Quote Originally Posted by V-Babe
ёлка isn't only in russia, we have it here in the U.S. as well! My Russian School has it yearly, usually in the middle of January.
I've never heard of it as anything besides a Russian holiday. No school I've ever been to (and I've been to schools all over America) has ever even mentioned it. Although, my school in California used to celebrate the Chinese New Year.