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Don't get me wrong; I love the food, the presents, the chocolate, the glitter and the Christmas tree. For me it is about sharing and being together with my family. How lucky we are to be together, to be healthy, safe and warm, in our home filled with love. What makes Christmas special for me is that I get to celebrate Ukrainian Christmas as well. Ukrainian Christmas follows the Julian calendar on Jan. It is full of tradition and religion. On Christmas Eve the menu for the "Holy supper" or "Sviata Vechera" does not contain any meat or dairy products.
There are 12 dishes served, representing the 12 apostles. The special first course, called kutia, which is boiled wheat kernels sweetened with honey and flavoured with poppy seeds is my favourite. Next comes soup, which is borscht, the famous beet soup, fish and vegetable dishes. For me it would not be a Ukrainian meal without varenyky and holubtsi cabbage rolls. There are also other vegetable side dishes and dessert to complete the meal. At the centre of the table is the Christmas bread or kolach. A candle is placed in the centre of the bread to symbolize Jesus, the light of the world.
I have been learning to make this special bread for the past few years. The Christmas Eve meal begins once the children of the family see the first star in the evening sky. This represent the journey the wise men made to Bethlehem. Ukrainian carols are sung in our Ukrainian community. The tradition if caroling is carried on by the young children including myself and other people who visit people's homes and sing.
So, when I put milk and cookies out for Santa, carrots for the reindeer, and track Santa's arrival on the Internet. And when I can hardly wait for Christmas morning to come to open presents. Or when I wait for the evening star to appear to enjoy kutia and varenyky, I feel that I am so lucky. I am lucky to experience the magic and wonder of Christmas, and to also learn and be part of the rich cultural traditions that have been in my family for generations.
As I play Christmas songs on the piano or sing Christmas carols in English or Ukrainian, the spirit of peace, joy, and happiness is shared through the music for all those who listen.
Claus, but he has "Snegurohka," his granddaughter. Santa also goes by a different name: Grandfather Frost or "Ded Moroz.
She grew up with the legend and used to celebrate Christmas the Ukrainian way until she came to Marquette in the summer of She said Grandfather Frost wears the same red suit the "American" Santa wears, but the granddaughter is dressed in a beautiful light blue with white costume. She helps Grandfather deliver presents. Every kid loves their stories. For her, Christmas is on Jan.
According to the old Gregorian calendar, the New Year is celebrated on Jan. When the culture adopted the new calendar, it changed the date to Jan. On the Ukrainian Christmas Day, people go to church and celebrate with a big meal. We spend a lot of time for cooking. Families in Ukraine also traditionally make their own sausages, Anderson said. The Christmas tree, or "yolka," is set up days before Christmas.
That is around Dec. After a long sit-down dinner, Ukrainians go to mass. As far as presents go, Anderson said Grandfather Frost brings them, but people buy special presents for each other and give only two or three at a time. I disagree with buying lots of presents. We need to think more: 'how can we make friends more happy not what you can buy. The Coughlins have two biological children, and although they were able to have more, they chose to adopt.
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Shawn said he has always wanted to adopt children. Growing up, his home was the kind of place where friends were always welcome.
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Shawn is the son of Pat and Linda Coughlin of Nacogdoches. Their answer? We are not rich, but we could find the money to adopt, and we knew that there were children in Ukraine who needed a mother and father. But most of all, when it came down to it, we believed that adoption was something God wanted us to do. Having two biological children, they wanted their adopted children to look somewhat the same. But all through the process, we really felt Ukraine was where we should be adopting from.
At that time, the National Adoption Center, which is located in the capital city of Kyiv, was in charge of adoptions in Ukraine. Our dossier was submitted to the NAC in August of After the paperwork was received, we were given a registration number, and then began the process of waiting for an appointment with the NAC to search for children. We specified we wanted a sibling group of two girls between the ages of ; and we ended up adopting a 3-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl. We were very blessed, in that our children were the only set of siblings we were shown and both the children were healthy.
Then, we began a paperwork process to formally apply for adoption of Casey and Valerie. After that, there was a mandatory day waiting period before they could get the kids passports and new birth certificates. There was also an adjustment for having more rules and being disciplined. That was the hardest for Casey, because he is so stubborn. Casey and Valerie had never had anything of their own, so they tended to hide toys so the other boys would not find them. They really need to know they are loved.
They were found on a park bench by the police. They had been in the orphanage about 15 months when we met them. During this time, they did not see each other, because they were in different orphanages. He is in the second grade and plays soccer. Valerie is 5, and she is "much like a little dictator," Shawn said.