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Hi again. 

I wrote about New Year traditions of celebrating and now it's time to show how we celebrate Christmas. 

Here Christmas comes on the 7th of January because I'm an Orthodox Christian. 

Traditionally we, Orthodox Chrtistians, have a dilemma :) The thing is that from the end of November and till Christmas we have a strict fasting when you aren't allowed to eat food like meat, dairy products and fish. So when the New year comes, we have a lot of fruits, vegetables and dishes that are prepared from non-animal food. All those dishes I mentioned in my previous post we cook for Christmas. 

The preparations for Christmas starts on the 6th of January when we clean our houses till shining, cook a lot of delicious foods we could't eat during the fasting. 

Traditionally all Orthodox Christians go to the churches and are there almost the whole night. 

This is what you see inside. But add a lot of people :) 

During the holy service all people pray to God and are very happy that Jesus was born many centuries ago. At the end of the holy service as a good Christian you need to confess in all your sins and have a Blessed Ordinance. 

After that you go home early in the morning and have all your family at home. You can celebrate the holy Christmas and be happy for the whole year:) 

Always yours, Honey Be-be-be-be