{"id":6121,"date":"2021-10-16T12:41:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T12:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feelbulgaria.net\/?p=6121"},"modified":"2022-10-27T12:33:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T12:33:30","slug":"koleda-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelbulgaria.net\/en\/2021\/10\/16\/koleda-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditions related to the Bulgarian Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christmas is one of the brightest Christian holidays, if not the brightest. Christmas in Bulgaria is the time of year that we all look forward to, in which dreams are a little bigger than usual - a time when Christmas magic prevails! Our ancestors also called the holiday Christmas or Great Christmas. Some of the traditions and customs around the holiday have changed, others not so much\u2026<\/p>\n

The table<\/h4>\n

The Christmas Eve table is cluttered with an odd number of lean meals. Traditional for the country are typical foods, such as oshav of dried fruits, beans, boiled wheat, bread. in which people did not have supermarkets, but relied on their own labor. Red wine is also present, because it symbolizes the blood of Jesus Christ. The oldest man breaks off a piece of bread, which he places in front of the icon of the Mother of God, and then everyone starts eating. All this has been intact over the centuries. There is also a modern tradition that we have created - the placement of good luck in the pieces of bread. So everyone can see what awaits him next year.<\/p>\n

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The Christmas Eve table in Bulgaria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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