How Grandfather Frost visited us
| January 16, 2012 | Filled under My Kids |
“When is Ded Moroz coming back?” – I hear a few times a day from my two pre-schoolers.
When I was growing up, Grandfather Frost would bring gifts on the New Year’s Eve for me and millions of other kids who lived in Russia. Throughout the entire Holiday season we would go to Grandfather Frost’s parties, filled with games, dances, and songs.
Ded Moroz (Russian for Grandfather Frost) is generally a very active guy who runs, jumps, dances, sings songs, and has a magic ability to turn on lights on a Christmas tree. He also has a huge red sack filled with presents.
He would give a small present to all the kids in exchange for a “performance”, which could be a song or a poem. I must say that he preferred poems and songs about himself, holidays, or winter. So we, as kids, used to learn several holiday poems and songs in anticipation of the his visit.
It would be fun to have Ded Moroz come entertain the kids here, I thought a few months ago. The kids would love to see him. They know everything about him from books we read and cartoons we watch. They even know some holiday songs in Russian.
The next day I ordered a Ded Moroz suit from Moscow. I decided to save on the beard and buy it on Amazon. While this was a decent beard, it is not as big, thick, and long as Ded Moroz is supposed to have. I should have bought an authentic beard. Oh well, maybe next year.
A friend of ours agreed to dress up as Ded Moroz. Both girls learned a couple of songs and poems anticipating his arrival. And when the day came. Someone rang our doorbell.
They genuinely believed he was real:
Svetlana danced in an attempt to collect more gifts:
Masha sang. They both got many presents.
Now, my kids’ favorite pastime is to walk around the house with big red plastic bags filled with toys from their room saying in a deep voice: Hi, I am Ded Moroz. If you tell me a poem, I will give you a present.
Do you have a special Christmas or New Year tradition?
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What great photos. I love the second one. Too cute!
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That is so cool! I’ve always said that if I had a girl I would celebrate St Lucia. A Swedish tradition that my Grandma celebrated. I only had boys though.
how cool! I never heard of Grandfather frost…I learn something new everyday!
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Both my daughter and I smiled while reading your post and looking at the photos.
Nothing can compare with having Father Frost at home. This New Year we didn’t have him coming but Dasha watches last year’s videos and also carries a sack with presents. 
Maybe one day we can spend Christmas in Russia and actually go to a GrandFather Frost party, with a performance, dancing around Christmas Tree, and a Costume contest
What a wonderful tradition, and I’m so glad the kids loved it as much as they did!
Looks like they’re having a wonderful time! This was the first year Lily was into the whole Santa thing. We had Santa show up at a neighbor’s holiday party and the kids loved getting in his lap.
Thats great Lily enjoyed Santa visits this year. This was the first year Lana agreed to sit on his lap and proceeded to tell him what she wanted for Christmas. Last year she did not even come close to him
What a great story! Lovevthectwist on Santa. Much more interesting than the stereotype most of us are used to. And your children are beautiful. Following you from grumpyvgratefuls Friday good news- love her !
Thank you for stopping by, Sandra. Sometimes I wish I had an entire closet of adult costumes. They are so great for kids parties or a surprise visit. Grandfather Frost suit is the first one in my collection.
Great story and pictures! Looks like the girls really enjoyed it
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How fun!!! I asked my husband if he’d be willing to dress up like Santa this year and he said, “no way!” But I may just get a suit next year and surprise him. Or a Ded Moroz suit would work perfectly too.
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My husband did not want to be no Ded Moroz either.
My friend’s Mom volunteered to play the role and it turned out great because kids did not know her (did not recognize her voice or face). They actually believed it was Grandfather Frost himself visiting.
A bag full of gifts helped support that notion
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That’s really awesome. My sister in law is from Moscow and I have seen many a carved creation of Ded Moroz. And I think it’s awesome that you are incorporating your childhood traditions into your own family. Super cool!
What a fun tradition..and so awesome that you decided to do it and introduce him “in person” to your kids.
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