When people are away from home, sometimes they start doing traditional things that they didn’t use to do at home. You go to another part of the world and by all means have to have some traditional item. For example, I wanted to celebrate this Christmas as proper as possible. A couple of dear people from Balkans, one Estonian, food that reminds of home and Badnjak. The good times. Orthodox Christmas is on January the 7th. The day before, we fast. The night before Christmas It is tradition to have Badnjak, an oak tree branch that is burned on the Christmas day. So, the boys decided to go and get it. In Belgrade, we by the twigs in a bouquet, on the farmers market and the boys decided that we will not have Christmas without it. We haven’t seen oak trees around, but our friend R said there are a few in a small wood near his place. So, my guy went there while I was asleep and took the ax with him. A few hours later he returned carrying a whole branch on the shoulder. - Why the f* did you bring a whole tree?! - R says that’s [...]
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