Top ten reasons why celebrating Christmas according to the Julian calendar is better than Gregorian calendar Christmas (January 7 instead of December 25)
10. You begin – not end – the year with Christmas
9. You really get “twelve days of Christmas” – up to a whole month in the homeland
8. Financial advantage: do all your gift shopping at post-Xmas sales
7. Consistent with Ukrainian propensity to being constantly late
6. Christmas caroling – make money while singing and drinking
5. The police have ended their Christmas drinking and driving blitz (unless the officer is Ukrainian)
4. Pick up a pre-tinseled Christmas tree – for free off your neighbor’s front lawn
3. Take a day off work as religious holiday and go to church
2. Enjoy healthy, twelve-course meatless meal for the body and soul over several hours
1. You end up celebrating Christmas and New Years twice a year anyway!
Христос Раждається! Славімо Його!
