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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! The holidays have crept up on me and caught me unawares -- I've just realised that many folks here must be already busy preparing for the 25th. I've...

Beautiful snowflake, gRomoZeka! :good: And it does look like penguins and benches. :lol: I'll definitely try doing them now myself!! And stick 'em to the window-panes. I haven't done this since...

Thanks for the snowflakes, CoffeeCup! :bravo: I thought about them just a few days ago. Maybe now I'll try my hand at cutting out those... Though I'm not much of a craftsman... er... -woman.
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Xmas and New Year are getting closer... :)

Old Christmas cards
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Other traditions:

The period from January 7 to January 19 is known as Святки/Sviatki, from Russian 'святой'/'sviatoy' - saint, the English for which would be The Twelve Days of Christmas or...

Yeah, I thought about writing it 'utrennik' but then it can be read 'jutrennik'. I wrote it in English so that rockzmom might have an idea of how it's pronounced.

Прикольная табличка, Ramil. ...

I am!!! *рвет на себе волосы* Long posts - wagons of mistakes. :madred: :sad:

What a nice topic! :)


Quite commercial. The West gave us the bug. :spiteful: Though I don't see that as a bad thing neccessarily. It creates a special atmosphere and mood... This year I saw...