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A Lithuanian Christmas in America |
| Section: CULTURE / HERITAGE |
| Author: Margrit Riesen |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1989 |
| Size: 2,511 Words, 15,122 Characters |
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On Christmas Eve, Kuclos, the first star in the sky signals the end of Advent and the beginning of the Lithuanian Christmas celebration. The traditional Lithuanian Christmas, named Kaleos, is celebrated for several days and is the most important religious celebration after Easter.
Although Lithuanians living in the United States no longer adhere to all of the old customs, many folk-peasant traditions still shape the character of the Christmas celebration among Lithuanian Americans.
Like other traditions, the celebration of Christmas has evolved over time and is believed to be a combination of at least two separate events. On the one hand, Christmas is the religious festival celebrating the birth of Christ, the "Christ Mass." It also retains many of the characteristics of Yule, ...
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...tholic rather than the Russian Orthodox Church prevailed in Lithuania.
Combining Christian traditions with pagan folklore, the holiday honors God the Heavenly Father and his son, Jesus Christ, as well as mother earth and her bounty. It honors Dievas, the heavenly friend of the farmer, and signals the return of the sun, who will awaken the earth and again bless the farmer with abundance.
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