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Subsequently, with the introduction of the Christian religion as a state religion in Russia (the so-called "baptism of Russia"), the rite of caroling was adapted to the celebration of Christmas. Priests and monks created new religious carols with biblical images, which also gained great popularity among the people. Prominent composers undertook the processing and restoration of carols: Mykola Lysenko, Stanislav Lyudkevich, and others. In carols, according to tradition, all members of the family were honored: the master, the mistress, the boyfriend, the girlfriend. The caroling was combined with a corresponding theatrical performance, dances, and music. They caroled in groups, having previously distributed responsibilities: chieftain "birch", "star", "mihonosha" and "ryajeni". Metropolitan Vasyl Lypkivskyi described Christmas carols as follows in his Christmas sermon "The Meaning of Christmas Carols":

According to another legend, the Christmas tree was introduced into use by Martin Luther, who was walking through the forest at Christmas and saw a star shining above the Christmas tree, which seemed to him to be absolutely identical to the Star of Bethlehem, and he put that Christmas tree in his home and decorated it with a star. This is how the Christmas tree allegedly came to Western Europe. And later, in the 19th century, it was borrowed by France, later taken over by England, it even stood in the Windsor Palace, and later German immigrants who moved to America also brought a Christmas tree. Initially, when the Christmas tree appeared, it was decorated with fruits, apples, for example, which symbolize the same Original Sin of Adam and Eve.

Свет, который ежегодно дарит людям Солнце Коляды, - это питающая, всепобеждающая мощь Творца, зовущая с древнейших времен и по сей час на Святый ужин, где двери для всех открыты, где столы для всех накрыты". (В.Войтович, Сокол- Род, 1997) Для провозглашения Бога-Творца народ создал огромное количество торжественных гимнов-песен о сотворении мира, почитании Солнца, Луны, Богини Дани и их потомков-людей - колядок и щедровок. Заметим, что колядки почти никогда, а щедривки никогда не пекут днем – ими величают Праздник Щедрого вечера, Луны и Звезды. Это праздник веры в Свет, чтобы люди жили лучше, чтобы земля лучше родила, чем в прошлом году, чтобы будущие дети и внуки Рода жили веселее.