Christmas holidays are coming

Christmas is a wonderful holiday, it is the feast of Christ's birth and it is celebrated on 6th of January.in the mid-4th century was established by the Roman Catholic church as a separate feast and was celebrated on 25 december according to the Julian calendar. In the 10th century with the introduction of the christianity into Rus it was fused with the local pegan celebrations of the sun's return or the commencement of the agricultural year.In some areas was used the pre-Christian name of the feast-Koliada.The religious festival lasts three days and involves Christmas caroling, visiting and entertaining relatives and aquaintances.Christmas is the holiday when all the members of the family gather together. This is the holiday of joy.Children like to have fun on this day, they go from door to door, sing carols and people give sweets to them.As it was already mentioned, Kutya is a traditional Ukrainian Christmas dish.It is cooked by mother and godchildren take it to their godparents. Although this holiday appeared long ago but nowadays many people still like to go to church and listen to Christmas sermons.