in Russia does Grandfather Frost and the snow Maiden com New Years or Christmas?
2007-01-21 09:07:52 · 5 answers · asked by Miracles <3 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
I have read some of the answeres and I wanna say that yes we do have Christmas and Grandfathers Frosts name is Dedushka Moroz and the grand daughters name is Snegurochka...also we celebrate the Christmas on the 31st of December and the New Years is on the January 7th,Dedushka Moroz and his grand daughter come on the 31st and sometimes on 7th,but very rarely!
2007-01-23 05:03:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are old pagan characters that originally didn't come neither for Christmas nor New Year. They were re-introduced by the Communists because of the general prohibition to celebrate Christmas. So, essentially, Father the Frost replaced St. Nicholas, who was always venerated as the Saint of the Church. Again, because of the general prohibition to celebrate Christmas in the Communist Russia people celebrated only the New Year and used Father the Frost character for the kids. Father the Frost usually left gifts under the tree on the New Year’s night, so kids could discover them on the morning of January 1.
2007-01-21 09:19:46 · answer #2 · answered by Kalistrat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They come for New Years. Russians get presents on New Year's; Russian (Old Style Orthodox) Christmas is on the 7th of January (13 days difference) and that is a purely religious holiday. New Years was instituted by the Soviets in 1934 and caught on.
2007-01-22 14:37:38 · answer #3 · answered by filatovvv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New Years night. The snow maided is called Snegurachka, and she's Father Frost's granddaughter.
2007-01-22 05:22:05 · answer #4 · answered by pinwheelbandit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm kind of from russia
they come on ny
2007-01-21 09:10:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋