The ceremonies (traditions) are one of the main components of Culture of Ukraine.  They were always different for the originality and the fairy-tale reason. Nowadays some of them are followed. But they are followed in out of the way villages of Ukraine, where signs of civilization and modernization are lacking. Traditions of the Ukrainian people are mainly connected with holidays: New Year, Christmas.

I will tell you about the ceremonies of New Year and Christmas in Ukraine in this publication.

Special attention was paid to the supper at Christmas night, such as rich supper, the wide name of dishes accompanied to sufficiency and wealth of Ukrainian family. Festive supper was implied preparation of 12 dishes, 9 or 7 dishes, where Ukrainian carousing was the main. As the supper began from the peasant ceremonies (reading of prayer) but saved the feature of pagan culture of «fort