Catching up! There are several blog posts I am doing with lots of photos from around the holidays that I am just now getting around to posting! So, in the next 3 days, I will be uploading MANY pictures and doing a few posts!
We were in Kiev on the Russian Christmas Eve: February 6th. We were near the center where they had a big Christmas tree and a Ded Marroz (Father Frost), and his granddaughter, Snegurochka (Sn0w Maiden). We got a picture of them with Max, since Canaan was too scared too have his picture taken with them. Can you imagine this being your job? Standing out in the snow and cold all day? Don't worry, we paid well for this picture! :)
Father Frost, here in Ukraine, is the Santa figure. He is dressed in red or blue and is accompanied by his granddaughter, Snegurochka. She is from a Russian fairy tale of an old couple who had no children. One day, they built a snow-woman (here in Ukraine they are snow-women, not snowmen). Their snow-woman transformed into a little girl. She lived with the couple, as their daughter, throughout the winter months. There are several variations of the story, including one, where she falls in love with a human boy, but melts when she steps out into the sun’s rays to see him.
3 comments:
Evrything is right except that we have both--snowmen and snowwomen =)
(Ira)
Thanks, Ira! I didn't know that!
I just noticed who Max is looking at. He's such a boy! :)
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