This document summarizes Croatian holiday traditions from St. Nicholas Day in December to Epiphany in January. It describes celebrations like decorating boots for St. Nicholas, lighting Advent candles, attending Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, exchanging gifts on Christmas Day, ringing in the New Year, and commemorating the visit of the Magi on Epiphany. The document aims to share details about winter holidays in Croatia with an audience abroad.

2. GREETINGS FROM
CROATIA!!
• HELLO!!
• WE ARE Gabriel, Lana, Laura,Ema,
Inas, Marina, Mladen, Ana, Fran and
Helena FROM CROATIA
• This is our story of winter holidays in
Croatia

3. A story of st. Nicholas
• We celebrate st. Nicholas Day on the
6th of December.
• The night before, children and adults
clean their boots and put them on the
window sills
• They do that because st. Nicholas
brings them presents and puts them in
the boots

4. St. Nicholas at our school
• We celebrate st. Nicholas day at our
school every year
• We go to church where he brings us
candies and tells us to be good at
school and at home

5. Advent
• Advent begins four weeks before
Christmas
• People usually buy or make wreaths
with four candles
• People light a candle and pray
• We light the candles on Sunday

6. Christmas Eve
• Christmas Eve is the night before
Christmas
• People in Croatia usually eat fish on
that day
• On Christmas Eve children and
parents decorate the Christmas tree
and go to Midnight Mass

7. Christmas
• We celebrate Christmas on 25th of
December
• Children get presents under the
Christmas tree
• People usually eat soup, turkey, pork,
salad and potatoes
• We sing Christmas songs at home and
in the church

8. Happy New Year!!
• This is the last day of the year
• People prepare to welcome the new
year that begins at midnight
• Some people celebrate this evening
with family and some with friends
• People bake cakes and other meals
• They want to be better than last year

9. Happy New Year!!
• At midnight people open champagne
and congratulate each other
• On New Year’s day everything is quiet
because people are tired of
celebration

10. Epihpany
• We celebrate Epiphany on 6th of
January
• The Magi followed the falling star and
found baby Jesus in Betlehem and
gave him three presents
• On this day, people take decoration off
the christmas tree and go to church

11. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY
NEW YEAR!!
Dashing through the snow Dolove i brijeg zabjelio je snijeg
In a one horse open sleigh sa saona kroz noc
O'er the fields we go nas se cuje smijeh
Laughing all the way okicen i plah
Bells on bob tails ring nas vranac juri svud
Making spirits bright a zvona dalek zvuk pokazuje nam put
What fun it is to laugh and sing Ej, zvoncici, zvoncici
A sleighing song tonight zvone cijelu noc
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells i ostaju u sjecanju sto nikad nece proc
Jingle all the way 'Zvoncici, zvoncici zvone na sav glas
Oh, what fun it is to ride kroz tihu noc i citav kraj zvone za sve
In a one horse open sleigh nas
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh