13 days remain until the festivities begin in Ukraine!!
Window displays are already in place around town:
Kharkov's Freedom Square remains fenced off, ostensibly for municipal workers to create a winter wonderland...
But last year (and the year before, if memory serves) there was no such restriction:
... so that could be because of EuroMaidan.
Meanwhile, the ёлка at the train station has received its final touches.
The Gorky Park Christmas tree is in fine form:
There's even a tree made entirely of lights at the lovebird's monument (near the Arkitektora Beketova metro stop):
And one more, this eye-catching display at the best (and cheapest) local cafeteria:
13 days means that it's time for this song to be played every day and everywhere:
After those 13 days are up, it's pretty much non-stop holiday season from there (at least to my foreigner brain, do you agree with me?). Here's January to April in Ukraine through the eyes of various bloggers:
Hope your holiday preparations are going well! How do you plan to celebrate?
Window displays are already in place around town:
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| Everyone always tells stories about mandarins being the best treat of their childhood. "My mother would only give us one per day", said a businessman the other day. "We could hardly wait until New Years Day, until she finally let us eat our fill." |
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| New Year greetings Yoda-style (something like New Year Happy, it is) |
Kharkov's Freedom Square remains fenced off, ostensibly for municipal workers to create a winter wonderland...
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| Freedom Square, December 2013. Photo credit to the lovely Maxine : ) |
But last year (and the year before, if memory serves) there was no such restriction:
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| Freedom Square, December 2012 |
Meanwhile, the ёлка at the train station has received its final touches.
The Gorky Park Christmas tree is in fine form:
There's even a tree made entirely of lights at the lovebird's monument (near the Arkitektora Beketova metro stop):
And one more, this eye-catching display at the best (and cheapest) local cafeteria:
13 days means that it's time for this song to be played every day and everywhere:
After those 13 days are up, it's pretty much non-stop holiday season from there (at least to my foreigner brain, do you agree with me?). Here's January to April in Ukraine through the eyes of various bloggers:
- New Year's Eve
- Orthodox Christmas (January 7th)
- "Old" New Year (January 14th)
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People jumping in freezing waterEpiphany (sometime in January) - Valentine's Day, celebrated by some people and definitely all the shops :p
- Men's Day (February 23rd)
- International Women's Day (March 8th)
- Maslenitsa (sometime in March)
- Easter
Hope your holiday preparations are going well! How do you plan to celebrate?
When I saw that sign, I just thought that Ukrainian was a lot different from Russian. Guess someone was just a little concerned with symmetry. Happy holidays -- for the next few months!
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