'n it's the house-tonttu that lives in your home that needs the porridge on yule night or he'll be very upset 'n in the worst case, leave. 'n a house without a tonttu has everything going bad.
Important mythology-based politics of the day: Russian Ded Moroz (father frost) 'n Finnish Joulupukki (these days very santa-style) meet at our border every year. *nodnods