The holidays are behind us, but let’s us keep the holiday spirit a little longer. This time we will focus on the last good man – Father Frost. How was it celebrated in the past and how today?

In the past, the arrival of Father Frost at school was a big event. The teachers came to school in the afternoon to decorate the hall and classrooms and prepare the program and gifts that the good man brought to the good and hardworking children. Usually sweets and school supplies, but sometimes individual classes also got a board game or some legos. Students and teachers prepared a cultural program for Father Frost with recitations, singing and dancing. This event took place somewhere between Christmas and New Year, as they did not have Christmas holidays at that time.

Now we celebrate the arrival of Father Frost or Santa Clause together with the holiday of independence and unity on the last day before the Christmas holidays begin. A cultural program is held with a variety of different shows as children eagerly expect and call out for Father Frost or Santa Claus together. He brings gifts that were provided by generous donors, and then says goodbye with a promise to visit us again next year.

But, regardless of when and how the good man from the north comes, the students then and now await him with wide smiles and sparkles in their eyes.