For those who are wondering how Christmas is celebrated in Ukraine, you are going to have to wait a bit longer. You see, Ukraine follows a different calendar from the West, so Christmas is on January 7th. For now you’ll just get to see and hear how this American celebrated Christmas on December 25th and the surrounding days.
Christmas morning at our apartment began with a Facetime chat with mom while opening her gifts to us. Then Sveta was off to work and I baked a pan of cookies and took them to share with our friends at rehab. Typically, cookies in Ukraine are store-bought and quite different from our fresh-baked varieties, but everyone really seemed to like them. Sveta freed herself from afternoon patients so we headed home to cook a delicious Christmas meal together and then relax for the evening.
from Advancing With A Limp http://advancingwithalimp.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-in-ukrainepart-1.html