207. Everyone is starting to spread Christmas cheer, even our kindergarten! Christmas is celebrated a bit different in Russia compared to America. Most families have their big celebration on the New Year and their real Christmas comes December 7th. The trees are called “New Years trees”. Their Christmas cards tend to wish friends and families a “Happy New Year!” and not Merry Christmas. The biggest reason for this was due to the change of government during the Soviet Union in which the Bolsheviks stripped the motherland of religion. Families had to mask their Christmas celebrations with the New Year celebrations and that tradition has stayed the same for almost a century.
No comments:
Post a Comment