On this blog, I've explained how we celebrate traditional Christmas and Orthodox Christmas. We keep our tree for a long time, well into January. What might be unusual to others is really the norm for us.
Each year we have our tree, it seems to get better and better. I should probably put myself on a Christmas budget, honestly. I go bananas. Anyway, here are some pics of our new
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It seems every year we do the same thing just a bit differently. But I love that about our little family - taking something new and putting our own spin on it.
As I've explained in the past, we celebrate Christmas pretty much starting from Saint Nick's until the Orthodox Christmas and New Year in January. We typically have our tree and decor up until February, though I've started decorating
Why yes, our Christmas tree is still up on January 4th. And it'll probably be up until January 31st. And so are our decorations! Our neighbors are used to it, though. In fact, I think they started recognizing Orthodox Christmas as well. Or maybe not.
We celebrate Orthodox Christmas, which is typically a week after traditional Christmas. We don't give or receive gifts, nor do we still play Christmas music
So, I'm a bit late on writing this. Orthodox Christmas was actually two days ago when you read this blog post.
Ever since Maks and I have been together, we've always celebrated traditional Christmas and the Orthodox one. For those wondering, we don't have two days of gifts; the Orthodox one we celebrate with food, drink, and just enjoying each other.
So let's count the number of occasions we celebrate from