This article is based on two methods: meta-analysis and focus group in order to demonstrate
the way how media is affecting the customs of Christmas and Easter in our days. The media …

This article investigates the way seasonal advertising campaigns convey the paradoxical
relationship between sacred and profane views of Christmas. The following research reveals …

… itative results is that men, women and children, even if they are individualized or belong to
a family in a spot, build up a traditional and local image of celebrating Christmas in Romania. …

… carols remain as an inexhaustible source of traditional symbols where they succeeded to
be glorified as important root of Christmas in Romania. Carols in the cities are heard through …

… Christmas in Romania has kept its religious character through which the winter celebrations
rituals becomes sacred. Before Christmas, Romanian society will enter in an agitated state …

I never intended to spend Christmas 1989 on a short break in Bucharest. I had enjoyed a
long, thrilling autumn in dark, sad cities in eastern Europe, running and marching with ecstatic …

… demanded to enforce EU regulations forbidding the slaughtering of pigs and the use of
knives in killing them, an important practice that is part of the “tradition” of Christmas in Romania.…

… method implied discussions on the following question: Is there a legislative pressure on
continuing the tradition of lamb slaughter on Easter and pig slaughter on Christmas in Romania? …

… This will be my eighth Christmas in Romania and I count it a blessing to be part of this
celebration. It’s such a privilege for me to help the children and young people prepare for these spe…

… But, we have to mention that in the month of December, when it was a high demand for pork,
as the traditional meals for Christmas in Romania are prepared of pork, the price per kg live …