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Paszczak Tracz, Orysia.
Subjects
Christmas.
Christmas -- Ukraine.
Christmas -- Folklore.
Ukrainian Canadians -- Social life and customs.
Christmas -- Rituals -- Ukraine.
Ukraine -- Social life and customs.
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Paszczak Tracz, Orysia.
Christmas.
Christmas -- Ukraine.
Christmas -- Folklore.
Ukrainian Canadians -- Social life and customs.
Christmas -- Rituals -- Ukraine.
Ukraine -- Social life and customs.
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First star I see tonight : Ukrainian
Christmas
traditions / Orysia Tracz.
by
Paszczak Tracz, Orysia.
Mazepa Publications, c2015.
Call #:
394.266309477 P293f
Subjects
Christmas
.
Christmas
--
Ukraine
.
Christmas
--
Folklore.
Ukrainian Canadians
--
Social life and customs.
Christmas
--
Rituals
--
Ukraine
.
Ukraine
--
Social life and customs.
ISBN:
9780994920805 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
1st star I see tonight : Ukrainian
Christmas
traditions
Ukrainian
Christmas
traditions
Christmas
traditions (Ukrainian)
Description:
131 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Origins
--
Ukrainian dreamtime: the earliest traditions
--
Koliady [
Christmas
carols] and Shchedrivky: sources of antiquity
--
Sviata Vecheria [Holy supper]
--
The very extended family
--
New and old traditions in a new place
--
First star that I see tonight.
Summary:
"Why do Ukrainians celebrate
Christmas
without Santa Claus? When do they get their gifts? Why is Ukrainian
Christmas
celebrated in January? Why do they eat twelve separate meatless and non-diary foods on
Christmas
Eve? Why is there an empty place setting and chair at the table even if there are many people? Why do they go around singing in people's homes in the depths of winter? What is a Malanka? What's with all the different things celebrated in such a different way? What does all this mean? 'First Star I SeeTonight' is the first in-depth English-language book on Ukrainian
Christmas
traditions. Orysia Tracz was a writer, researcher, translator, and speaker on all things Ukrainian, especially culture, and had a life-long interest in Ukrainian
rituals
and traditions. In this book she explained Ukrainian
Christmas
origins, their symbolism, and their continuation in
Ukraine
and around the world, especially in Canada and the USA. The author's curiosity and wonder about traditions since childhood became a driving passion, as she pieced together everything from the origins of the ancient
rituals
to contemporary cultural practices. This book pulls all this information together as a practical reference for current and future generations, to share whenever Ukrainian
Christmas
is mentioned in the media or during family holidays and
rituals
. A number of the author's articles were about Ukrainian
Christmas
celebrations in Winnipeg and Manitoba since the first immigration to Canada 130 years ago. This book will be of interest to families of all generations with roots in
Ukraine
, as well as to anyone celebrating
Christmas
anywhere in the world." --Jacket.
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Adult Christmas Nonfiction
394.266309477 P293f
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