On the Night of 5th December, the children in Romania take  their shoes out of the house. Next day, Saint Nicholaos with his elves and the shoes of the good children fill them with sweets and presents. The bad children’s shoes are filled with coal.

The carolers stop in front of every house  and  shout  all together: «Good morning on Christmas Eve! Trick or treat!» One the most famous traditions of the period of Christmas season and the  New Year’s Day is the»Plugurosul-Plugurosul». People from northern Romania perform the Christmas and New Year’s ritual and dance the «bear dance» in Bucharest on December 25

ROMANIAN TRADITIONAL RECIPE

Cozonac

Ingredients

Dough:

1150gr flour

240gr sugar

100γρ fresh yeast and one  sachet of  dry

200gr milk

120gr yoghurt

85gr honey

Orange zest

4 eggs

1 pinch of salt

250gr cow butter

three drops of rum oil

1 shot of cognac

Stuffing

Blonde and black raisins

a teaspoon of fig sweet

chocolate

Coating

Egg white

Brown or white granulated sugar

Mix well and pour 100g of our flour, mix and let it activate for ten minutes, once it doubles, mix well and leave again
 for ten minutes, leave for ten minutes and make this puff.

Anastasia

Maria