Traditions
Holiday food
Holiday decorations
Holiday gift givers
Holiday information
100
Do people sing hymns and carols in churches?
yes
100
Do they eat chicken and turkey or goose and pig for Christmas dinner?
They eat goose and pig for Christmas dinner!
100
True or false: They spread hay on the floor at Christmas time in Russia.
True because they want horse feed to grow!
100
True or false. Babushka looks like a grandmother that has a basket filled with presents.
True she does look like a grandmother with a basket.
100
True or False. Christmas wasn't celebrated for over seventy years in the Russian church.
True Christmas wasn't celebrated for over seventy years.
200
On Christmas Eve what do they call the church mass or liturgy?
Liturgy is the name for the church service on Christmas Eve in Russia. It includes traditional music and words.
200
True or false on Christmas Eve dinner people eat fish, beet soup or Borsch cabbage stuffed with millet cooked dried fruit.
True
200
On Christmas Eve do they decorate trees and yelka flowers?
Yes they decorate trees with colored lights and they display yelka flowers.
200
True or false. Bashka gives presents to bad children.
False she gives good children presents.
200
What color do priests wear? gold and red or blue and gold?
Priests wear gold and red special robes.
300
Do churches leave the lights on or light candles through the night?
They light candles through the night.
300
Do they eat pagach or large biscuits on Christmas Eve?
They eat pagach which is a lent bread.
300
True or false: Icons are religious paintings that are made of stained glass.
False Icons are religious paintings made of wood. Stained glass light adds to the beauty of an icon.
300
True or false babushka gives presents to good children.
True she gives presents to good children.
300
True or false. Some people don't eat until a star is in the sky on Christmas Eve.
True people fast all day and eat when a star is in the sky on Christmas Eve.
400
Do they celebrate the Festival of Winter at the holiday time in Russia?
Yes the Festival of Winter is replacing Christmas in Russia.
400
Is kutya a type cereal or porridge?
Kutya is a type of porridge with honey and poppy seeds.
400
Do they use evergreen trees or fake trees to decorate their homes?
They use evergreen trees in their homes.
400
True or false Babushka means grandmother.
True Babushka is translated to English as a grandmother
400
True or False. They say merry Christmas like this sochelnlk.
False this is how you say it in Russian "Srozhdestovm Kristovim!"
500
What do they call the person who delivers presents Santa or Babushka?
Babushka
500
Is bobalki a tiny biscuit or a large biscuit?
Bobalki is a tiny biscuit they eat on Christmas Eve.
500
True or false. They make an ice carving that looks like Santa.
True because this is a holiday decoration in Russia.
500
True or false. Babushka gives good children presents to not find Jesus.
False Babushka is looking for Jesus.
500
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