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На самом же деле примитивными украинцы тысячу лет назад или во времена Трипольской культуры явно не были, возможно, наоборот, именно календарно-обрядовое творчество и было тем источником, откуда наши Предки черпали вдохновение к высокомастерскому гончарству, кузнечному делу, написанию писанок и тому подобное. Колядки появились еще в календаре (который тогда назывался Колом) в языческое время и связаны с днем зимнего солнцестояния, которое называли праздником Коляды, или коротышки. По одной из легенд, в этот день Солнце съедает змей Коротышка. Всесильная богиня Коляда в днепровских водах рожала новое солнце – маленького Божича. Язычники пытались оградить новорожденного. Они прогоняли Коротана, который стремился съесть новое Солнце, а затем ходили от дома в дом, чтобы известить людей о рождении нового Солнца.
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.
One of the beliefs leads us to the cult of ancestors, which is prominently featured in Christmas rituals. On "Holy Eve" (Christmas Eve), the evening dinner, consisting, in the Lubensk district, mainly of kuti and uzvar (dried fruit decoction), has a family and, in particular, memorial character: kuti is left for the night for deceased relatives; according to popular belief, vague reflections of small, doll-like people descending to the table can be seen on the wall. The ancient Slavs met the New Year with songs, dances, jokes of the dressed-up people, funny pranks. This cycle of rites received the general name - carols. Caroled in Russia since December 25. They dressed up in leather, put on scary masks, went from house to house, sang songs. It was still dark, on the early New Year's morning, there was a knock on the door or window. The owners already guessed who was knocking and opened the door hospitably. Guests entered the house, scattering bread grains around the house and chanting:
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