The modern world is very fast - we are always in a hurry, we want to do everything, embrace the immensity and get the maximum possible. Today's celebration of Christmas is not at all what our (not very old, by the way) ancestors knew. And different national customs can mix even within the same family.

CATHOLIC AND ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS
We are already accustomed to the phrases "Catholic Christmas", "Orthodox Christmas". But it is wrong to assume that there are 2 holidays dedicated to the birth of Jesus. The feast of the Nativity of Christ is one for the Orthodox, Catholics, Protestants, and Lutherans. But it is celebrated in accordance with different systems of chronology.
"Catholic Christmas" December 25
"Orthodox Christmas" January 7
TRADITIONS
Most of our fellow citizens believe that the New Year is a family holiday, so you need to celebrate it with your family. Although it is more common for Europeans to celebrate Christmas with their families - and to celebrate the beginning of the year, go with a group of friends to clubs, bars, restaurants.

Moment between past and future
The other side of our usual holiday is connected with seeing off the old and welcoming the new year. Therefore, at a family gala dinner, we remember the past year, sum up, dream and make plans for the future. And make wishes, counting 12 strokes. In this “moment between the past and the future”, when the old year ends and a new one begins, there is indeed a certain sacred meaning.

Some believe that “while the clock strikes twelve”, you need to not only make a wish, but also have time to write it, burn a piece of paper with a written desire, throw ashes into a glass of champagne, which you should drink after the last strike of the clock. I don’t know if eating ashes helps to come true, But in our family there is a beautiful family tradition: they make wishes, write them on a piece of paper, and then put them in a box from under Christmas tree decorations. And - leave until the next celebration. During the next New Year's Eve family dinner, wishes are printed out and read by the whole family, cheerfully discussing whether the wish has come true.

On Christmas night, the sky is especially starry, so that everyone can see that one, their own, star! And make a wish that will surely come true. It cannot but be fulfilled because it is Christmas.