Po prvi put od kraja komunizma u Bugarskoj, u centru Sofije je 30. novembra otvoren božićni festival pod nazivom Koledariya 2009, u pokušaju da se ustanovi slično slavlje tipično za London, Pariz, Beč i druge evropske prijestolnice.
For the first time since the end of communism in Bulgaria, a Christmas festival, called Koledariya 2009, opened in downtown Sofia on November 30th, in a bid to establish the kind of celebration typical for London, Paris, Vienna and other European capitals.