Traditional Ukrainian Christmas Eve Feast

A traditional Ukrainian Christmas Eve meal is set on a table covered with an embroidered cloth, featuring a stack of three braided kolach loaves topped with a single lit candle, a bowl of kutia, and a plate of varenyky, with a snowy window in the background.

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