Friday, December 2, 2011

Advent

Jo kitalálta, hogy olyan adventi kalendáriumot készít, hogy minden nap más valaki tesz fel egy karácsonyi képet, és osztja meg az ünnepi szokásait. Enyém lett december 2. és mivel a karácsony nagyon messze van, ezért egy Tralala hóembert választottam. Tegnap estére készült el, és egy lakásnézőre szánom ajándéknak a gyerekszobába.

Jo hosts a very special advent calendar in her blog, each day a different blogger shares a picture and her Christmas traditions. I have the pleasure to fill 2nd of December, and since Christmas is quite far I have chosen a Tralala snowman to show. Actually I just finished her yesterday, and he is going to be a children's room present for next week when we are visiting a new flat.


Tralala: Douce Nuit (Jó éjt)
Anyag/Fabric: Uberhor 28ct
Fonal/Floss: DMC 3799,839;  Anchor 62,403,1021;  Caron Waterlilies 152,  Thread Gatherer SNC181

A karácsony nálunk elég maratoni. Igazából már december 6án, Mikuláskor elkezdődik, amikor is mézeskalácsot sütök, és megtöltjük Andris kiscsizmáját meglepivel, vagy ha rossz kisfiú volt, virgáccsal. Eddig még nem kapott virgácsot, bár lehet, hogy ennek az az oka, hogy még csak másfél éves, nem nagyon volt ideje rosszalkodni. De azért mostanában dolgozik az ügyön :). 

Az igazi ünnep persze szenteste kezdődik,  a dálután a Jézuska berepíti a szépen feldíszített fát és az ajándékokat a nappaliba. A hármasban elköltött vacsora után csenget az angyalka, minden jó gyerek, anya és apa megnézi a szépen (vagy legalábbis lelkesen) becsomagolt ajándékokat. Másnap a párom hatalmas családjánál töltjük a napot, az egész anyai rokonság, több mint 50 ember összejön ebédre, este pedig az édesapjáékkal találkozunk. Második ünnep az én rokonságomé, ez kisebb, de nem kevésbé lelkes tömeget és hatalmas mennyiségű beiglit jelent. A két ünnep között kipihenjük (kipihegjük) a monstre menüsorokat, és az új évet jó sok fogadalommal és kilóval gazdagodva kezdjük! 

Christmas is the biggest family event in Hungary. To tell you the truth it starts on 6th December for me, when I make gingerbread cookies, and St Nicholas fills my little son's shoes with surprises, and in case he was a bad boy with some little sticks from the devil. He never received any until now, maybe the main reason him being only 1.5 years old and did not have time to commit serious crimes. However, I can see in his eyes, that he is working on the project...

The real celebration starts on Holy Eve, in the afternoon Little Jezus brings the Christmas tree and the presents to the house. He does it secretly, but his angels are ringing a bell when he finished the work. Surprisingly every year they are giving the signal at the end of supper, which is traditionally fish. Then everyone goes to the tree and opens the presents which are wrapped nicely (or at least enthusiastically :) ). On the 25th we spend the day with my husband's huge family, more than 50 people coming together from her mother's side for lunch, and we dine with his father's relatives in the evening. The second day of Christmas is reserved for my family, which is smaller in size, but not in care and food! Between Xmas and New Year's Eve we try to recover and start the New Year with few promises and kilos plus.

7 comments:

The Knitting Cross Stitcher said...

That is lovely Agi.
I am door no 13 and you probably know me better as meerkat :)

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

Thank You for sharing! I have "opened" your door on my blog now.
I love your traditions, here in the UK we have coal or potatoes for the "naughty" children.
I am so glad I don't have to cater for 50 people but it must be fun for everyone to get together.
You should stitch a giant family tree for your son to tell him who all his relatives are.

cucki said...

hello dear, it is so lovely and so interesting..beautiful stitching and great post..i love reading it so much.
thank you for sharing.
hugs cucki
south africa xx

Joysze said...

I love your stitched piece this year. :D It's lovely to read about your traditions and that's a LOT of people in your husband's family. :D

geeky Heather said...

I love hearing about Christmas traditions in other countries (I live in the United States). Thank you so much for sharing!! The snowman is very cute. Merry Christmas to you!

Mouse said...

ohhh wow ... 50 + people for dinner ... love your St Nicholas traditions too and I had to giggle at your sons look in his eyes heheheh ... thanks for sharing :)love mouse xxxx
ps I am today's door no 9

Meari said...

Congrats on being #2 on the advent calendar. I enjoyed reading about the Christmas traditions in Hungary ☺