Christmas Eve
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This period is dedicated to one of the main great holidays - the Nativity of Christ. The eve of the holiday, December 24, is characterized by such an astronomical phenomenon as the shortest daylight and the longest night.
Since preparations for Christmas begin long before it, or to be more precise, from the end of October, Christmas Eve (Jõululaupäev) is the beginning of the holiday.
The main holiday for locals even in Soviet times has always been Christmas, which is celebrated from 24 to 25 December.
On the eve of the sacred holiday, believers go to church for the Christmas service.
The day before Christmas Eve is the last opportunity to decorate your house, bring a Christmas tree, and buy groceries.
On Christmas Eve it is customary to relax with friends, go to visit. Because Christmas is considered a family holiday, which is celebrated mainly in a narrow circle of the family.
Previously, pork with vegetables was served on the table, always rye bread, sausage with barley cereal was prepared, later - blood sausage. Fried goose and Christmas pepper cookies piparkook (piparkook) - a novelty of the twentieth century.