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I love the period of holidays and Christmas preparation with all my heart. For me it’s always great spending of time, warm feelings and coziness. I associate Christmas with long celebration, decorating the house, my family and its magical spirit. This year it has snowed, what have made those days much more fantastic. I like our Ukrainian tradition of singing carols. I don’t sing, nevertheless I adore to listen to them, because these songs have special energy and sound, they carry our history and keep our national identity. Also it’s necessarily to mention about Ukrainian cuisine. Ukrainians cook only the most delicious food during Christmas holidays and have a tradition of cooking twelve lean dishes for Christmas Eve. We always have a lot of very tasty food and sweets, so it’s one more reason why I’m over the moon. In all sincerity I hope our generation will be able to save important ancient customs.

Anna Olenyuk

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My family celebrates the magical holiday of Christmas every year. The tradition of gathering with the whole family at a large table has existed for as long as I can remember. Grandpa always sits in a place of honor and tells stories from his life. We know many of his stories by heart, but each time we listen carefully. He is pleased with our attention. An elegant Christmas tree flashes with colorful lights and smells of tangerines and roast duck. The whole day before the holiday is filled with bustle and expectation of a miracle. Christmas Eve is full of miracles for me.There is always something happening that you don't expect. Guests come who always have no time. Mom suddenly gets the most beautiful and delicious cake. Or I find under the pillow a piece of meat carefully hidden by the cat. By lunchtime, we will sit down at the table and begin the feast. The noisy company will laugh, sing songs until late at night. From year to year the scenario of the holiday is approximately the same. But no one in my family wants anything to change in this tradition. We all value the minutes spent together. And hearing the bell ringing of the festive service, the heart stops in anticipation of a miracle. After all, Christmas night is rich in magical moments. This is such a Christmas in my big and friendly family.

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My family celebrates the magical holiday of Christmas every year. The tradition of gathering with the whole family at a large table has existed for as long as I can remember. Grandpa always sits in a place of honor and tells stories from his life. We know many of his stories by heart, but each time we listen carefully. He is pleased with our attention. An elegant Christmas tree flashes with colorful lights and smells of tangerines and roast duck. The whole day before the holiday is filled with bustle and expectation of a miracle. Christmas Eve is full of miracles for me.There is always something happening that you don't expect. Guests come who always have no time. Mom suddenly gets the most beautiful and delicious cake. Or I find under the pillow a piece of meat carefully hidden by the cat. By lunchtime, we will sit down at the table and begin the feast. The noisy company will laugh, sing songs until late at night. From year to year the scenario of the holiday is approximately the same. But no one in my family wants anything to change in this tradition. We all value the minutes spent together. And hearing the bell ringing of the festive service, the heart stops in anticipation of a miracle. After all, Christmas night is rich in magical moments. This is such a Christmas in my big and friendly family.

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Christmas is important for my family.Christmas is a particularly beautiful day with special magic.On Christmas Eve dad puts hay on the table and lights a candle , mom covers the tablecloth, prays and we sit down to dinner.The main dishes are kutia and borscht.Every year we cook twelve fasting meals. This is two of the few traditions of celebrating Christmas in our family.
I always spend the first day of Christmas with my family. We have fun together and play different games. In the evening we go to carol.
The next day we go to grandma, and in the evening we go to our friends.
On the third day of Christmas we cook many dishes and guests come to us.
Christmas is one of the most wonderful holidays for me. This day has a special magical atmosphere.
Oleksandra Symonovych

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Christmas holidays are a magical time for everyone. There are coziness and a festive atmosphere in every house. I like this time when the streets of the city are decorated and I can hear Christmas songs when I walk in the center.

My Christmas mood comes to me differently every year. St. Nicholas day has given it to me this year. I woke up with the song “Jingle Bell Rock” and it was awesome(because I wake up with the educator’s voices every morning in Lyceum). After lessons, I and my friend went to Lutsk for a walk. It was charming because everywhere were lights. Then we went to my home and started decorating the Christmas tree and all my home listening to Christmas music. At the end of the day, we lit a fireplace and watched the movie.

I helped my parents to sell the fireworks on holidays. On Christmas eve I was at home and celebrating with my parents.  We have a tradition to go to grandparents on Christmas and I like that because it is one day of the year when all relatives are sitting at the same table.
Tsymbaliuk Liza 10B

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Christmas is really important day for me. Firstly it’s a time which I spend with my family and I like it. Also this holiday has special atmosphere.

My family have several traditions. On Christmas Eve all family gather together around the table. My grandmother speaks a prayer and then we sit down at the table and eat. We don’t cook 12 dishes. But all of them are lean. The most important dish is Kutia. We add honey, nuts, poppy and raisins there. Also we put garlic on the corners of the table.

The first day we spend together. But on the second day we visit our relatives. And on the third day we can meet with our friends.

I think it’s really cool holiday. Because everyone can be with close people. Also you can sing your favorite  carol and relax.
Pasych Valeria 10-B

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Christmas is very important day in my life because when it comes  all my family sits at one table and start discussing.
At the 6th January me my mother and sister start cleaning our house.After the cleaning we begin decorating house while mom prepares twelve fasting meals.The main dish is kutia with nuts and dried fruits.At the evening my grandfather turns off the light in the kitchen puts a candle in the kutia lights it and we pray.After that we have dinner.
At the next day when Christmas came at the morning I and my grandfather we go to the church.When I come home it's around twelve I change clothes and go caroling with a friend.
At evening we sit at one table again and have dinner.
I love this holiday because you became happy when your family get together

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Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. That's the time when all your friends and relatives unite. On the Chrismas Eve (6 Jan) ukrainian families used to spend time together around the table and eat 12 fasting meals.So did we. The next day we invite all the relatives once again and speak about everything what happened last year and everything we wait this year. After midnight youths go to neighborhood and sing carols. For some type of people it's the good way to get money!✌️ merry Christmas

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On the first day, on a Christmas Eve, we all get together and have a holly supper. It has its special atmosphere. Unfortunately, we don’t cook all 12 dishes, but we have no less delicious dishes. For example, very yummy kutia is in our family. It has to be with nuts and candied fruits. It is a little tradition, as say.

On the second day, we visit our relatives. It is usually grandparents or my aunt and uncle. They often give us a lot of presents or just sweets.

On the last day of Christmas we receive guests. It happens not often, but this year my mother’s friend visited us. Christmas was gorgeous this year.

I love this holiday, because it’s time for family and friends. We need to spend more time with them. I think you had a nice Christmas too. Thanks for attention.

Кузьміна Тетяна, 10-Б клас

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For every believing Christian it is a great holiday. And for me it's special. With the advent of Christmas, I have a holoday mood, because there is an unusual and charming atmosphere.
Every family celebrates Christmas in their own way.
I usually celebrate it with my family. Christmas begins on January 6th with Christmas Eve, when the first star appears in the sky, my whole family sits down at the table.
We have an ancient tradition of  putting on the table a bowl, fork and spoon, it's appliances for family members who have already died, on this day
they seem to be able to eat with us.
Usually on Christmas Eve we prepare lenten dishes such as borsch with mushrooms and cabbage,grechanuku and kutia and others. Kutia is the most important Christmas dish.
Some people just buy it in the store, but in my family we have an ancient tradition to do it yorself of pounding it in a mortar.
Also for the New Year we decorate the house, put and decorate the Christmas tree in baubles and lights, we put a star on top of it. On the first day of Christmas, my family and I attend church.
When we return home, we meet children singing carols.
In general,for me this is a family holiday , because I can have fun with family, sing carols and just enjoy this charming atmosphere.
Orest Martenyk

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Christmas is a very important holiday for me.  At Christmas I spend time with my family.  We also have our traditions. Every year we cook 12 Christmas dishes.  The most important dish of the Christmas table is Kutia.  Kutya is cooked by her mother.  Dad always helps to cook delicious fasting meals.  We have dinner at 6 o'clock.  Before that dad brings hay.  And mam puts garlic and coins.  We also read a prayer.  After that the whole family goes to church.🌲✨
Anzhelika Krysko

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For me christmas is a wonderful evening with family and a fun day with friends. Before on Christmas eve, I helped my mother cook 12 dishes all day, and my father and brother sometimes helped. Our house was very nicely decorated.  There was a Christmas tree and a small pine tree at home, as well as garlands everywhere.  Everything in the yard was also decorated. I spent the evening with my family. When we sat down at the table, lit candles and turned off the lights. As soon as I woke up my friends started wishing me a Christmas. We also had breakfast with the whole family. Then I remembered my favorite carols and went to carol with friends. We were received very warmly and cheerfully. With the rest we had money, sweets and tangerines. Then we went downtown to the Christmas tree. There I met many of my familiar, with whom I shared my impressions. At the end of the day we went to blow up the Christmas crackers. This Christmas was unforgettable.
Hryhorychenko Olha

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Christmas in my family/Різдво в моїй сім‘ї

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Christmas in my family/Різдво в моїй сім‘ї

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Christmas is celebrated in the family circle. Every Christmas we prepare 12 dishes. For example, uzvar , dumplings and fried fish. My grandmother cooks kutia, and my mother and I cook most of the other dishes. Usually at 6 pm we have dinner, and then we clean the table.

On the next day after Christmas my cousin visits our family. We spend time together at my home and eat sweets.
Губарик Ангеліни

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There are so many countries and people who celebrate a Christmas.

In each country different traditions of celebrating.

I live in Ukraine. We celebrate our Christmas the 7th of January.

Before Christmas we decorate a Christmas tree and our yard.

The 6th of January i with my mum cook a holy supper. There should be 12 dishes at this dinner. The main dish is kutia.

The 7th of January we go to Church, and after that Christmas begins for me.

This holiday is a family day , so we always go to visit grandmothers.

We sing carols, for which carolers are given money or sweets .

I like a winter for this holidays , because  they give wonderful emotions.

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Christmas Eve is the most amazing holiday in my family because it’s filled with a lot of unique traditions. My grandma usually follows the rule which she has seen in her grand parent’s house that people can’t eat anything before the first star is in the sky. The rest of our family usually eats some lenten food. All women in our house always cook all day while all men feed domestic animals in the morning for all day, because when the first star is in the sky you can’t do any kind of work. After the table is set, we pray and taste Kutia (my mom always adds something new to the recipe while cooking). We have garlic on each edge of the table and ax under the table for the next year to be prosperous. My family follows the rule that no one can go to the barn because you can hear how animals are talking about Jesus and this speech is not for people. The seventh of January church group of our town goes from house to house and sings carols. This holiday season is my favorite one, because my family has a reunion with all the relatives either in our or their house.

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For me, Christmas is а celebration, when I can spend time with my family. We usually gather and celebrate at my grandparents’ house. Our Christmas dinner normally has 12 dishes. The main dish on the table is 'kutia'. It's a type of kind of sweet porridge made of wheat. We spend this holiday at home baking cookies, making fudge, and preparing a big Christmas dinner. We love to see each other. My cousins and I spend the day playing games and singing Christmas carols. In my childhood, my siblings and I used to wake up early to go out singing carols in our neighborhood during the morning. Christmas is а pleasure time!
Sofia Narushevych

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In my opinion, Christmas is the best family holiday. On Christmas my whole family gathers at home to spend these few days of winter together. All the magic of Christmas begins on the evening before the holiday.

From the early morning of January 6, our family is preparing for Christmas. My mother and father cook a holiday dinner, and my sister and I clean the house. In the evening, the whole family sits down at the table to taste delicious food and discuss different topics. It is time to fun, joy and happiness.

We usually spend the first day of Christmas with the whole family, but this year the parents were at work. So my sister and I listened to Christmas songs and carols, and watched some Christmas movies.

There is a tradition in our family that every second day of Christmas we go to the village to visit our grandparents with small gifts on this wonderful holiday. so this year we did it again.

It was a great start of the year. And we are already looking forward to the next Christmas)
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Bash Anastasia

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Christmas is my family's favorite holiday.  Because this is exactly the holiday that the whole family gathers for.  And the reason for this holiday is the birth of Christ, which took place many thousands of years ago. In Ukraine, this holiday is celebrated on January 7.  On this day, all Ukrainian housewives prepare a large number of different dishes, but the main dish is considered to be kutia, it is in every home.  further all other dishes. In my family this holiday does not differ from all above.  My grandmother and I cooked something during the day. The men helped us. When evening came, we lit a candle, said a prayer and ate kutia, and then everything else under various conversations, then carolers came to us and sang a beautiful carol, we thanked them, returned to the table, after  delicious dinner we cleaned everything from the table, extinguished the candle and went to bed. Somehow this is how Christmas goes in my family :)
Nastiia Vilchinska

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Probably, there are no people who don't like Christmas. My family selebrate it 7 January. We pray before Christmas Eve. In the middle of table is Kutia and also a 11 dishes. There are fish, salad, boiled potatoes. Relatives come to us every Christmas. And we spend time together in warm and cosy. This year we all sang carols. Also carolers from the church came to us, singing songs about God. Every Christmas is unique. Merry Christmas!

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Every family has their own traditions before Christmas celebration. In my family we have also many traditions like as decorating Christmas tree, cooking holy supper which consist of 12 dishes, or singing carols on Christmas evening. The main dish for Christmas in Ukraine is kutia, which all Ukrainians have on the holiday table.

These days the whole family gathers and in the circle of relatives we celebrate this great and bright holiday.

When I was a child I went to carols with my brothers and sisters.

Every year in firs day of Christmas my family and me go to the church.

For me Christmas are the days when the whole family is going to celebrate the birth of Jesus, it’s cozy and warm moments with your native people.

Zlotko Daryna

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For me Christmas is а family holiday and preparation for it is special.
Before Christmas mу family always clean the house, decorate it and Christmas trеe with lights and candles. Every year I help my mother tо cook kutia and 11 another dishes, such as fried fish, vegetables, salads and so on. Every course should be eaten, in such а way next year will be happy and lucky.When dishes arе ready and the first star appeared, we have dinner. After dinner we usually wait for children, who come to оur house tо sing carols.
My family and I really like this holiday, because the atmosphere is mysterious and it fills our lives with happiness.

I appreciate Christmas аnd i’m proud оf our traditions.
Kravchuk Daryna

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At first we cooked some dishes at home. Then as usual I and my parents went to my grandma. She lives in a village. We always celebrate Christmas together. Then came grandparents from Lutsk (my grandma's brother and his wife). We decorated the table with candles and puted on it twelve meatless dishes. Here are some of them: fried fish, uzvar, some salads, rice with vegetables etc. And of course there was the main dish of Christmas kutia. Also we puted one extra plate and glass for our dead relatives. When everything was done we standed near the table, prayed and tasted the kutia. Then we sat down and had dinner. After that we sang Ukrainian Christmas songs or carols together. We have got a little book with many carols. When we sang I felt amazing, it was really good feeling of comforr. Then we talked about everything the family could talk about. We prayed again and went to our beds. We had breakfast together as usual and then went home.
We always celebrate Christmas with grandparents in the village with delicious dishes, a lot of lights, cozy atmosphere and good carols.

Kondratyuk Daryna

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Everyone in our family is looking forward to winter, because in winter everyone celebrates our favorite holiday - Christmas.  We respect and appreciate this holiday very much, because at this time the whole family gathers together.  This is a time for fun, joy, happiness and wonder.  We also especially appreciate the ancient Ukrainian traditions.

Usually at Christmas we visit grandparents in the village.  There, together with them before Christmas Eve, we make a small nativity scene - a basket with hay and figurines symbolizing the birth of Christ.  Then mom and grandma are preparing holiday meals.  There should be 12. Our table usually has kutia (main course), mashed potatoes or buckwheat, fried or baked fish, vegetables, a few salads and snacks without meat.

After dinner, my sister and I go to other homes to traditionally sing carols and get something from the hosts.

The next day, just at Christmas, we visit relatives and have fun.
I really love Christmas!  It is a wonderful and bright holiday that fills our hearts with happiness and goodness.

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My family tries to keep Ukrainian traditions, so every year we spend Christmas holidays as we should. I also decorate our house for the New Year and decorate the Christmas tree. For every Christmas I not only decorate the house, but I also make Christmas decorations like a Christmas wreath or small wooden toys on the tree. For dinner we cook 12 dishes, among them the main dish is kutia, and then, when everything is ready, we pray as a family and then have dinner. After dinner, I like to watch a Christmas movie, for example "Home Alone". Over dinner we have an interesting conversation or reminisce about good times. During the Christmas weekend, many guests come to us with whom we have not seen for a long time. Besides, every Christmas my relatives send me parcels with presents that I am crazy about. I like getting presents, but I like giving presents even more. In my village, people don't carol. But the holidays don't end there, and then there are many different holidays.🎄

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Christmas in my family

Christmas in my family is a special holiday. Every year all my relatives come to our house and we have a big dinner. At Christmas Eve, which is on the 6th of January, my mum and I cook 12 meatless dishes including grilled fish, roasted potatoes, cabbage with mushrooms, different salads with seafood and of course kutia. After dinner, we are waiting for children who come to our house and sing carols. Also the choir from our church comes to us, sings carols and we donate some money for the development of our church. The next day all my family go to the cathedral to pray for the health and welfare of all our relations! Unfortunately, this year we didn’t go to the church because of quarantine. But we hope that next time the situation will change and we’ll be able to according to all our customs and traditions.

Evelina

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In our family Christmas is one of the most important holiday and it one of the most anticipated event.We start preparing for this one in a month. First of all we are definitely draw up a gift list.So every weekend before Christmas my mom and I choose,buy and wrap presents for our relatives,close friends and each other.Before holiday we clean and decorate with bow,bells & lights our house.We hang Christmas wreat on the door and I cover windows with artificial snow(because snow is rare nowadays). The week before New Year Eve my father and I decorate the Christmas tree with tinsel,ribbons,candles,candy canes...

On January 7th, we celebrate Christmas.Early in the morning we go to church.After that my family has a dinner.Later we each exchange one gift,sing songs and watch our favorite Christmas movies.
Christmas is my favorite holiday. A holiday when the whole family gathers  and spends time together.This is a time when everyone, despite all the misunderstandings, can reconcile with each other and thank God for everything he has.
Vika Homych

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Christmas in my family
Christmas is the most expecting holiday in my family. We always celebrate it with our relatives. On the Christmas Eve my mother cooks different dishes like vareniks with berries, kutya with honey and nuts, baked fish and potatoes and makes uzvar. My family has some traditions. The funniest for me is to crow under the table. As we have hens at home, we do it and then in the spring they hatch chikens better. On the first day of Christmas we visit my gradparents. My aunt, uncle and cousins go there too. We all have a nice time and then sing carols together. On the second day of Christmas we visit my granny at  the village. There many carolers come, they greet us with holidays. My grandmother always gives them money and sweets. I enjoy Christmas and look forward to this holiday every year the most.

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Christmas is a day of joy and delicious food. On Christmas our family follow a lot of folk Ukrainian tradition. Every year we all go to our granny and celebrate Christmas. In granny home have already stood Christmas tree which have already decorated with ornament.
This year my family made me and my sister to sing Christmas carols. We sang and people gave us sweets or money. It was fun!
On our table should be 12 dishes. Here are dishes such as: kutia, olivie salad, turkey, sandwiches with caviar, salad vinaigrette, meatless soup, fried fish and other.
Every Christmas my grandpa put  on the end of the table clove of garlic. This action  protect home against evil ghost. And I saw the Star of Bethlehem this year in the sky. it was wonderful!  I really like Christmas and Christmas traditions and I enjoy about my winter holiday.

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There are probably no people who do not like Christmas. This is a mysterious holiday, this is the victory of good over evil. Every family has its own traditions of celebrating Christmas. First of all, it is necessary that the whole family gathered at the festive table. We do so. We dress in embroidered shirts, parents put 12 dishes on the table. The main one is kutia. We also sincerely pray to God, Thank you for the past year. And we wish you happiness for the next one
Taras

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New year
On New Year's Eve, I am actively preparing, cleaning the whole house, buying gifts, and helping my mother prepare New Year's meals.  Bake gingerbread cookies. We decorate the Christmas tree with color baubles and lights together.  We hang a wreath on the door  too. On the 31st we celebrate the new year with a delicious dinner, at 0:00 we make wishes and go to watch the fireworks)
We also exchange gifts and have a good time
Christmas
Usually the Christmas holidays start again in preparation.  On Christmas Eve , my mother prepares 12 meatless dishes.  When the first star rises, we have dinner with the whole family, and the carols are already starting to delight us with their singing.  Afterwards we go to church.  When we return, we go to bed.  But the celebration and rest continues for about 2-3 days.  I really love the atmosphere of the New Year and the Christmas holidays, it's very wonderful.
Sonia Kasianchyk~~

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Christmas in my family

Before New Year We buy a Christmas tree and make Christmas toys. In Ukraine the New Year celebrates a week early then Christmas.This  year I celebrated it with my friends. We listend to the president's wishes and ate 12 grapes while the clock was knocking. On the sixth of January at dinner we celebrate a poor diner. We prepare 12 fasting dishes, one of which is a traditional kutia. In a Christmas we are meeting with relatives . We talk,  sing carols, play games.
Lina

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Christmas  is the most favorite holidays of my family. There are several traditions in my family. On Christmas Eve, my mother and I cook 12  meatless dishes .

Here are these dishes: kutya,uzvar,fried fish, dumplings ( вареники ) with potatoes and cherries, pancakes and so on...

The most Important and delicious is Kutia. It is cooked of wheat grains, poppy seeds, honey or sugar, nuts, raisins. When the first star rises, we pray and sit down to eat.At 7th of January  we usually spent with grandparents. We talk, sing carols and watch Christmas movies. At 8th and 9th of January my parents and I visit friends and they come to us.

That's how we spend the Christmas holidays.
Schnaider Tanya

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Christmas is a special holiday in my family because a lot of relatives come to me for this holiday and we have a lot of fun.  In the evening of January 6, for a holy dinner, we go to grandma and grandpa, put on the table Diduh and 12 fasting meals. On the morning of January 7, we set the holiday table and guests come to us.The next day my grandmother is visited by her mother and sisters with her brother. They take their children with them. At the table we sing carols and tell funny stories until the evening.  For this Christmas we learned more than 10 new carols.
Dima Sendetskiy

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In my family there is no specific traditional for celebrating Christmas we celebrate it just like most Ukrainians. On Christmas Eve all the family and close relatives gather together and my mom prepares 12 Lenten dishes. These are some of them:kutya,uzvar,fried fish,meatless soup, braised mushrooms,millet porrige, salad with pickless. I usually help my mother with Kutia and salads. We cook Kutia as most Ukrainians do: wheat grains, poppy seeds, honey, nuts and raisins.

Also an integral part of Christmas is an ancient Ukrainian tradition - koliada(caroling). Koliadky are the oldest groups of Ukrainian folk songs. I used to do it in vertep(a group of children who change their clothes, show people the birth of Christ and wish people all the best in new year by their koliadky) but now i do it only by myself for close relatives.

So, that's how my family spends christmas evening.

Zoruk Anastasia

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Christmas is always associated with a festive atmosphere, presents and carols but not for me. It is not a secert that our parents and relatives go abroad to earn money, so Christmas is one of the few events that can unite the immediate family, the extended family and a distant family at one table.
This year gave me the opportunity to spend one more day with my dearest people.
My family and I follow  religious traditions. We always make Kutia and Uzvar, sing carols and visit our relatives. It helps us to become closer.
Marry Christmas! May you and your family to be healthy and wealthy.

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Christmas in my family
Christmas is the main holiday in the world. There are many different traditions of celebration this day in many countries. My family don't have any different Christmas traditions. Before New Year we decorate Christmas tree with girlands, toys. We hang lights in every bedroom and dress out the door with a wraith.
At 6th of January, Christmas day, all my family cook together 12 dishes with Christmas films or songs. At Christmas Eve we must eat 12 dishes, also we sing a Ukrainian carols ( Koliadky ). At 7th, 8th and 9th of January children go to every house to congratulate with the birth of Christ with Koliadky and poems. People give money or sweets to children.

Melnyk Illia

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Christmas is one of the most amazing and beloved holidays in my family. We celebrate this holiday in a cozy, warm atmosphere, with wonderful Christmas songs. Although my family hasn't special traditions, but we, like most families in Ukraine, cook kutia, uzvar, baked fish and many other different dishes. Also we like to decorate our house with various garlands and lights, a Christmas socks and of course a Christmas tree.
All things considered, for my family, Christmas  is a small gathering only with the immediate family and some close friends.
*Anastasia Hryshchenko *

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Christmas and new year traditions in my family

Before all celebrations begin typically in my family we make a complete cleaning. After that we decorate the Christmas tree and also the windows with different lights and snowflakes. In Ukraine New Year is a week earlier than Christmas so we always make a delicious dinner and stay awake till like midnight on December 31. When the clock turns to 12 we listen to the president of Ukraine who every year wishes us happiness and luck.

Well it is Christmas Eve my family tries not to quarrel with each other at all and of course mom and granny cook 12 Lenten dishes including kutya, fried fish and vareniks.On Christmas we always have big family gathering with lots of tasty dishes and my relatives also like to sing Christmas songs very loudly.
Krishtapiuk

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There are many traditions of celebrating of the New Year in Ukraine; they changed, as the century changed.

USSR, in turn, inoculated their people as a symbol of the New Year - Ded Moroz - Ukrainian Santa Claus or Saint Nicholas and his granddaughter, Snegurochka (Snow Maiden).
Old New Year - a rare historical phenomenon and an additional holiday for the Ukrainian people.
That evening after dinner it is necessarily to go to the neighbors and to apologize for the possible guilt to each other, to meet the New Year in peace and harmony.

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Шпилясті кобзарі – Дзвоники дзвенять (Jingle Bells українською)

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In Ukraine Christmas comes after New Year, so we celebrate it on the seventh, eight and ninth of January. On Christmas Eve all the family gather together and we prepare 12 Lenten dishes. The most Important and delicious is Kutia. It is cooked of wheat grains, poppy seeds, honey or sugar, nuts, raisins. When we can see the first star on the sky we pray and enjoy our meals.While many of the Ukrainian Christmas Eve customs are of a solemn nature, the custom of caroling is joyful and merry. Ukrainian Christmas songs or carols have their origins in antiquity, as do many other traditions practiced at Christmas time. Koliadky are the oldest groups of Ukrainian folk songs. They are sung by Ukrainians at Christmas time throughout the world.

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Ukrainian  Christmas is celebrated on January 7.It is a tradition that on Christmas Eve  12 meatless dishes are prepared by women.The specific dishes may be different in each family, but many of them are the same.Here are these dishes:
kutia,uzvar,fried fish,meatless soup, cabbage with mushrooms, stuffed with rice and stewed carrots and parsnip, millet porrige,salad of beens and herring , salad with pickles

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Christmas songs in Ukraine/різдвяні пісні в Україні

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Christmas songs in Ukraine/різдвяні пісні в Україні

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Christmas carols are considered to be one of the main Christmas symbols. On Christmas Eve children organize vertep/вертеп - the old Ukrainian tradition. They change their clothes and show people the birth of Christ. Children wish people all the best in new year by these songs.