Old Christmas: Orthodox Christians flavor Feast of the Nativity with tradition | al.com
Feast of the nativity on January 7th
Aka the “Old Christmas”
In Russian orthodoxy one tradition is to eat fresh garlic dipped in honey. The first bite of the Holy Supper of Russian Orthodox Christian traditions symbolizes a prayer that the bitter problems of life will be overcome by the sweetness of God’s love and grace.
Silent Night? (written in 2008)
Have you tried listening to the radio at this time of year?
Out of bored desperation today I tried while waiting in the car for someone as they ran an errand. No matter what station you switch to you will hear one of two things; advertisements trying to get you to run out and buy into Christmas specials, or Christmas Carols.
I’ll be honest. I’m not necessarily the biggest fan of Christmas songs. I get into them just enough to try and catch the Christmas spirit, but I do find a lot of them either a bit too cheesy or the hymns are just too sad sounding or hard to sing! Just sometimes I want some normal music on the radio to pass the time while I’m out being busy at Christmas time!
The past few days, however, I’ve stumbled across a small nugget of beauty tucked away in one of those classic Christmas hymns.
