Wrapping up the end of a semester, year, and decade in Russia came with a few idiosyncrasies, challenges, and definite high points. Hardest of all was being away from family and friends in the comfort of my grandparents’ living rooms, wishing that my Christmas and New Year’s could be white. But, the trade-off turned out [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’
Holiday: Christmas and Y2K+10
Posted: January 9, 2010 in Иркутск, Holidays & Tradition, Winter TravelTags: 5 minutes, Christmas, cold, friends, holiday, impromptu decorations, Kazanskaya station, Midnight mass, Moscow, New Years, Red Square, The London Pub, tradition, Trans-Siberian, WiFi
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Happy Christmas to all
Posted: December 24, 2009 in Holidays & TraditionTags: Christmas, holidays, tradition
From Russia on Christmas Eve, wishing everyone and their families the very best for a blessed and happy Christmas. “Behold, the star they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.” -Matthew 2.9
Holiday: It’s beginning to look at lot like New Year’s. . .
Posted: December 22, 2009 in Иркутск, Holidays & TraditionTags: Christmas, cold, consumerism, culture shock, friends, Irkutsk, New Years, Old New Years, Russian Christmas, shopping, Snow, Sovietism, tea, Uncle Frost
To properly describe my experience in the realm of the Russian “holiday season,” if such a concept actually exists as a period defined apart from the general conception of everyday life in this country, then I should go back to my Thanksgiving holiday here. Walking out of a delightful evening of intercultural dialogue (conversation over [...]
