New Year's Eve and Orthodox Christmas

New Year's Eve started with a large snow storm. We don't get a lot of snow in Poti, so this was the first and hopefully last of the year. It snowed for four days so we were able to make a snowman and have a few snowball fights. I celebrated New Year's Eve this my family in Poti. We played card games and watched movies until about 10 minutes to midnight. At this point the fireworks started and it was like the world was on fire. Out of respect for families on our street in morning our street didn't not shot off our own fireworks, but everywhere else in the city did. It was like cannon fire everywhere. For 10 full minutes all you could see in the sky was burning lights everywhere. The fireworks slowed down when midnight hit and everyone went inside for supras. We each had a spoonful of honey and everyone else in the family toasted with homemade white wine.
The rest of the week was very calm. Most people stayed at home because of the snow storm. One fun activity I went to was a Christmas play for children at the local theater. They did the jungle book. The little children dressed as wolves was the best part. They also had a Santa and I think an angle of Christmas. I'm not 100% who everyone was.

This is a photo of Poti on New Year's Eve. You can see all the fireworks and some snow. 

 January 6th is Orthodox Christmas Eve. When it gets dark on Christmas Eve children start coming around singing. When they come to your house you give them some money and candy. We had a few show up at our house through out the night. As I was going to bed at 1:30 am I could hear more coming. At 12:00 (midnight) we opened the front windows to let God into the house and lite some candles in the window. One of my families favorite Christmas dishes involves the boiling of a pigs head and feet to make something similar to a pork jello. My favorite was the khachapuri with eggs in it.
I have started a youtube channel with videos about my life. Here is the video I made about New Years ect.