Russian Christmas 2024 Grandfather Christmas. Christmas in russia is normally celebrated on january 7th (only a few catholics might celebrate it on the 25th december). The new year celebrations are still very important to russians as this is when ‘grandfather frost’ (known in russia as ‘ded moroz’) brings presents to the children.
Russian folk tales abound with grandfather frost and snegurochka in all kinds of adventures, and russian christmas decorations and gifts feature the russian santa. The russian orthodox church still celebrates christmas day on 7 january as does many former soviet states such as georgia.