BTW: It’s an ordinary work day in Ukraine. Christmas isn’t celebrated until Janu

BTW: It’s an ordinary work day in Ukraine. Christmas isn’t celebrated until January 8th over here, and New Years is the big holiday instead. They have a St Nicholas Day, which is our Santa Claus, as a separate day for children, on the 15th. So in typical slavic fashion they have WAAAAAY more holidays. lol. St Nicholas for kids, New Year’s Day for everyone, and Orthodox Christmas for the Devoted. Why have two holidays when three will do? More opportunities for food and alcohol. Lviv is much prettier than Kiev, and they have a gorgeous christmas market, that while offering little variation does show a lot of quality control. Apparently, (like the summer art market in Bellevue Washington) the Christmas market is a money-maker.