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