Beautifully Decorated Lithuanian Christmas

Christmas in Lithuania NEW can be termed as the perfect combinations of different Christian traditions. The country is actually one of the three Baltic nations. It also shares borders with different countries and this is the reason why Lithuania has a mix of all Christmas traditions. There is a huge population of Roman Catholics living in Lithuania who have had a great impact on the Christmas traditions of the country.

Just like people in most other countries Lithuanians also like to decorate their home at the time of Christmas. In order to understand how people living in Lithuania decorate their home you must read the following points:

• The Lithuanians never used to decorate Christmas trees until very recently. But the people used to bring the evergreen branches of plants in order decorate their home. There are very less places in Lithuania where you can see Christmas trees and one such place is Vilnius.
• People use handmade straw ornaments in order to decorate the Christmas tree. These ornaments are also used to decorate other parts of the home as well. These straws are generally made using plastic drinking straws but originally it was made with yellow straw that was used for farm animals.
• Three dimensional straw ornaments is another part of Christmas in Lithuania. These ornaments are beautifully constructed using straws. These are amongst the most beautiful decoration items available and look great on the Christmas tree.
• Another very interesting thing about decorating the Christmas tree is that Lithuanians never use multicolor lights to decorate the Christmas tree instead they use yellow color lights. The reason behind using yellow color lights is that the straw ornaments shine quite well when yellow color light is thrown on them whereas they don’t look as beautiful under multicolor lights. There are some people who put a spotlight on the Christmas tree which further beautifies the whole tree.

In earlier times people living in the country used to celebrate Christmas for three days. Nobody for allowed to work for at least the first day. Even cooking was not allowed and people used to eat food which was cooked in advance. On the Christmas morning people used to sing holy Christmas hymns even before having the breakfast. But now the scenario has changed a lot and people in Lithuania like to celebrate Christmas while having fun. If you are visiting Lithuania at the time of Christmas then you should be ready for something unique.