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> Hello Dummy!
>
> 17 Dec 03 08:40, you wrote to Herman Neut:
>
>  >>           Schastlivogo Rozhdestva i S Novym Godom               RUS
>
>  DL> Phoneticly correct but I suggest to move "S Novym
Godom" at the
>  DL> beginning for Xmas held in Russia Jan 7 unlike elsewhere
>
>   Christmas  is celebrated  in old style calendar ("julian", the
> official Russian Orthodox Chirch  calendar), but the New Year is
> celebrated in new style calendar ("grigorian"). The New  Year in
> old style, called "Old New Year", is celebrated (by some people)
> at Jan 13.
>
In Uzbekistan, they celebrate the holiday from the 6th (eve of Xmas) to the
15th of Jan (when they begin to sober up and the huge celebration fires
begin to die down. The whole period is one big holiday. And I learned to
love Russian 100 proof vodka during those days ; )-
      Jeff
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