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Yesterday, December 13th, was the birthday of Mykola Leontovych – a genius Ukrainian composer born almost 150 years ago who gave the world the favorite Christmas song, “Shchedryk,” which was adapted in English as “Carol of the Bells.” The original Ukrainian song is not about Christmas, but a New Year’s Eve, where a swallow flies into a house and wishes the family a happy and plentiful year ahead.

Shchedryk comes from the word that means generosity in Ukrainian. On New Year’s Eve, people in Ukraine come from house to house and sing carols called shchedrivky. Leontovych took inspiration from an ancient Ukrainian folk song, which historians date back to pre-Christian times.