Christmas traditions

Although today the Christmas tree is considered a Christian custom, it actually originated in ancient times. In Ancient Egypt they decorated palm trees. Germanic tribes later decorated evergreen boughs to celebrate the gift of light around the shortest day of the year, December 21st. In the beginning, people only decorated branches from firs, firs, and pines, and only in 1597 they began to decorate a whole tree. Evergreen trees symbolize eternal life. They are among the most significant parts of the holiday ritual. Gradually, the Christmas tree decorations become richer; Christmas trees are decorated with garlands, lots of lights and Christmas toys.

It is among the most common traditions associated with the celebration of the Nativity of Christ. It is a decoration of an evergreen coniferous tree – most often of the fir genus, from which the name comes. Before Christmas, the tree is cut down, brought into the home and decorated with colorful lights, ornaments and treats. In some cases, large street trees in strategic places are decorated without being cut down. Also, in some cases artificial trees are used instead of live trees.

The prototype of the good old man can be found in the person of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, born and lived in the III-IV centuries in the Roman province of Lycia, located on the territory of today’s Turkey. He became a bishop very young. He appears as a noble and generous person, deeply believing and devoted to the Christian religion. He donates all his wealth to the poor and the oppressed. In memory of his generosity, the tradition of people exchanging gifts remains.

According to the legend, Santa Claus lives at the North Pole or in Lapland together with elves or gnomes who help him make the presents for the children. Every year he brings gifts to the obedient children using a magical flying sleigh pulled by the reindeer Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph. In various fairy tales and films, the characters Santa Claus (Santa Claus’s wife) and Snow White (his helper) are also found.

NECESSARY PRODUCTS
flour – 250 g
butter – 125 g soft
salt – 1 pinch
sugar – 150 g
eggs – 1 piece
salt – 1/2 tsp.
baking powder – 1/2 tsp.
vanilla – 1 tbsp. vanilla essence
sweet – optional, for gluing as desired

Mix the flour, salt and baking powder. Separately, beat the butter with a pinch of salt and the sugar to make a fluffy mixture. Add the egg and vanilla and mix again until the dough has absorbed the egg. Gradually add the flour and knead a soft dough. Wrap it in foil and put it in the fridge for 2 hours. Then roll out the crust dough to a thickness of about 6-7 millimeters. Cut the desired shapes out of it with the help of molds. Arrange them in a greased tray, sprinkle lightly with granulated sugar and put the sweets to bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees. If desired, glue some of the Christmas sweets together with jam. Decorate as desired!

NECESSARY PRODUCTS

eggs – 3 pcs.

butter – 100 g

flour – 1 tsp

sugar – 1 tsp

baking powder – 1 pc (10 g)

apples – 600 g

cinnamon

powdered sugar

Melt the butter and grease a small mold with some of it. Peel, remove the seeds from the apples and cut them into small cubes. Put them in the pan to cover the bottom and sprinkle with cinnamon. Beat the remaining products with a mixer, finally adding the butter. Pour the mixture over the apples and leave for 10 minutes. Bake the apple cake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for about 40 minutes. Wait for it to cool and turn over. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and cinnamon.

NECESSARY PRODUCTS

FOR THE BASIS

ordinary biscuits – 100 g

cornflakes – 100 g

cow butter – 80 g

sugar – 4 tbsp.

FOR CREAM CHEESE

pumpkin – 700

cream cheese – 200 g

sugar – 10 tbsp.

gelatin – 10 g

vanilla – 2 pcs.

FOR DECORATION

walnuts – ground

Crackers and cornflakes are ground and mixed. Sugar is added to them. The cow’s butter is melted and poured into the above mixture. It mixes well. We open a ring with a size of 20 cm and place it on the tray. Acetate paper is placed on the side of the ring. At the bottom of the ring is the mixture, pressing it nicely. It is placed in the refrigerator. The gelatin is poured with 60 ml of cold water and left to swell. Pumpkin is boiled or baked. Puree and add sugar, cream cheese and vanilla. Everything is mixed until homogenized. The gelatin is placed in a water bath until it melts. It cools and then it is added to the cream cheese. The cheese cream is poured into a format and the pumpkin cheesecake is placed in the refrigerator for several hours. Unmold and No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Garnish with ground walnuts and rachel pumpkin pieces.

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