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.
Prvi put od pada komunizma u Bugarskoj, otvoren je božićni festival zvani Koledarija 2009. u centru Sofije 30. novembra, u pokušaju da se napravi svečanost slična onima koje se održavaju u Londonu, Parizu, Beču i drugim evropskim prestonicama.