Tuesday, December 27, 2005

"Little Christmas"

"Little Christmas". This term is unknown in the area I live in. "Ukranian Christmas Eve" is celebrated on January 6th. It's a big thing. Borsche, cabbage rolls, perogies, wheat soup and it seems an endless offering of foods and refreshments. Does anyone here celebrate "Ukranian" or "Little" Christmas?

3 comments:

secondave MSN said...

Hi Maggie,
I goggled "Little Christmas" and got the following.
I heard on the PBS radio show 'All Things Considered', a little about
Ukrainian Christmas. Lots of great food, and a special salad which is
thought to be incredibly good. Forgot the name.
I hope the web spirits place this post in the correct thread.
Stay warm dear lady,
Second Avenue.

Little Christmas or Nollaig Bheag in the Irish language, is one of the
traditional names in Ireland and Italy for January 6, more commonly
known as the Epiphany. It is so called because it was, until the
adoption of the Gregorian calendar, the day on which Christmas Day was
celebrated. It is the traditional end of the Christmas season and the
last day of the Christmas holidays for both Primary and Secondary
schools.

It is also known as Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBan) It is so called
because of the tradition (still strong in Cork, though only just
surviving in the rest of the country) of Irish men taking on all the
household duties on that day and giving their spouses a day off.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Christmas"



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patricia_geinno1 MSN said...

Hi Maggie, I celebrate  the Ukranian Christmas to keep up the family heritage. also keep my lights on and the tree up till Jan 6. Patsy Ginn Ernst