To all my friends and readers who are celebrating the "first" (Gregorian) Christmas. For a number of my articles on Ukrainian Christmas traditions, you can scroll through my articles on this blog, and also Google my name and "Ukrainian Christmas" or similar topics. And a note: hopefully, by this time next year, my book on Ukrainian Christmas traditions will be out. Working title: "First Star I See Tonight: Ukrainian Christmas Traditions." [applying for grants right now, but if there is a generous philanthropist out there to help with the publication, will be grateful! The lottery numbers ain't working....]
Traditional
Ukrainian Christmas Greetings
(Vinchuvannia)
На щастя, на здоров’я з колядою,
Щоб Ви тішилися як пташка весною,
Як пташка на калині,
Дай, Боже, щастя Вашій родині!
Доброго здоров’я, багато щастя,
Чистої води в криниці,
У полі ярої пшениці,
Хліба й солі на столі,
І погоди на душі!
Христос ся Раждає!
May you find peace, joy, and health for yourself,
your family, your children, and your farm animals;
May you be as healthy as the spring waters,
May you be as cheerful as the swallows in the sky,
May your home never be hungry,
And may it be as prosperous as the fields of
grain at harvest time,
And as full as the beehives are with honey,
And the orchards are ripe with fruit.
We wish you all this, and may we come together
next year to greet and wish each other again.
Khrystos Rodyvsia! Christ is Born!
Slavimo Yoho!
Let us praise Him!
