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Kiira is one of the patrons in a charity campaing in Tampere organized by Junior Chamber Tammerkoski. There’s also a nice little christmas related story from Kiira’s childhood on the site. Thanks to “kiirankaima” for informing us about it.
Just one wish for christmas
Because school and training is keeping Kiira busy, Kiira’s mother told a story about four year old Kiira’s peculiar wish for christmas present.
In Korpi family christmas has traditionally been a wonderfull time with whole family, about meeting relatives and friends. When Kiira was four the family had recently moved to Turku. As christmas was closing grandmother and other relatives phoned in to ask present wishes and Kiira firmly announced that she wanted a water tap, her own golden water tap.
The wish raised questions, what were the origins of such request – a golden water tap. Apparently in the day-nursery the nannies used word “kraana” for a water tap when asking the children to wash their hands, instead of the more common word “hana”. And for small children the word “kraana” is much more impressive than the word “hana”, and maybe the water taps in the day-nursery were those old fashion ones, who knows.
With mail came those colorfull toy-catalogues from which older sister Petra tried to lure Kiira into choosing something else. Couple of weeks later grandmother called again to ask the childrens present wishes, but nothing on the catalogues had been much of interest and Kiira still announced that her only wish is a golden water tap.
Fortunately grandfather, who was a plumber, managed to find an old water tap made out of brass. He polished it so that it shined and placed it into a piece of styrofoam, and so grandmother was able to send Kiira the present she had so much wished for.
Christmas eve came and Santa brough several presents to four year old Kiira. After opening the present with the golden tap the rest were left unopened – my own golden water tap! During the holidays Kiira took the water tap along where ever she went and proudly presented it to all relatives and friends. Later the water tap was put in to use at the grandparents summer cottage.
Mother also says that Kiira’s wishes for christmas presents have rarely been longer than just one item!
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Kiira is one of the patrons in a charity campaing in Tampere organized by Junior Chamber Tammerkoski. There’s also a nice little christmas related story from Kiira’s childhood on the site. Thanks to “kiirankaima” for informing us about it.
Just one wish for christmas
Because school and training is keeping Kiira busy, Kiira’s mother told a story about four year old Kiira’s peculiar wish for christmas present.
In Korpi family christmas has traditionally been a wonderfull time with whole family, about meeting relatives and friends. When Kiira was four the family had recently moved to Turku. As christmas was closing grandmother and other relatives phoned in to ask present wishes and Kiira firmly announced that she wanted a water tap, her own golden water tap.
The wish raised questions, what were the origins of such request – a golden water tap. Apparently in the day-nursery the nannies used word “kraana” for a water tap when asking the children to wash their hands, instead of the more common word “hana”. And for small children the word “kraana” is much more impressive than the word “hana”, and maybe the water taps in the day-nursery were those old fashion ones, who knows.
With mail came those colorfull toy-catalogues from which older sister Petra tried to lure Kiira into choosing something else. Couple of weeks later grandmother called again to ask the childrens present wishes, but nothing on the catalogues had been much of interest and Kiira still announced that her only wish is a golden water tap.
Fortunately grandfather, who was a plumber, managed to find an old water tap made out of brass. He polished it so that it shined and placed it into a piece of styrofoam, and so grandmother was able to send Kiira the present she had so much wished for.
Christmas eve came and Santa brough several presents to four year old Kiira. After opening the present with the golden tap the rest were left unopened – my own golden water tap! During the holidays Kiira took the water tap along where ever she went and proudly presented it to all relatives and friends. Later the water tap was put in to use at the grandparents summer cottage.
Mother also says that Kiira’s wishes for christmas presents have rarely been longer than just one item!
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