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 Romanian "Star Carol" "The star has
appeared on high,
Like a big secret in the sky, The star is bright, May all your wishes turn out right…" |
Customs
| In Romania, Santa Claus is Mos Craciun and he comes on the night of the 24th of December bringing presents. | Also, the night of the 5th of December is Mos Nicolae (St. Nicholas) puts candies in the good children boots or a stick in the bad ones. |
"Craciun" means Christmas in Romanian,
while Father Christmas is called "Mos Craciun". This winter
festival has retained all of its religious tradition and
folklore. Red, black and white are the main colors of the
traditional Romanian folk costume. The Christmas tree is
decorated on Christmas Eve with walnuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, sweets,
brightly wrapped chocolates and apples. The children go from
house to house in their village singing Christmas carols (or
"colindatori" as they are known locally), and according to tradition
are given "covrigi", huge dry pretzels, fritters, sweets, and apples in
return. Christmas
in Romania