Christmas in Ukraine! Ukrainian Recipes, Traditions and Bulletin Board Displays (2024)

щасливого Різдва! Travel with your students to Ukraine for Christmas with this Bi-lingual Ukrainian English activity featuring Christmas traditions in Ukraine! This activity is a great addition to your Christmas Around the World celebration, ESL classroom and bulletin boards!

This product was created to celebrate some of the most delicious food to come from the Ukraine. Your students will learn some Ukrainian vocabulary, a traditional Ukrainian Song and three (3) Ukrainian recipes. I hope you enjoy this product, I certainly enjoyed making it.

You Get...

  • 24 Ukrainian –English Word Cards (color)
  • 24 Ukrainian –English Word Cards (greyscale)
  • 3 Ukrainian-English Bulletin Board Displays
  • 1 Kolach Recipe: Ukrainian Christmas Bread(color)
  • 1 Kolach Recipe: Ukrainian Christmas Bread(greyscale)
  • 1 Ukrainian Hot Chocolate Recipe (color)
  • 1 Ukrainian Hot Chocolate Recipe (greyscale)
  • 1 Little Sparrow: Traditional Ukrainian Christmas Song with translated lyrics.(greyscale)
  • 1 Ukrainian Honey Cookies Recipe (greyscale)
  • 1 Twelve Traditional Ukrainian Dishes (greyscale)

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Christmas in Ukraine! Ukrainian Recipes, Traditions and Bulletin Board Displays (2024)

FAQs

What food is eaten on Christmas in Ukraine? ›

Christmas dinner and meals
  • Traditional Ukrainian kutia. Photo: Oksana Sybydlo Food Photographer, Ukrainian Institute.
  • Varenyky (dumplings) with berries. Photo: Yevhen Kudriavtsev.
  • Borshch with dried pears. Photo: klopotenko.com.
  • Carps in sour cream. Photo: klopotenko.com.
  • Deruny with garlic and herbs. ...
  • Christmas uzvar.

What is the traditional Ukrainian Christmas greeting? ›

The traditional Ukrainian Christmas greeting is 'Христос Родився' (Khrystos Rodyvsia - Christ is Born) to which the response is 'Славімо Його' (Slavimo Yoho - Let us glorify Him). A more general seasonal greeting is 'Веселих Свят' ('Veselykh Svyat'), which literally means 'Happy Feasts”.

Why are there 12 meatless dishes at Ukrainian Christmas? ›

The number of dishes still usually corresponds to the ritual number twelve, symbolizing the apostles or the months of the year. Since the meal is part of the Lenten fast leading up to Christmas, dishes do not include meat or dairy products.

What is the first dish of Ukrainian Christmas? ›

The first dish of the 12 is always kutia – a dish made from cooked wheat and sweetened with honey, poppy seeds, and perhaps dried fruits and nuts. In past times, the eldest of the family might throw a spoonful of the kutia to the ceiling; the more kernels that stick, the greater the good fortune for the upcoming year.

Why is there no meat on Ukrainian Christmas? ›

"The reason that they're meatless is that the animals that were in the stable when Jesus was born paid homage to Jesus, and to pay respect back to them, we don't eat any animal products at all," Holowachuck said, adding that they also symbolize the 12 apostles.

What do Ukrainians drink on Christmas? ›

A traditional beverage served during Christmas in Ukraine is uzvar, a drink made from dried fruits. Both kutya and uzvar are considered commemorative, as they symbolically welcome the souls of the deceased to join the living for dinner.

Can Ukrainians eat meat on Christmas Eve? ›

These dishes are vegetarian (technically pescatarian) since the Christmas Eve feast is also when people abstain from eating meat in honor of the animals that attended Jesus Christ's birth. You can find cabbage rolls, beet borscht, and other traditional offerings served for Christmas dinner.

What is Santa called in Ukraine? ›

Ukraine's Santa Claus is called Did Moroz (Father Frost) or Svyatyy Mykolay (Saint Nicholas).

What is a fun fact about Ukraine Christmas? ›

Christmas was largely erased from the Ukrainian calendar for much of the 20th century due to the Soviet Union's anti-religious policies, but many of its traditions survived and are being revived again. In 2023, for the first time since 1917, Christmas Day in Ukraine was officially on December 25.

What do Ukrainians put on their Christmas tree? ›

In Germany, Poland, and Ukraine, finding a spider or a spider's web on a Christmas tree is considered good luck. Ukrainians also create small Christmas tree ornaments in the shape of a spider (known as pavuchky, literally "little spiders"), usually made of paper and wire.

How do Ukrainians prepare for Christmas? ›

Traditional Christmas food in Ukraine

Oksana - who took part in the IRC's Leadership course - said: “Deep believers prepare 12 fasting meals (without meat) because January 6 is the last day of fasting. “The main dish of Holy Evening is Kutya. It is porridge from whole wheat grains with poppy seeds, honey and nuts.

What religion is Ukraine? ›

As of 2022, according to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), 85% of Ukrainians identified as Christians. 72% identified themselves with Eastern Orthodoxy, 9% to the Catholic Church (8% Eastern Catholic, 1% Latin Church) and 4% adherents of a Protestant Church or other Christian movement.

What is the tradition of 12 dishes? ›

As Lithuania is a Catholic country, we would have 12 dishes laid out on the table, and these 12 dishes represent 12 apostles (followers of Jesus). However, it is believed that 12 dishes also represent 12 months of the year that passed. Everyone had to try all the dishes so all the following months would be successful.

Why are there 12 dishes on the Christmas Eve menu in Russia? ›

There were 12 dishes traditionally served for Christmas - one for each of the 12 days between Christmas and the Baptism of the Lord. On the night before Christmas, Russians would eat according to fasts (there were two main types of Russian foods: those for fasts and those for the rest of the time).

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