Презентація "Ukraine is My Home. Christmas Celebration"

A great holiday. Both children and adults look forward for Christmas. The holiday brings a lot of joy, gladness and sweets. It delights us with coziness, peace and hopes for the better future.

Festive supper. The holiday begins on the Christmas Eve on the 6th of January. This day is associated with such a delicious dish as kutia. It shows off among eleven other ones. Kutia is an adornment on the festive table. It is usually eaten as the first dish.

Cooking kutia. Kutia is cooked in different ways. The most important components are nuts, honey, poppy seeds and raisins. A hostess can make kutia in the way she prefers. The only condition is to make it delicious.

A treat for ancestors. Some kutia and compote are put on the table and left for the whole night. We believe that our relatives’ souls come to our place and eat them.

A special decoration Didukh is a straw sheaf made of the first wheat stalks. It symbolizes our ancestors.

Natural phenomena There are some natural signs observed on Christmas. Frost on the tree branches stands for an abundant wheat crop. A thick snow cover forecasts many green plants. A lot of stars in the sky promise us a good berries harvest.

Christmas tree. One of the Christmas symbols is a green fir tree. The star on its top symbolizes the old Bethlehem star showing the ancient magicians their way to Jesus Christ.

Christmas decorations. Numerous balloons, lanterns, angels and candles remind us those lanterns lighting the way to Jesus Christ in ancient times.

Holiday presents. To make the holiday more joyful relatives put presents for each other under the Christmas Trees. Biscuits and sweets are hung on the tree branches.

Singing carols. On this day people go from house to house singing carols. They carry a Bethlehem Star made of golden paper. Men and women sing carols in order to get money and tasty food.

Special joy for children. Christmas is especially adored by children. They enter houses singing carols and wishing good luck, health and wealth. No doubt they get money, biscuits and sweets. It is important to make up with everybody you are in a quarrel.