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An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘New Years’

  • Ded Moroz!

    Happy New Year! As many readers may know, New Year’s Eve in the former Soviet Union (and much of the Eastern world) is celebrated much like Westerners celebrate Christmas. Families gather together for a big meal and put up a fir tree with lots of decorations. Presents are given–not by Santa Claus but by Дед […]

  • New Years Decorations Are Up!

    Just a quick note. While in the US we now have an unofficial rule that Christmas decorations don’t go up until after Thanksgiving and that stores don’t sell Christmasy things–trees, ornaments, Santa Claus hats–in Kazakhstan, the New Years decorations are already going up and the stores are full of ornaments and wreaths and costumes. And […]