According to the Orthodox calendar, Christmas is celebrated on January 7. This is the biggest family holiday in the year, so it's very important to celebrate Christmas at home with relatives and friends. In the bright holiday of Christmas come the grown up children, meet relatives, the whole family gathers together.
How beautifully to decorate a house for Christmas?
Christmas has long been considered a children's holiday, and therefore it is necessary to prepare for it together with the children. If the house has children, make Christmas decorations with your own hands. On this holiday such handicrafts are especially valuable.
During the joint creativity, tell the children the story of the holiday, show pictures and photos. Unfortunately, many children do not know the history of Christmas.
If you decide to celebrate Christmas at home with a circle of close people, decorate the house in accordance with the holiday.
A decorated Christmas tree is an attribute not only of the New Year, but also of Christmas. Add candles and angels to the Christmas decorations. Weave a wreath of spruce, decorate it with snowflakes, candles. According to tradition, candles should be 4 pieces.
Decorate the house with electric garlands, hang them not only on the Christmas tree, but also on the windows and walls.
Christmas den - a small house with a baby and God's Mother - Christmas symbols, as well as figurines of angels, shepherds. You can buy them in church shops or do it yourself.
And prepare gifts for relatives. It is not necessary to purchase expensive ones, it is enough to present small symbolic presents. You can do it yourself. Hand work is especially warm.
How to meet Christmas at home?
For many, Christmas is the only holiday when you can call all the relatives at the same table. If, in view of various circumstances, meetings with relatives are rather rare, take the opportunity to collect the whole family together, subsequently making it a family tradition. The bright holiday of the Nativity of Christ is filled with forgiveness and love, it is a holiday of kindness, peace and understanding. If there are disagreements in the family, then this is a great moment to make up, get rid of the grievances and sincerely have fun with native people.
Entertainment for Christmas
Meet the holiday in a quiet family atmosphere, avoiding a lot of spirits. If you decide to celebrate Christmas at home, think ahead of time entertainment. The options can be different.
- Funny Games. Adults and children's fun games will diversify the family holiday. Consider the scenario in advance according to the preferences of the guests.
- Christmas movies. Prepare a list of films that you can watch, and let the guests choose one of them.
- At the Christmas table, remember interesting life stories, old rituals. Now we have a different attitude to rituals, but we all dream about something. Tell each other your options, how to make wishes.
- Calm, pacification, warmth - satellites of this day. Christmas holidays give strength, inspire, pacify. Accept this gift, enjoy sincere communication with family.
- There is a tradition of caroling in the evening on Christmas Day. Children and adults dressed up in costumes of animals and went to congratulate acquaintances on a bright holiday, for which they received gifts.
Christmas is a holiday that is filled with a wonderful mood, the expectation of miracles. Allow yourself to be a child and enjoy the magic. Regardless of whether you celebrate Christmas at home by Christian tradition or not, at this time you should feel the atmosphere of joy, warmth.
Festive table
As for the festive table, it will be good if guests bring with them a treat. Traditional is a rich Christmas table. Until that day, believing people observed a strict fast, so on the holiday - the day of the end of the fast - prepare a lot of snacks: salads, pies, meat, jelly. The main dish of the Christmas table is a turkey or goose baked in the oven. As a dessert is great for a large cream cake. The symbol of the Christmas holiday is a rich table, a snow-white tablecloth, and many delicious dishes. In some families it is customary to serve a rich borsch, homemade wine, compotes.
Be sure to note this Christmas at home, decorating the house and prepare a hearty meal for the guests!