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Winter Festivities in Ukraine

Winter Festivities in Ukraine

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T: Dear friends! You may agree with us that winter is a beautiful season, especially for our children. Why? Because in winter we have many holidays, for example:Saint Nickolas Day, New Year's Day, Christmas.

Today we are going to show you New Year and Christmas traditions in Ukraine in short: Winter Festivities. Welcome to our holiday!

The first holiday we are going to speak about is Saint Nickolas Day.

P1: On the 19th of December we have Saint Nickolas Day. In early morning the children look under the pillow for their presents. They can find there sweets, nuts and other  good things.

The leader: Now listen to the song about St.Nickolas.

Well now we are preparing for another interesting holiday. What holiday is it?

P2:Of course, it is New Year's Day. It is a happy holiday. We like it very much. There is a lot of snow on the ground, on the houses, on the trees.

New Year Day, happy day,

We are all glad and very gay.

We all dance and sing and say:

Welcome, welcome, New Year Day!

P3:Many people celebrate the New Year’s Day on the 14th of January by old style. On this day boys go to sow:

Happy New Year!

We are sowing.

Happiness for all we wish.

Let the joy be in every dwelling.

In all the towns and villages

May there ears of wheat be

on every field.

Good evening, masters in your dwelling.

Our best wishes on holidays merry!

Let us sing song.

The song.

Good eveningto you, our dear masters.

Be all gay, be gay our land.

New Year Day is born.

You lay allthe tables

With new table clothes.

Be all gay, be gay our land.

New Year Day is born.

Put the bread of spring corn.

On thetable clothes

Beall gay, be gay our land

New Year Day is born.

May celebrate with us

the whole our family.

Be all gay, be gay our land.

New Year Day is born.

The leader:May there be in every house.

Happiness and harmony.

Wealth and peace

Kindness and bliss.

Song: How much we were singing:

To finish its time.

 Many happy returns we wish

You tonight.

May for you and for us

Always be first class.

 May you and we

Happy will be.

The leader: Thank you so much. Now we are going to speak about Christmas traditions.

P4: On the 6th of January on Christmas Eve we have Saint Evening. It is the last day of the six-week's  Advent. The first of which is wheat with honey and poppy, the so-called "Kutya". The straw is on the floor, the people put a sheaf of wheat or rye in the corner of the room. The youth sing carol songs, the children go with a star.

(The scene with a star)

P5:On the 7th of January people go to the church. After that they have a holiday dinner.

People have holidays three days. They sing religious songs, go with "Vertep".

On the 18th of January the second Holy Evening is celebrated. To this party must be 12 dishes. Carol singers begin to go round the houses in asking for gifts for charities.

The leader: Nice, isn'tit? Thank you, friends.