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My Favourite Holiday (Christmas)

Christmas is the main festival celebrated in Ukraine on January 7th, with traditions including church services and a family gathering for a traditional feast. The author enjoys the anticipation and family time during the holiday, despite the commercialization and stress associated with preparations. They appreciate the significance of Christmas as a time for friends and family to come together.

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My Favourite Holiday (Christmas)

Christmas is the main festival celebrated in Ukraine on January 7th, with traditions including church services and a family gathering for a traditional feast. The author enjoys the anticipation and family time during the holiday, despite the commercialization and stress associated with preparations. They appreciate the significance of Christmas as a time for friends and family to come together.

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My Favourite Holiday (Christmas)

I think the main festival in my country is Christmas, which is in early


January. The main day that is celebrated in Ukraine as well as in the UK
is Christmas Day. It is celebrated on the 7 th of January in Ukraine (and on
the 25th of December in the UK). Though in the UK they also have the day
off the following day, on Boxing Day, when many people visit friends and
extended family.

The Orthodox Ukrainian people celebrate Christmas on the 6th of


January (the evening before Christmas is called the Holy Evening). On
Christmas Evening the religious people go to church. Some of them
spend the whole night there – they pray and listen to Christmas religious
songs (carols) which glorify Christ’s birthday. According to tradition no
one at the table can eat till the first star appears in the sky.

I spent last Christmas with my family, and will also spend this one
there too. We all get together at my parents’ house, because it is large
enough to host everyone. On Christmas morning, we start preparing the
meal, as it takes a long time to cook! We put the turkey or goose in the
oven, and then some of us go to church for a Christmas mass. The rest of
us stay behind to carry on cooking. At around midday, on the 7 th of
January we gather round the Christmas tree, which is decorated with
baubles, tinsel, and fairy lights and we open our presents, which are all
placed under the tree the night before. After that we have our Christmas
dinner, which is always the same meal as it is a traditional feast. In our
family the traditional dishes at Christmas are: olivye salad, mashed
potatoes, roasted beef, salads with seafood, pancakes and a honey cake.

I love nearly everything about Christmas. There is a sense of


anticipation and excitement in the period leading up to Christmas, and
then during the festival itself families and friends spend time together and
most people have time off work. One thing I don’t like about Christmas is
that it is very commercialized and it can be stressful getting ready for it!
.
Christmas and New Year are national holidays in many countries,
and also important festivals when friends and family come together to
celebrate. As for me I like this holiday very much.

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