23.12.2021
Ukrainians' favourite New Year holidays (20-22 December)
- According to the results of a study by the Rating Group, Ukrainians' favourite New Year holidays are Christmas (49%) and New Year (37%). St. Nicholas Day was chosen by 6%, and Old New Year by 4%. None of these New Year holidays are liked by 2%.
- Over the past 10 years, the number of New Year's fans has been decreasing every year, while the number of Christmas fans has been increasing. As a result, this year the number of Christmas fans has exceeded that of New Year's fans.
- New Year celebrations are relatively more popular among residents of the east and south, young people and men. Christmas was chosen much more often in the west, by middle-aged and older people, women, as well as believers of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and Greek Catholics. These two holidays are equally popular among residents of the centre and Kyiv.
- Only 4% celebrate Christmas on 25 December itself, while the majority of respondents (71%) celebrate on 7 January. At the same time, 18% of Ukrainians celebrate Christmas twice (on 25 December and 7 January), and their number has increased slightly over the year. Residents of the west, Kyiv and Greek Catholics were more likely to mention double Christmas celebrations. Only 6% do not celebrate Christmas at all (most of them are young people and residents of the south and east).
- A quarter of respondents support the idea of moving Christmas celebrations from 7 January to 25 December. 58% of respondents oppose this idea. Another 15% said they were indifferent to this issue, and 1% were unable to answer.
- Over the past five years, the number of those opposed to moving the date of Christmas celebrations has decreased (from 69% to 58%), while the number of supporters has increased slightly (from 15% to 26%).
- The idea of moving Christmas is most popular in the west and in Kyiv, where about 40% support it and almost as many oppose it. Middle-aged and older respondents, as well as Greek Catholics, are slightly more supportive of this initiative.
Methodology
- Audience: Ukrainian citizens aged 18 and older in all regions except the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas. The sample is representative in terms of age, gender and type of settlement.
- Survey method: CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews). Based on a random sample of mobile phone numbers.
- Sample size: 2,000 respondents.
- The margin of error for the study with a confidence level of 0.95 is no more than 2.2%.
- Fieldwork dates: 20-22 December 2021
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