Questions you ask yourself on Christmas Eve, at least where I live:
1.How much snow needs to be left for it to count as a white Christmas?
2. Is it still a white Christmas if there isn't enough snow left to be pretty, but there's enough ice left that you might slip?
3. If there was still snow at midnight but it was all gone by sunrise, is it still a white Christmas?
4. What day do you really have to have snow, December 25th, January 1, or January 7? Perhaps all three?
5. If you're an American child living in Odessa, do you get your presents from Grandfather Frost or Santa Clause?
6. Do Grandfather Frost and Santa Clause sometimes goof and both give presents to the same child?
7. Do Grandfather Frost and Santa Clause sometimes really goof and both skip a child?
8. Do children in Odessa get the same benefit from believing in Grandfather Frost that American children are supposed to get from believing in Santa Clause?
9. Should you eat pryaniki (local spice cookies with jam) on the 25th, on New Years', or on Orthodox Christmas?
10. What Christmas customs should spread to other countries and which ones should not?
11. Is it too early for me to wish people in America a very Merry Christmas?
