Interviewer: ... did you have any special celebration for the day after Christmas? Speaker: The day af-- no, w-- ah they celebrate Little-Christmas. Interviewer: What's that? Speaker: Well, it's about a week after. Interviewer: Uh-huh. What- Speaker: That's m-- ah m-- the more of the Catholics that- that keep that- keeps that. And that's a holiday.

Now we were cutting wood up here in- in Emery's bush near the Catholics, eh? And the- on of the boys come in all dressed up. Dad says "where you been?" "Oh," he says, "it's a holiday. It's Little-Christmas." I didn't know anything about it. Interviewer: Huh. What- what day was that now? How- about w-- ? Speaker: I- I think it's about a week after. Interviewer: I see.

Speaker: Yeah. No, there's no ah- well, there's Boxing-Day. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: It comes right after Christmas. Interviewer: But you didn't- there was nothing like s-- you-know a special- Speaker: No, no. Interviewer: Celebration or whatever. No. Speaker: Just Boxing-Day. Interviewer: Hm. Speaker: But that Little-Christmas, the- at that time was- what he said was ah one of their big days all they kept so possibly that's what-

What other traditions, um, oh January the sixth is when we used to hang our stockings up at Christmas, it was called little Christmas, they don't do that. Ah that- that tradition is- is gone by the wayside, and even some of our friends who have grandchildren, they no longer do that either. Interviewer 1: On January the sixth. Speaker: Ah I-don't-know. Interviewer 2: The little Christmas. Speaker: It's called little Christmas. Interviewer 2: That's the Ukrainian Christmas. Interviewer 1: Oh. Speaker: Yeah, and the Italians would celebrate it then too.