christmas, how our ancestors celebrated the holiday, what kind of modern carols they are, let’s ask dmitry skvarchevskytorical sciences, hello, dmitry, hello, i want to ask you today about carol traditions, a little let’s dive into history, what kind of holiday is this and how has it survived to this day? carols are, perhaps, one of the most... interesting, most meaningful holidays in our tradition. generally this is not even one holiday, these are several holidays that are combined into a single cycle, it used to be celebrated in conjunction with the day of winter, usually stretched over 12 days, evenings, so they were called holy evenings, or crooked evenings, and as you correctly noted , it combines both old mythological traditions and newer christian elements, but they do not contradict each other, they are organically intertwined in the folk... birth of our world, yes, that is, the day of its appearance, renewal , therefore in carols in songs you can often find these motifs of creation, renewal, besides this , of course, there is a very large layer of songs, this is what the carolers themselves sa