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Why New Year and Christmas are associated with the Sun If we talk about traditional Christmas, we need to look back to ancient pre-Christian times, when it was believed that the world was born at this time. That is, the world dies in one form, is born in another - the New Year is born. At Christmas, since ancient times, it was believed that such religious holidays were connected with the cycles of the solstice. Christmas, Christmas is the winter solstice. It was believed that the border between the worlds narrows to such an extent that it becomes so thin that a transition from one world to another is possible.



Currently, winter in Ukraine is primarily associated with carols, which are sung on the holiday of Christmas (January 6-8 according to the new style). But carols were once pagan songs, against which the Orthodox Church initially waged an unsuccessful struggle and banned them. However, Kolyada rites proved to be very stable in Ukraine, marked in many ways by the features of pagan beliefs, reminiscent of both honoring the newborn sun and the cult of ancestors.

Будь нам здоров, гречной молодец,
Гречный молодец, пан Василий!
Гой, здоров, здоров, да и не сам собов,
Да и не сам собов, да и с ветком, из матерей,
Да и с ветком, из матерей, да и со всев челядков.
Увенчаем тебя счастьем-здоровьем,
Щистым-здоровим и с этим Рождеством,
Да и с этим Рождеством, этим Новым Годом,
Этим Новым Годом, прибылью хорошей,
Прибылью хорошей и возрастом долгой.
Дай же тебе, Боже, счастье-здоровье,
Чисти-здоровье да и хорошую зрелость,
Отцу мать с тебя радость,
Чтобы дождаться приданого твоего,
Приданого твоего и счастливого,
О, пока здоров!