My family has always celebrated Ukrainian Christmas according to the old calendar which makes it fall on Jan 6/7. Ever since I was a child we went to my Baba's(Grandma's) house For Christmas Eve on the 6th for a traditional dinner of borscht, babka, pyrohy, kielbasa, kutia, etc. Dinner lasted for HOURA! By the end we were begging to open our gifts as the grown ups drank coffee and tea after the meal. During dinner the men from our Ukrainian parish would come sing carols in Ukrainian. It was awesome. On the 7th(Christmas Day), we'd always get to stay home from school since we had been up so late the night before and usually we got to sleep over at Baba's. This Christmas celebration has always felt more like Christmas to me than the regular Christmas celebrations.