Each country has its own customs, traditions, holidays, and important days in its history. Talking of holidays in Ukraine we can't but tell about everybody's favourite New Year Holiday. People think that at night on New Year's eve the old year with all its troubles leaves us forever and the new year with all our hopes and expectations knocks at our doors. People decorate the Christmas tree, have New Year parties and prepare presents for their relatives and friends. On the eve of January the 7th Ukrainians start celebrating Christmas. It's the day of Jesus Christ's birthday and it is widely celebrated all over Ukraine. People sing carols, cook a traditional Ukrainian Christmas dish na ...view middle of the document...
On May the 9th we celebrate the anniversary of Victory over Nazi Germany. People go to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier who died at war defending our country from fascists, put flowers to the monuments, and in the evening everybody goes to see the holiday salute. On August the 24th we celebrate the Day of Independence of Ukraine, which was proclaimed in 1991 on the decision of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine after the attempt of the military coup d'etat in Moscow.We also like our holidays because we always have our family reunion on these days.У кожній країні є свої звичаї, традиції, свята і знаменні дні її історії. Говорячи про свята в Україні, не можна не сказати про улюблене всіма свято Нового року. Люди сподіваються, що в ніч напередодні Нового року старий рік з усіма своїми бідами полишає нас назавжди, а новий рік з усіма надіями й сподіваннями стукає у двері. Люди прикрашають новорічну ялинку, влаштовують новорічні вечірки й дарують подарунк
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