page_title: Serbian Christmas traditions
hierarchical_section_title: Serbian Christmas traditions
caption_attribution_description: Português: Natividade, ícone bizantino, Museu Cristão e Bizantino, Atenas. English: Byzantine icon of Nativity, in the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens.
context_page_description: Serbian Christmas traditions are customs and practices of the Serbs associated with Christmas and a period encompassing it, between the third Sunday before Christmas Day and Epiphany. There are many, complex traditions connected with this period. They vary from place to place, and in many areas have been updated or watered down to suit modern living. The Serbian name for Christmas is Božić, which is the diminutive form of the word bog, and can be translated as "young god". Christmas is celebrated for three consecutive days, starting with Christmas Day, which the Serbs call the first day of Christmas. On these days, one is to greet another person by saying "Christ is Born," which should be responded to with "Truly He is Born," or in Serbian: „Христос се роди“ – „Ваистину се роди“.
context_section_description: Serbian Christmas traditions are customs and practices of the Serbs associated with Christmas and a period encompassing it, between the third Sunday before Christmas Day and Epiphany. There are many, complex traditions connected with this period. They vary from place to place, and in many areas have been updated or watered down to suit modern living. The Serbian name for Christmas is Božić (Serbian Cyrillic: Божић, [ˈbɔ̌ʒitɕ]), which is the diminutive form of the word bog ("god"), and can be translated as "young god". Christmas is celebrated for three consecutive days, starting with Christmas Day, which the Serbs call the first day of Christmas. On these days, one is to greet another person by saying "Christ is Born," which should be responded to with "Truly He is Born," or in Serbian: „Христос се роди“ [ˈxristɔs sɛ ˈrɔdi] – „Ваистину се роди“ [ˈʋaistinu sɛ ˈrɔdi].
caption: An icon representing the Nativity of Jesus Christ.
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