The wintery canvas shows snowbound villages with houses and their tiny window lit up with lights gleaming through the snow, surrounded by trees layered with icicles, standing like big crystals.
Peeping through the frost painted lace patterns on the windows, the smiling peasants are calling everyone outside to witness the Christmas Night.
Today the festivities mark a tradition of Carol singing by all, young and old carrying lanterns and symbols of future harvest and prosperities in their hands. Young people in masks are walking among the houses, congratulating and wishing whilst receiving gifts and treats in return. The whole village is gathering to the holiday theatricals – a play on the birth of Jesus. It is believed: on this night unprecedented miracles may occur and the most cherished desires and dreams might be fulfilled.
The edges of the image are lost to the frost, as we are watching the scene through the icy window and the frost painted birds brings magical anticipation of the prosperous future.
Today the festivities mark a tradition of Carol singing by all, young and old carrying lanterns and symbols of future harvest and prosperities in their hands. Young people in masks are walking among the houses, congratulating and wishing whilst receiving gifts and treats in return. The whole village is gathering to the holiday theatricals – a play on the birth of Jesus. It is believed: on this night unprecedented miracles may occur and the most cherished desires and dreams might be fulfilled.
The edges of the image are lost to the frost, as we are watching the scene through the icy window…and the frost painted birds brings magical anticipation of the prosperous future.