Christmas words

Hi, I would like to know Russian expressions and words for this coming Christmas season. Please, help.

here's a few

Christmas - Рождество
Christmas Eve - Рождественский Вечер
Christmas tree - Рождественская ёлка
Merry Christmas! - C Рождеством!
angel - ангел
candle - свеча

New Year is closely related to Christmas...

Santa Claus - Дед Мороз
New Year's Day - Новый год
snow - снег
present - подарок
presents - подарки

I might have missed something though. I'm sure others will add some more.

Merry Christmas a bit early to all the good folks at masterrussian.net!

С Рождеством Христовым!

Russian Christmas is the 7th of January... :wink: WAY early I would say!

We usually say "новогодняя ёлка" ("New Year tree").

Дед Мороз is Father Frost, not Santa Claus.

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Дед Мороз is Father Frost, not Santa Claus.

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It's the same as translating an idiom literally. Nobody says "Father Frost" in the USA. You will be better understood if you say "Santa Claus". They look the same anyway :)
http://www.rambler.ru/dict/new-enru/03/81/12.shtml

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Originally Posted by MasterAdmin

They look the same anyway :)

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They most certainly do not!!! :P

http://img1.liveinternet.ru/images/a...enShot_114.jpg http://eplus.com.ua/files/2007/Dec/santa_240725610.jpgb

а понятно, у Санта Клауса нет зайчика, белочки, мешка с подарками и сосульки :)

Не знаю, как насчет зайцев, но если Дед Мороз оденет клоунскую шапку с помпоном и нечто кургузое, подпоясанное солдатским ремнем, наступит конец света. ;)

это ты нашла фотку Санта Клауса из МакДональдса, наверное :lol: или из армии :D

:o не нашёл, а нашла.

kv- I just wanted to post my little Easter egg before I forgot about it. So come back in a couple of weeks. =:^)

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We usually say "новогодняя ёлка" ("New Year tree").

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No, we always say "новогодняя ёлка", when anybody translates "Christmas tree" literally (e. g. in books, films), it looks and sounds odd and makes us laugh or even irritates.
For those who understand Russian:

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Originally Posted by Marko from [url="http://www.trworkshop.net/forum/"

http://www.trworkshop.net/forum/[/url]]Цитирую Артёма Франкова:

Читал я недавно книгу, которая меня всего перевернула - ну просто страшно по душе пришлась. Речь о романе Гиффорда "Преторианец". И вдруг, когда дело клонилось к развязке и я её всячески предвкушал... Блин, как мордой об забор! "Рождественское дерево", которое в Англии ставят на Рождество и под которое складывают подарки детям. Christmas tree... Догадайтесь-ка, с трёх раз, о каком дереве идёт речь! А теперь представьте нормальный разговор нормальных людей:
- Ты уже купил рождественское дерево?
- Да, я уже купил рождественское дерево.

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Originally Posted by MasterAdmin

They look the same anyway :)

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They most certainly do not!!! :P

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Полно отличий. Santa doesn't have a granddaughter Snegurochka and Russian Father Frost doesn't have reindeers that even have names. ))

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Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

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Originally Posted by MasterAdmin

They look the same anyway :)

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They most certainly do not!!! :P

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Полно отличий. Santa doesn't have a granddaughter Snegurochka and Russian Father Frost doesn't have reindeers that even have names. ))

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And Russian Santa Claus (i.e. Father Frost) doesn't have elves (Thank God! they are creepy).

The main difference is that Santa Claus is dead actually. Now just look at his clothes. He would definitely freeze to death. Unlike Ded Moroz ofcourse :yahoo:

Holy cow! I saw a “beautiful” picture in a shop recently. It depicted Ded Moroz dressed in half-Russian (in quilted trousers and valenki) and half Western (all the other articles) manner. The painter was doped while working!