Which is a pity because barbs are infinitely better on defense . <| sep |> I can describe the traditional way of celebrating closely connected with religion of course . I am aware that many people don ' t observe these traditions anymore . Preparing for Christmas begins 4 weeks before Advent season . Families make adventniven % C 4 % 8 D e k c l i e n t f i r e f o x b absourcelnmstbmischsaXved 0 ahUKEwiyLa 0 m 8 TQAhUsCcAKHehSD 5 IQAUICCgBbiw 1600 bih 765 at home and bring them for blessing in the church . Then every week , a candle more is lit so that in the week before Christmas , all four are alight . On 6 December not really connected with Christmas , but inside the festive period is St Nicholas day sv . Miklavfirefoxbabbiw 1600 bih 765 tbmischsa 1 qsvetimiklav % C 5 % BEoqsvetimiklav % C 5 % BEgslimg . 3 tel 05 . 0 . 125345 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 1 c . 1 . 64 . img . 0 . 0 . 0 . mxKDO 2 guFA in Slovene he brings presents to children who have been good but those who have not behaved get a stick and are threatened by firefoxbabbiw 1600 bih 765 tbmischsa 1 qparkeljoqparkeljgslimg . 3 . 32207 . 33449 . 0 . 33553 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 1 c . 1 . 64 . img . 0 . 0 . 0 . XdixDJyxY . On St Lucia ' s day 13 Dec we plant Christmas wheatfirefoxbabbiw 1600 bih 765 tbmischsa 1 qbo % C 5 % BEi % C 4 % 8 Dno % C 5 % BEitooqbo % C 5 % BEi % C 4 % 8 Dno % C 5 % BEitogslimg . 3 . 81263 . 82373 . 0 . 82457 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 1 c . 1 . 64 . img . 0 . 0 . 0 . dtrkKWdk 8 Zk which is later planted into the Nativity scene . On the 24 th Dec , the Christmas tree is decorated and the Nativity scenefirefoxbabbiw 1600 bih 765 tbmischsa 1 qjasliceoqjaslicegslimg . 3 tel 90 . 0 . 137913 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 1 c . 1 . 64 . img . 0 . 0 . 0 . MZ 7 TOFyb 9 fQ is set up . Families usually have these passed on from their parents so some of them are quite old and elaborate . The 24 th Dec is also known as the first holy evening the family goes around the house and sprinkles holy water using a little spruce branch from the Christmas tree and burns frankincense smells heavenly IMO . The fire used to burn the frankincense is traditionally made by burning last year ' s firefoxbabbiw 1600 bih 765 tbmischsa 1 qbutaricaoqbutaricagslimg . 3 tel 14 . 0 . 194396 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 1 c . 1 . 64 . img . 0 . 0 . 0 . ZJRIA 3 Lhh 6 Q used for Easter celebration . After the blessing of the home , the figurine of baby Jesus is put into the Nativity scene and everyone goes to midnight mass . The next day is spent with the family at home with some seriously good firefoxbabbiw 1600 bih 765 tbmischsa 1 qpoticaoqpoticagslimg . 3 tel 65 . 0 . 158771 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 1 c . 1 . 64 . img . 0 . 0 . 0 . 9 zTeysaO 6 xg . 26 th Dec St Stephen ' s Day is the day to visit your relatives and eat the leftovers It is also the day when horses are blessed and , in modern days , cars and other means of transport . Blessing of the salt also takes place on this day . 28 th Dec is the day of the Innocent Children . On this day , it was usual for the children to go out and strike adultsTepezkanje . jpg who would give them sweets but I think this tradition has died out by now . The evening of 31 st Dec is the second holy evening the procedure described above is repeated . Then the celebration of New Year kicks in which is pretty similar to other countries I presume . DThe third holy evening is on 6 th January and this is the third and final time for house blessing . This is the feast of the Magi three Kings and their figures are added to the Nativity scene . People dress like themfirefoxbabbiw 1600 bih 765 tbmischsa 1 q k olednikioqkolednikigslimg . 3 tel 12 . 0 . 280706 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 1 c . 1 . 64 . img . 0 . 0 . 0 . sF 4 d 7 kQSc and go around singing Christmas songs they are supposed to bring good luck to your house and it is expected to give a small donation for charity which they collect . They also write , in chalk , 20 G M B 17 on your door initials of the traditional names of the three kings , the number changes according to the year and this would then stay there until the next year ' s visit . The Nativity scene and the Christmas tree stay until 2 nd February when they are stored away for the next year .