Each country
has its own customs, traditions, holidays and
important days in its history. Talking about holidays in Ukraine we
should talk about everybody's favorite New Year Holiday. People think that at
night on New Year's Eve the old year with all its troubles leaves us forever and the new year with all our
hopes and expectations knocks at our doors.
People decorate
the Christmas tree, have New Year parties and prepare presents for their
relatives and friends.
On the eve
of January the 7 th Ukrainians start celebrating Christmas. It,s the day of
Jesus Christ birthday
and it is widely celebrated all over Ukraine. People sing Christmas
carols, cook a traditional Ukrainian
Christmas dish named “kutya” which all the family eats together. Then people go to church to
listen to the Christmas sermon.
The Christmas season is the most festive time
of the year in Britain and the United
States. Students at schools and colleges usually have a two weeks vacation. Although no one knows exactly when Jesus was born, Christians everywhere in
the world celebrate his birthday on December 25.
This day was a
festival long before Christianity because ancient people
believed this was the time when the sun God started his journey back to
earth and it was a custom to give presents to each other.
Every year the
people of Norway give the city of London a present. It,s a big
Christmas tree and it stands in the Trafalgar Square.
Before
Christmas, groups of singers go from
house to house. They collect money for charities and sing carols, Traditional
Christmas songs.
The children are told that Santa Claus
or Father Christmas comer down the chimney during the night and fills the
stockings by the fireplace with toys and sweets.
Christmas is
a family holiday. All the family usually meets for the big Christmas dinner
of turkey and pudding. The 26th
of December, Boxing Day, is an extra holiday after Christmas. It,s
the time to visit friends and relatives.
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