Toivola and the Old Vicarage Christmas 18.11.-23.12.2023

Toivola and the Old Vicarage Christmas

The traditional Toivola Christmas Courtyard is a versatile blend of cheerful togetherness, programs, delicacies, delightful finds for gifts, and above all, the joyful Christmas spirit. Welcome to enjoy the Christmas atmosphere in the most beautiful courtyard in the center of Jyväskylä!

The courtyard and its services provide a Christmas atmosphere and a beautiful setting, offering not only festive food and drink delights but also design, atmospheric performances, visits from Santa Claus, discoveries for gifts, art, and history. Above all, Toivola offers a relaxed and cheerful meeting place where everyone can embrace the Christmas spirit in their own way.

Toivola Christmas Courtyard’s opening will be celebrated towards the end of November. Expect warm, delicious, and cheerful opening festivities – with music, cozy Christmas lighting, and decorations.

Toivola’s Warehouses offer a true paradise for food lovers, Toivola’s Christmas Shop. The warehouses are filled with local food and drink delicacies. There are, for example, Christmas casseroles, preserves, honey, Christmas fish, cheeses, candies, chocolates, Christmas beers, coffee, tea, and other savory and sweet Christmas delights.

The Christmas Shop in the Warehouses Spoils the Food Lover

The Christmas Shop in the Warehouses Spoils the Food Lover
Toivola’s Warehouses offer a true paradise for food lovers, Toivola’s Christmas Shop. The warehouses are filled with local and nearby food and drink delicacies. There are, for example, jams, preserves, honey, Christmas fish, cheeses, candies, chocolates, Christmas beers, coffee, tea, chocolates, and other savory and sweet Christmas delicacies.

SANTA CLAUS AND MUSIC PERFORMANCES

Santa Claus enjoys the Christmas atmosphere at Toivola. Santa Claus is present from November 18th to December 23rd.

During the Christmas opening and Christmas Courtyard opening on November 18th, starting around 6:45 PM
Wed 29th Nov: 4 PM – 6 PM
Sat 2nd Dec: 3 PM – 5 PM
Sun 3rd Dec: 2 PM – 4 PM
Wed 6th Dec: 2 PM – 4 PM
Sat 9th Dec: 3 PM – 5 PM
Sun 10th Dec: 2 PM – 4 PM
Wed 12th Dec: 4 PM – 6 PM
Sat 16th Dec: 3 PM – 5 PM
Sun 17th Dec: 2 PM – 4 PM
Wed 20th Dec: 3 PM – 5 PM
Thu 21st Dec: 3 PM – 5 PM
Fri 22nd Dec: 4 PM – 5 PM
Sat 23rd Dec: 12 PM – 2 PM

Santa Claus’s Cottage has also opened in the Warehouses at the Christmas Courtyard – welcome!”

The Snowman™ animation and Christmas Calendar: Elf Academy

The Snowman animation has a traditional role as part of the Toivola Christmas Courtyard event. This year, The Snowman will be screened five times during the event.

The screening times are:
Saturday, November 18th, at 7:15 PM (Christmas Courtyard opening)
Saturday, December 2nd, at 4:00 PM
Saturday, December 9th, at 4:00 PM
Saturday, December 16th, at 4:00 PM
Saturday, December 23rd, at 4:00 PM

YLE’s Christmas Calendar: will be aired daily from December 4th to December 23rd, 2023, at the same time as on YLE.

CHRISTMAS TREE SALES POINT AND CHILDREN'S DECORATED CHRISTMAS TREES

Toivola hosts Annukan Viherpalvelu’s Christmas tree sales point, offering locally produced forest spruces from Leivonmäki, where you’re sure to find a delightful Christmas tree for yourself. For pre-orders and inquiries, call +358 40 522 1805 / Annukka.

The Christmas tree will be wrapped in a net to keep it tidy during transportation. Home delivery options are also available for the trees.

The Crafts Museum of Central Finland and Toivola’s old courtyard, in collaboration with daycare centers, organize the traditional decoration of Christmas trees in Toivola’s Courtyard. This year, the Christmas trees decorated by daycare groups will charm Toivola’s visitors throughout the entire Toivola Christmas Courtyard event until December 23rd, 2023. Relatives, friends, acquaintances, and passersby are welcome to observe the decoration of the Christmas trees by the daycare groups according to their designated schedule or simply drop by.”