Another Bulgarian Christmas Eve dinner tradition involves hiding a coin in the loaf of Christmas bread. The person who finds the coin can also expect good luck in the year to follow.
Bulgarian Culture 101 in Photos - Photo Gallery of Bulgarian Culture
By Kerry Kubilius, About.com
Bulgarian Christmas Feast - Christmas Bulgaria Features Traditional Foods
Bulgarian Christmas Dinner
Ivan Mateev © 2006
Christmas Eve in Bulgaria is celebrated with traditional foods after the Advent fast. Walnuts are a necessary component to the Bulgarian Christmas meal. Each member of the family cracks one in order to determine their fate for the next year. If the walnut is a good one, it is said that the year will be successful. Bad luck is predicted for the person who cracks a bad walnut.
Index: Bulgarian Culture 101 in Photos - Photo Gallery of Bulgarian Culture
- Bulgarian Flag
- Folk Dress of Bulgaria - Traditional Bulgarian Clothing
- Baba Marta - The Giving of Martenitsa on March 1
- Bulgarian Easter - Easter is an Important Holiday in Bulgaria
- Bulgarian Christmas Feast - Christmas Bulgaria Features Traditional Foods
- Bulgarian Traditional Pottery - Troyan Pottery
- Traditional Bulgarian Dolls - Bulgarian Folk Art
- Bulgarian Feta Cheese - Sirene
- Bulgarian Orthodox Church
- Bulgaria's History - Thrace
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