes lighting a candle. We drink beer with him, Harkimo explains in the video.
After this, Harkimo shows how he lights a grave candle and caps a beer can on his friend’s grave.
– I think such traditions are really important.
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Harkimo spent Christmas with his wife Janni Hussin and with his family. Christmas Eve was celebrated by Harkimo’s father, the chairman of the Liike nyt party Hjallis Harkimon by.
Joel Harkimo lost his grandmother at Christmas. Jenni Gästgivar
Christmas took a sad turn when Hjallis’ mother and Joel’s grandmother Doris Harkimo died on Boxing Day.
– I will miss you very much, but I will have good memories. I remember how he used to read me Evening Tales when I was a child. I would have missed class in elementary school if my grandmother hadn’t done extra work with me all summer. He helped and took care. I will forever be grateful for our moments together, Joel Harkimo wrote on Instagram on Thursday.
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Janni Hussi and Joel Harkimo got married in the summer. ATTE KAJOVA
Joel Harkimo and Janni Hussi now celebrated their first Christmas as a married couple. The couple got married in June.
Hussi and Harkimo live in a detached house they built in Sipoo.