Christmas gifts | “Would you like some pineapple too?” Maria Sampo-Janhu knitted a special Fingerpori sweater for her father

Eurasian Maria Sampo-Janhu was at his parents’ house on Christmas Eve after noon, eating Christmas porridge.

It was time to give the first gift of Christmas to Sampo-Janhu’s father For Kimmo Sampo.

First Sampo-Janhu dug an apple out of his bag onto the dining table, then a banana and finally a peach.

“Then I have a question. Do you want pineapple too?” he asked his father.

“Of course,” replied the father.

But the pineapple was no longer found in Kass. Instead, Sampo-Janhu handed his father a turquoise woolen sweater he had knitted with pictures of pineapples on it. I mean pineapple too.

“That was followed by a terrible laugh and dad immediately put on his jacket. It was a nice gift”, says Sampo-Janhu.

Pineapple jacket refers to Pertti Jarlan drawn and written Finger drill-comic strip, where the comic character Heimo Vesa asks for a smoothie from the juice bar, which includes apple, peach and banana. After this, the seller asks Vesa if she would also like a pineapple. Vesa answers in the affirmative and leaves the place wearing a pineapple-patterned jacket.

The strip was published in Helsingin Sanomat September 12thand according to Sampo-Janhu, it is one of his father’s favorites.

“Dad always reads everything Finger drills. He posted a picture of this in our common Whatsapp group. He told everyone at work that a pineapple jacket would be great,” says Sampo-Janhu.

That’s where the idea for knitting came from. He says he got a model for pineapples Snow Lamb of designed pineapple gloves and wool socks. The jacket was finished a few days before Christmas Eve.

Sampo-Janhu also shared a photo of the finished jacket on Facebook Fingerporin to the understanders group. Fingerporin the gift has aroused widespread admiration among friends.

Do you take pineapple too? Why not. Picture: Maria Sampo-Janhu

This it is by no means the first time that Sampo-Janhu has knitted similar humorous gifts for her loved ones.

Sampo-Janhu’s father, Kimmo Sampo, is a shopkeeper at the local K-Supermarket. In the spring of 2022, he turned 30 as a trader. Before his career as a K-trader, he was a trader at a Superspar store.

“That’s when I made him Superspar and K-Supermarket wool socks,” says Sampo-Janhu.

The rest Christmas presents in the family are only distributed on the eve. However, the pineapple jacket was such a special gift that Sampo-Janhu wanted to give it already during the day.

“Other family members knew that such a gift was coming to father. Now we focused only on this one gift and father’s reaction. Fortunately, my sister also caught it on video.”