Unfortunately, forgetting the traditions of your people is much easier than reviving them. This is due not only to the rapid changes covering the life and lifestyle of the new generation of people, but also to the development of information technology.
Why do we forget folk traditions
By pressing the ENTER key, from the World Wide Web you can find out a lot of interesting information about how people on the other side of the globe spend their leisure time . It is interesting, unusual, bright and tempting. And Halloween, alien to us, Valentine's Day, or Hugging Day, is becoming wildly popular among our youth, who have forgotten the traditional Slavic holidays, do not know how to carol and be generous, attend church only during Holy Easter and cannot explain clearly why On this day, the custom arose of sanctifying Easter cakes and exchanging eggs.
Halloween or Christmas time - pros and cons
Sometimes among teachers who feel the harmful effects of European and American holidays on the younger generation, the question arises of the ban on celebrating the same Halloween or All Saints Day at school parties.
But the situation cannot be corrected by prohibitions, on the contrary, it is possible to achieve the opposite effect and arouse excessive interest and desire among teenagers to spend the day like their foreign peers without thinking about the essence of the fun itself.
A positive result can be achieved if we explain to the youth and their parents raised in the spirit of atheism the importance of the revival of our national holidays and cultural traditions, teach schoolchildren how to carol and be generous, confirming the significance of the holiday with examples from the life of literary heroes of classical works. Remember Gogolevsky's “Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka” - this work is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent. Why do we like the absurd Oksana or the excellent Solokha? Because they are ours, Slavic, different in spirit, but close and understandable to everyone.
When and how to celebrate Christmas
Christmas time comes from Christmas Eve, January 6, and continues until Baptism - January 19. It was believed that these days evil can roam the earth and scare passers-by.
Only at Christmas time, young girls were allowed to guess. Therefore, these days, the rating of the query “how to correctly carol at Christmas” or “how to guess at the narrow-minded” rises in search engines to one of the first places. To find out the answer to these questions is interesting not only for the youth audience. The older generation is also scouring the World Wide Web for culinary masterpieces for the Christmas table.
It should be noted that people still try to maintain traditions and know that twelve different dishes should be put on the festive table from January 6 to 7, but few people know that the dishes on this day should be lean. Mistresses, in relation to the present, are trying to replace lean with twelve dishes prepared according to new-fangled recipes, which include meat, cheese or sausage.
For example, modern Christmas kutia in most families is made from rice, pearl barley, millet, oats, and even peas, and candy and chocolate serve as its decoration. In the old days, the main components of this dish were whole grains of wheat, flavored with honey, nuts, raisins and a blast of dried fruits.
Not everyone adheres to the fact that the sacred meal should begin with kutya after the appearance of the first star, and not when all the household members have sat down at the table, but they know that many cooked cakes should be taken to godparents. And this is already good.
And not so long ago, Christmas time was marked by festivities, and everyone, young and old, knew how to carol. Poems and songs, however, in some places have also been heard, but people who walk around the huts with a Christmas star can hardly be found. Unless the kids are happy to run from yard to yard for a generous sweet reward.
How the Holy Church relates to the pagan holiday
The pagan-Christian rites are so messed up that only a few can figure out how to correctly carol. Each region carols in its own way. Yes, and to say that you need to act only in this way, there is no special meaning, since the main idea of the holiday is to convey to people the story of the birth of the Savior.
The answer to the question of how to do Christmas carols is the sincere glorification of Jesus Christ and the mother of God.
Whether this will be done in the form of a theatrical performance, chants or carols is not so important.
The Holy Church welcomes the accession to the participation in the Christmas holidays of any believer and encourages us to rejoice at the birth of our Savior and once again recall his life's journey that he went through, atone for God before our sins.
How to Carol for the Old New Year
According to the established tradition of caroling, there should be at least 3 people. One of them should carry an eight-pointed star and sing carols, the second - a bell warning about the arrival of carols, the third - a bag into which friendly hosts will throw treats.
The custom is simple, but not many know how to carol. What it is worth to cut out of cardboard and decorate a star with New Year's rain and get a bell. After all, the very preparation for the holiday will give a mood to both carols and the people they visit. Without these simple attributes, a holiday will turn into a simple collection of tribute.
By the way, a powerful force was attributed to the Christmas bell, able to drive away evil spirits and heal children from fear and stuttering. Water was poured into the sacred bell and given to a stuttering child to drink it.
If on the eve of the old New Year to congratulate the owners on the holiday - "generous", girls and girls went, then in the morning you had to wait for the visit of the male half of humanity. “Sow” - wish the owners a good harvest and prosperity, can both mature men and boys.
Atheism or ancestral traditions
In recent years, the Ministry of Education has understood the fallacy of raising the younger generation in an atheistic spirit - children can openly attend Sunday schools and elective classes, in which, together with teachers, they study folk traditions not only according to the school curriculum.
And then the youth will not have a question how to carol correctly - we will grow up a generation that worthily continues the traditions of our ancestors, because without a knowledge of the past, the country has no future.