New Year

New Year in Romania is celebrated on January 1 and 2New Year in Romania is celebrated on January 1 and 2. Romanian Santa Claus is called Mosh Krechun.

According to legend, the family of the shepherd Krechun sheltered the Virgin Mary. The Virgin Mary gave birth and Mosh Krechun gave the Virgin Mary and the child milk, sour cream and cheese. Since then, Saint Mosh Krechun has been handing out gifts to children on the day of the Nativity of Christ.

Traditionally, the celebration of the New Year takes place with family or close friends. Some, however, prefer big noisy companies and walks around the city. On New Year’s morning, children from 3 to 12 years old go to their homes with a green branch of an apple tree or pear, decorated with colorful paper, sequins, gilding and artificial flowers. These branches are harvested on St. Andrew’s Day (November 30) and kept fresh until the New Year. Children come to the house with wishes of happiness and long years. They touch every member of the family. The same goes for children walking down the street. For this, they are given threads, yarns, apple grille, sometimes money.

According to Romanian beliefs, on New Year’s Eve, Christmas, baptism and Easter for a moment open the heavens. Anyone who saw this could ask God for anything he wanted.

Among the national holidays, of which there are many, the rite “plugoshore” is interesting, timed to the first day of the New Year and aimed at bewitching a good harvest. According to the custom, guys with a pond walk around the yards and in song form tell about the upcoming agricultural work.

It's New Year's Eve. Different things. This is how you try to guess the weather. The bulb is divided into twelve lobes and each of them is given the name of a particular month. Then these lobules are sprinkled with salt and left all night. In the morning, they predict which months will be dry and which will be rainy.