place where the festive spirit can never be extinguished, as the bbc s tim allman explains. # it s beginning to look a lot like christmas. # everywhere you go. in like christmas. # everywhere ou to. , like christmas. # everywhere ou to, , ., like christmas. # everywhere ou to. , ., ., you go. in this part of finland it really is you go. in this part of finland it really is christmas - you go. in this part of finland it really is christmas every i it really is christmas every day. in lapland they call themselves the official home of standard laws and here he is, honestly, truly, the real thing, notjust a honestly, truly, the real thing, notjusta man in honestly, truly, the real thing, notjust a man in a fake beard. father christmas hoping this year, of all years, he can bring somejoy to this year, of all years, he can bring some joy to the world. t bring some joy to the world. i have been hearing worrying news around the globe about well being and coping of children and young people.
people, just after the war. and probably most importantly, bring somejoy into probably most importantly, bring some joy into the lives of people and so for me, this festival is hugely symbolic to an umbrella, to come out of this pandemic. and this is also a big week for edinburgh s residents, for small businesses and perhaps they will be more emotional this week as the festival gets under way. edinburgh has taken its first tentative steps back to delivering great hospitality events which is so important to the city. events which is so important to the ci . ., events which is so important to the ci . . ~ ., , events which is so important to theci . . ~ ., , ., all the city. heaven knows we are all in need the city. heaven knows we are all in need of the city. heaven knows we are all in need of a the city. heaven knows we are all in need of a good the city. heaven knows we are all in need of a good laugh - all in need of a good laugh after the last year! you touched on it there b
opening ceremony, people got very excited to see that roving globe made by 2000 drones here as well stop i also managed to get some newspapers here for you. let me show you one of them. here it says delayed by a year, no cheers , but it says, let s hope the power of sports can bring somejoy . it wishes all the athletes well but hope they can stay health and safety. this shows emperor naruhito who declared the opening of the tokyo olympic last night, just as his grandfather did for the 1964 games. some people on twitter were comparing the emperor s speech, which wasn t very long compared to thomas bach s speech which went on for more than ten minutes. it is fair to say that very positive reaction from the japanese public to the opening ceremony. i from the japanese public to the opening ceremony. opening ceremony. i would be interested.
delayed by a year, no cheers, . but it also said, let s hope the power of hope can bring some joy . let s hope the power of hope can bring somejoy . it also says to stay safe and to stay healthy. another newspaper i want to show you is this one with a picture of emperor naruhito, declaring the opening of the olympics yesterday during the opening ceremony, just as his grandfather did for the i964 just as his grandfather did for the 1964 games. there were some people in social media comparing the duration of the emperor s speech which was not very long, versus thomas bucks s speech which went on for more than ten minutes. but overall, a pretty positive reaction from the japanese public. reaction from the japanese ublic. a, ,., public. and mariko, we sought naomi osaka public. and mariko, we sought naomi osaka likes public. and mariko, we sought naomi osaka likes the - public. and mariko, we sought naomi osaka likes the flame l public. and mariko, we sought. naomi osaka likes the
up quite a lot of people queueing up and waiting for their turn to take a picture with the olympic rings. last night when people were here there were at least several hundred people here as well and that roving display created by some 2000 drones created excitement. some of the newspapers this morning. this onceis newspapers this morning. this once is delayed by a year, no cheers but let s hope it can bring some joy. cheers but let s hope it can bring somejoy. the newspaper wishes all the athletes the best of luck but also hoping that they would stay safe and healthy. this newspaper here has a picture of the emperor declaring the opening of the olympics here in tokyo, just as his grandfather did for the 1964 games as well. there were some people on social media comparing the emperor s speech which was not that long, compared to the speech from