Today is Christmas Eve according to the old calendar, and tonight millions of people (including Ukrainians like me) celebrate with a twelve-dish dinner.
With the disaster surrounding us and a house full of smoke, this is going to be an odd one.
Today is Christmas Eve according to the old calendar, and tonight millions of people (including Ukrainians like me) celebrate with a twelve-dish dinner.
With the disaster surrounding us and a house full of smoke, this is going to be an odd one.
The main Ukrainian Christmas celebrations are the night before, but this 40+ degree too-hot day in Canberra was Ukrainian Christmas.
The first picture shows the traditional extra table setting Ukrainians have for family members who have died.
It’s going to be a hot Christmas this year! The main Christmas meal is tonight.
Gorgeous hot, sunny first day of summer in Canberra, and we are about to start the enormous job of decorating for Christmas!
We’re breaking with tradition and starting a day early this year. We are Ukrainian Catholic, which means we also celebrate Christmas in January, so we have decorations up for months.
The award-winning entrance of Hotel Hotel in Canberra on Saturday afternoon.