The event will take place on 6 January 2024, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

This winter, as has already become tradition, we will also be celebrating svjatki and Orthodox Christmas (talsipühad) at the Estonian Open Air Museum. There are many nationalities in Estonia who celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on the 6^th and 7^th January, and our event is meant to bring joy to those minority communities. Many Ukrainian war refugees have arrived in Estonia this year, and as they will be unable to celebrate Christmas in their homeland as usual, they are especially welcome to come. We have prepared the programme of the event with them in mind.

The event will take place in the Seto farm and the Peipus-Russian dwelling as well as on the meadow between the buildings.

The meadow between the Seto farm and the Peipus-Russian dwelling

• Hot samovar tea with boiled sugar and barankas
• Folk Christmas games
• Skiing competition on vintage wooden skis

Newer part of Seto Vanatalo

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Making Seto Christmas dishes (gingerbread, greave biscuits, roast)

Older part of Seto Vanatalo

11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Making lucky dolls
• Reception of kristoslaavitajad
• Fortune telling

Peipus-Russian Pechonkin house

11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Preparing traditional Russian Christmas food (potato sausages and bread from boiled dough) and the introduction of Christmas traditions.
• Reception of kristoslaavitajad

Seto Vanatalo barn building

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A small Christmas café

1 p.m. Ensemble Kvitka's Concert of Slavic Christmas Songs

Sponsors and partners: Cultural Endowment of Estonia