After the address, people make champagne toasts and often go outside to watch or light off fireworks.Īs of 2020, 74% of Ukrainians consider New Year to be a favorite/most important holiday in a poll that allowed respondents to pick multiple holidays as “most important.” Ukrainians celebrating Malanka Old New Year and Malanka At midnight however, there is a televised presidential address to the nation, which has been tradition since Soviet times, and is attentively watched by most. If at home, Ukrainians typically leave the TV on throughout the celebrations, tuned to one of several holiday variety shows that air that night or to classic movies, which helps provide atmosphere but which are rarely attentively watched. For the feast, Olivier and Herring Under a Fur Coat salads are common on the holiday table. Most often this is done at home, although bars and restaurants will also host their own New Year parties, and all major squares in the country will be full of Ukrainians celebrating outside as well. The most important part of the holiday is gathering with loved ones to feast and celebrate.

Both are associated with gift giving and children. Nicholas, a version more common in western Ukraine, and Did Moroz, or Grandfather Frost, a version more common in the east. The Ukrainains have both Sviatyij Mykolai, or St. Also like Christmas in the West, Ukrainian New Year is associated with Santa Claus type characters and holiday feelings of optimism and generosity. On December 31, many Ukrainian cities host parties in the streets, complete with New Year’s trees (akin to Christmas Trees in the west) and fireworks. New Year’s, celebrated on the night of December 31-January 1st, is a massive holiday in Ukraine filled with merrymaking. In Ukrainian: Новий Рiк December 31 – JanuPublic holiday (days off: Jan 1 – Jan 2, 2023)

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