Christmas .To celebrate this holiday started the day before, on January 6, on Christmas Eve or the Holy Eve. Another evening of January 6 was called "Christmas carols". According to the church statute on this day, one should observe a strict fast with complete abstinence from food to the first star, which symbolizes the Christmas star, who in her time proclaimed the Magi about the birth of the infant Christ.
Christmas Eve is the final day of the Christmas Lent, which got its name, because on that day it is customary to eat osovo (kutya). This dish is prepared from poppy or almond milk mixed with honey, and porridge from red wheat or barley, rye, buckwheat, peas, lentils. Also, whole or chopped kernels of walnuts, sweet almonds, grated poppies are added there. Kutey began the meal both in Christmas and on Epiphany Eve. According to tradition, on the Holy Evening, there should be 12 dishes on the Christmas