President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Ukrainians on Christmas. He recalled Ukrainian customs and traditions that Ukrainians have to break in order to preserve them..

" As they say, to see those who were left on earth. Today, the spirits of our ancestors help us daily to beat those who came to our lands.. We live in special times. And all our holidays are special and we have to break some of our traditions to protect our traditions.. You can’t wear dark or old, worn clothes for the holidays so that trouble does not come to the house, but trouble came to our house on February 24, 2022. Since then, we have not been in white clothes and have been fighting black forces,"

Zelensky assured that Ukrainians today, just like our Cossack ancestors, defenders of the faith and the Church of Christ, daily defend their land, culture, their traditions, their faith.

" But we've been fighting traits and taking the trash out of our house for over 300 days in a row.. It is forbidden to sew and knit. But we weave camouflage nets and sew body armor, overcoming evil.

These days, our ancestors did not go hunting, but we strike so as not to become prey and defeat the beast. God sees it. The world sees it"

The President recalled that this year, in addition to the Ukrainian "

" And if at this time you ask the higher powers about your dream, it will certainly come true. Today we all have one dream. May harmony come to every family, prosperity to every home, victory to the Ukrainian land, and with it a thousand-year peace and prosperity"