concept
The Feast of the Nativity
the Nativity feast
also: высокоторжественный праздник Рождества Христова, Christmas
Christmas in the Russian Orthodox calendar -- the occasion for the round of formal holiday calls, gift-bearing well-wishers, and household disruption that recurs across Chekhov's early Christmas sketches.
Reading notes
- At Christmastime §10 the feast of the Nativity of Christ
Christmas in the Russian Orthodox calendar, the occasion Vasilisa's letter opens by observing with the traditional greetings and blessing.
- Instruction (from Provincial Life) §2 the most solemn feast of the Nativity
Christmas in the Russian Orthodox calendar -- the occasion for the round of formal holiday calls and gift-bearing well-wishers that this mock decree pretends to regulate.