| Christmas In BULGARIA  Christmas
Eve is as important as Christmas day in Bulgaria. A special diner,
consisting of at least twelve dishes is prepared. All of them are
without meat and each of them represents a separate month of the
year; in this way if the dishes are more that twelve the people
from the house have what to eat during the whole year. The dishes
consist of beans, different kinds of nuts, dried plums, cakes, and
the traditional for our country Banitza. On this day the whole
family gathers, eat on straw and get off the table in the same
time.
In the past Christmas was celebrated differently. There were
boys and non-married young men who were visiting the houses,
singing songs for wealth and health for the hosts. They were
rewarded with money, food and so on. They were bringing long
sticks to put kravai (round breads with hole it). They were called
RkoledariS. In the houses the families gathered sitting on the
ground or on dry grass and eating meatless food. There were 7 or
12 meals: wine, rakia ,sarmy and so on. There always was a huge
round bread where all the cattle, the house and things like that
were carved.
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