Christmas
Merry Christmas to you all. God is not far off. He is Emmanuel — God With Us. Blessings to you all, from Mike, Olga and Valerie This made us smile:
Here’s a good explanation about Russian Christmas and why it is celebrated on January 7 – Russian Christmas Thirteen days after Western Christmas, on January 7th, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates its Christmas, in accordance with the old Julian calendar. It’s a day of both solemn ritual and joyous celebration After the 1917 Revolution, Christmas [...]
We celebrated Christmas on New Year’s Day because Valerie wasn’t with us on the 25th. She’d never celebrated Christmas like this (or maybe ever), and I don’t think she’s ever opened a Christmas gift. It was great fun to watch her learn what it is to open a Christmas gift. There was a sled waiting [...]
I posted this last year but thought some people might like to see it again — I recently told some Russian friends about something I did before I moved to Russia, and they asked if I’d post it on the web: Years ago, when I was an old bachelor, I had the idea that it [...]
Here’s a good explanation about Russian Christmas and why it is celebrated on January 7 – Russian Christmas Thirteen days after Western Christmas, on January 7th, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates its Christmas, in accordance with the old Julian calendar. It’s a day of both solemn ritual and joyous celebration After the 1917 Revolution, Christmas [...]
I recently told some Russian friends about something I did before I moved to Russia, and they asked if I’d post it on the web: Years ago, when I was an old bachelor, I had the idea that it would be funny to have a different family each Christmas on my Christmas card. One year [...]
