OLD NEW YEAR

The Old New Year or the Orthodox New Year is an informal traditional Slavic Orthodox holiday, celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the Old New Year falls on January 13/14.

Although Soviet Ukraine officially adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1918, the Orthodox Church continued using the Julian calendar. The New Year became a holiday which is celebrated by both calendars.
The New Year by the Julian calendar is still informally observed, and the tradition of celebrating the coming of the New Year twice is widely enjoyed.

Usually not as festive as the New New Year, for many Ukrainians this is a nostalgic family holiday ending the New Year holiday cycle with traditional large meals and parties.
I am planning to make a big dinner tomorrow too.

Malanka - New Year's Eve
(G)Dec.31; (J)Jan.13.
Malanka is a Ukrainian folk holiday celebrated on January 13th, which is New Year's Eve in accordance with the Julian calendar.

Malanka commemorates the feast day of St. Melania. On this night in Ukraine, carolers traditionally went from house to house playing pranks or acting out a small play, with a bachelor dressed in women's clothing leading the troop.

Malanka caps off the festivities of the Christmas holidays, and is often the last opportunity for partying before the solemn period of Lent which precedes Easter.

MALANKA is called SHCHEDRY VECHIR.(It means generous/big supper) On this, the last night of the year, New Year's carols called Shchedrivky are sung. One of the most famous of them is the popular"Shchedryk" by Leontovich which is known in English as "The Carol of the Bells."
While Christmas is a religious event, Malanka is a secular, merry-making celebration. In some communities Ukrainian professional and business clubs or youth organizations sponsor a dress up Malanka Banquet and Ball.