In Russia the religious festival of Christmas replaced by the festival of winter, but there are some traditions that are still in some parts of the country . In the traditional Russian Christmas special prayers and people quickly, sometimes for 39 days to 6 January Christmas Eve, when the first evening star in the sky. Starts then a dinner with twelve courses in honor of each of the twelve apostles - fish, beet soup or Borschtsch, Kohl much more with millet, cooked dried fruits and filled. Hay is placed on the floors and tables spread to the horse feed to encourage the coming year and in the people to grow gluckernde sounds stimulate their hens, eggs to lay. On Christmas Day, hymns and songs sung. People come to the churches, with the usual Christmas trees or Yelka have been decorated, flower and colored lights. Christmas dinner includes a variety of different meat - goose and pork baby are favourites. Babushka is a traditional Christmas figure who distributed gifts to children. Your name means grandmother and the legend states that they refused, with the wise men to go, Jesus, because of the cold weather to see. However, she regretted not to go out and l5oste to try and catch up and filled her basket with gifts. It was never Jesus and that is why she visited every house and leaves plays for good children. The role of Father Christmas was Dedushka Moroz or
Grandfather Christmas . |
