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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛЮТИЙ 2020 WWW. UNWLA .ORG 27 “Olde World Christmas” by Marianna (Szczawinsky) Crans, Branch 95 Branch 95 Ladies at event Ukrainian craft items Modern craft items For the past several years in my home town in New York’s Hudson Valley, Kingston ’s German choral group Maen - nerchor & Damenchor has hosted an annual Christmas Craft Fair, during which attendees partake of German holiday cooking and enjoy a visit from Saint Nikolaus for children. This year, the Choral Group decided to change things up by hosting an “Olde World Christmas” presenting the h olida y t raditions of other local ethnic groups, and Branch 95 (Mid Hudson Region, N . Y . ) was invited to participate. W e heartily agreed . T he event showcased the Christ - mas t raditions of Poland, Ukraine, Norway, Italy and Germany , and showcased local craft speci alties . The idea was to share not only our respective Christmas t raditions but also to share other aspects of our h oliday c elebrations , including crafts, decorations, legends, Christmas foods and Christmas music. With this in mind, we created a display on all the h oliday activities Ukrainians traditionally enjoy : Mykol a i, the legend of the Christmas Spider, Sviat a Vecheria with the traditional 12 dishes, the k olach and d idukh, k ol i adky, the v ertep, m alank y , New Year’s Day with s ched - rivky , ending with the Feast of Iordan. We were also invited to sell Ukrainian inspired craft items , and our display included dove, angel, spider and web ornaments, p ysanky o rnaments and magnets, covered treasure boxes with Ukrainian fabric, and shaliank y neck - laces. We sold holiday candles with embroidery and floral designs as well as beaded necklaces and bracelets one of our members had brought back from a visit to Ukraine. We also sold more contemporary craft items and shared Christmas desserts like a ndruty (wafers) , rogal y k y (little horns), and makivn y k (poppy seed cake/roll) and homemade cookies packaged in holiday bundles. We handed out free samples of u zvar , which was very
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