Picture of a widely shared ritual in modern Finland: people gathering to family homes on Finlands independence day December 6, to watch in TV how our president and his/her’s spouse shake hands with all the people invited to their official independence day party.
It takes about 2-4 hours, people drink and eat while discussing the outfits and persons shaking hands.
Nice! A similar thing plays out on December 10th in Sweden, but it is the Nobel prize banquet and not independence day.