Joulupöytä

Dishes

• Christmas ham with mustard
• Karelian stew
• Lipeäkala with melted butter and white sauce
• Gravlax and lavaret, often served with chopped red onion and sour cream
• Pickled herring in various forms
• Potato casserole
• Carrot casserole
• Liver casserole
• Rutabaga casserole
• Boiled potatoes
• Rosolli
• Mushroom salad
• Mustard
• Various sauces

  Beverages

• Schnapps such as Koskenkorva Viina as an appetizer
• Beer, often special Christmas varieties. Most Finnish breweries have seasonal beers for Christmas. Homemade beer is also common.
• Milk
• Wine is nontraditional, but has grown in popularity
• Mulled wine either alcoholic or non-alcoholic

  Desserts

• Prune jam pastries also known as joulutorttu - Christmas tarts which are also called joulutähti - which means "Christmas star" as they are made in a star shape.
• Gingerbread called piparkakku - commonly as round shapes, and sometimes as houses, usually the biscuits are not decorated, but the houses may be iced.
• Mixed fruit soup
• Kiisseli which is a plum runny desert commonly served with whipped cream.
• Rice pudding or rice porridge with cinnamon, sugar and cold milk or with raisin or mixed fruit soup called riisipuuro - rice porridge
• Ice cream with jam
• Confectioneries and other sweets, especially chocolates
• Coffee, the Finns prefer a mild roast and serve this as pannukahvi - made a special way. Tea, is less common and fruit teas become more common rather than just black tea. Glögi, glögi is usually served with almonds and raisins in it and is non-alcoholic. It is found in many public settings and while alcohol could be added it would be uncommon to typically offer it this way in contrast with other cultures that offer mulled wine, which is alcoholic.