Welcome to the World of Sappas!
For every Finnish child of a certain age, whether growing up in Finland or in my case, in Canada, you undoubtedly wore a pair of huopasaappaat! Even now, when I close my eyes, I can still see myself, as a little girl, wearing my grey felt “huopasaappaat” as they’re called in Finnish, playing and traipsing through the winter snows for hours on end, as clear as it was yesterday! The memory has never faded, just like a kodak moment, it is stored with me forever
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