Christmas in Romania

Carols form the most important part of the Romanian

folklore.
Romanian carols are not simple songs with religious
origin they reflects many aspects of Romanian Christmas
Culture.
During the Christmas season, the children visit people
houses singing carols, reciting poetry and legends of their
lands. They usually receive apple, nuts and sweets.
Children also walk in the streets of the villages and towns
holding a star in their hands. This special star symbolizes
the star of the Magi. It is made of wood and is decorated
with shiny paper, bells and coloured ribbon. The star is
placed on the top of a wooden pole, and is carried by the
leader of the group. It is sometimes illuminated by a
candle.
The globs that decorated the Christmas tree represent
the joy of the world. Some of them are handcrafted.
According to Romanian tradition the handcrafted dolls
also decorating the tree symbolize the purity of the
children. The apples, nuts and fir-cones are the original
Romanian tree ornaments. In Romania, the traditional
menu consists of-mince-meat rolls in cabbage or in wine
leaves, sausages, blood pudding, pork steak and
''cozonac''. This is a Romanian Christmas cake nothing

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but a large sweet loaf flavoured with raisins nuts, poppy
seeds or Turkish delight; it resembles Italian panetone.
The Goat is a well noun Christmas tradition; young
adults and children enjoy caroling with the Goat - a young
person dressed up in a goad costume. The group that
accompanies him dances in the streets and people's yards.
The bear is another Romanian Christmas tradition. A
young person dressed up in a bear costume and wears
tassels on its cars, head and shoulder. He is followed by
several characters. On New Year's Eve ,Romanian people
begin to talk about the ''Sorcova'', which is a special
bouquet used for whishing. Children whish people
''Happy New Year'' while touching them lightly with this
bouquet. After the children make whishes to the members
of their family, they go to other houses. At the beginning,
the ''Sorcova'' was made up of one several-fruit-tree twigs,
such as apple tree, plum-tree, pear-tree. Nowadays, the
''Sorcova'' is a small stick adorned with paper flowers.

Did you know that.....

 the Christmas card was a 19th century English invention ...

 the first written reference to a Christmas tree, dates from
the 17th century ...

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On Christmas try some of these things;

 try to forgive somebody who was mean to you...

 apologize, if you were wrong...; be kind and gentle...;
 try to understands your parents or friends...; go to church...;
 write a beautiful letter...; keep a promise...;
 prepare presents for your loved ones... .

Plan the Christmas season with you're family :

 have a family meeting and make plans for the holiday
season;
 mark all activities on a family calendar; write the guest list;
 allocate responsabilities to each family member; make the
shopping list.

POEMS

CHRISTMAS POEM

1 When stocking are hunt; 2.When people who care,

And carols are song, Have good time to share,
When all hearts feel young And joy's in the air
Then it's CHRISTMAS. Then it's CHRISTMAS .

3.When smiles light each face,

And love's warm embrace,
Is felt every place
Then it's CHRISTMAS ....

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-Santa is our dear man, -The Christmas
I want a perfect gift for me,
That we like to see To see
As much as we can. The whole happy family.

-I would like a pair of skates

Jim's wants a sleed,
Anny wants a picture book,
Orange,blue and read...

editat de-OPREA ROXANA

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