HOME DUTIES AND FAMILY TRADITIONS
Every family has a lot of work to do in the house. All day long the members of the family are busy doing one thing or another.
It takes a lot of time to do the rooms, to cook meals and to wash up. That’s why we use different devices: a microwave oven to cook meat and vegetables, a vacuum cleaner to remove dust and dirt from carpets, rugs and floors, a washing machine to wash clothes and other things. Besides different household chores every family has its traditions. They concern the celebration of holidays. There are many holidays that are widely celebrated in Ukraine. Some of them are especially honoured.
First of all, it is New Year’s Day. It is a favourite holiday of many families.
They usually get together, have a big dinner with a wide selection of tasty food and drink.
Another great holiday is Christmas celebrated on the 25th of December. It is a custom to cook twelve dishes for supper on Christmas Eve: kutia, varenyky, salted fish and others. Most of the dishes are national and special.
Easter, the holiday of celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, is the time of giving and receiving presents which traditionally took the form or an Easter egg. The Easter egg and special Easter cake are the most popular emblems of this religious holiday. Children like this holiday very much.