9. Januar: Das lange Mail

Hi Roland!
Don't be so sceptical!I wouldn't ask you to send me an old telephone as a chance to speak with you, if I wuldn't be real I wouldn't get the parcel without my details and photo in it, I wouldn't pend time on speaking over the phone with you if you won't be interesting for me!!!!!!! And I told you about using other's girl my photos, I can't sit everytime in the Inet an look … .who used my photos?I'm in shock, because I' ve neer seen my photos signed under this girl … I agree if you'll come … and I didn't ask you for the presents on New Yer, or so on … .I told you that I've got a phone, I didn't live you, give me just a opportunity to write each other but how I'll communicare with you? I don't have a phone, I can write you, but not so often, only when i'll be able … Let's decide together,if you decided that I'm not real, why you write me? I know that I made a mistake when I putted too much photos in the Internet , but what I have to donow? Do you interested in me or you just check me if I'm scammer? I also can find half links … but Internet -it a dark -whole. I'm a proud girl an will never decide problems if somebody gives me conditions I can't agree.

Well, I want to share with you, how I have celebrated Christmas the day before here in Ukraine. On this holiday everyone tries to stay in the company of those he or she was most familiar with, with their relatives or close friends, yesterday, we as usual gethered with my famile and a couple of our family friends.
There was a table with original, delicious and healthful salads and finger food. The table was decorated tastefully and beautifully. I did this myself and also my mother helped me to fo it. As we have a New Year tree since the New Year, we put the table near it and were having our Christmas dinner.
Then we orginized several entertaining and amusing games.
It is the most amazing holiday, which we are celebrating, not including New Year and bithdays. As a tradition, before the Christmas came, everyone have to go to theis neighbours, relatives, friends, or sometimes some unknown people and bring them a special meal, wich is called here in Ukraine- "Kut'ya". This meal is made of rise and some jam, or raisons, or nuts. When people go to another houses with this meal, they tell people "Kalyadki"- special songs and verses, and throw the rize and millet wishing them happiness and no sorrows. As for me, I went only to my friends house and to my aunts house, she gave me some shocolate and some money for this.
But, Honey, hope you will not be boring with this my long letter, I just want you to know about my favourite holidays, my culture + it will be usefu ltoo ;).

Well, here comes the most interesting part of the holiday, people say, that if on the Christmas night a young woman tells fortunes, the predictions are always true and will become always true!. Well, this period of fortunes-telling is called "svyatki". There are a lot of diffrent ways to do it. Well,I will describe you one of the things that I did, I took a piece of newspaper and put it on a plate and burnt it. Then, after it was burnt, I put a candle opposite to that pile of ashe (the lights in the room were turned off) and a shadow appeared on the wall, it is believed, that what shape the shadow will take - that is a prediction of the future, I saw a shadow of a road, it was a twist road, that meant a distant trip. Well, my friend told me that I surely will go abroad in future. Well, I was very happy to hear that. All the night I was not slipping, was telling the fortunes with my friends and in the morning, when the sun haven't rised, I stade for the whole service in church. Then, as I wrote you before, I was having Christmas dinner with my family and friends. Hope you liked my letter..I know it's too long and I don't want to bored you, but i also wanted to tell you about it.

Have a nice evening
still your Elena
P. S. 1986 -my date of birth