Since ancient times, the Ukrainian people celebrated the New Year and Christmas holidays with special solemnity. For almost two weeks, various ritual performances, games, and nativity scenes were held. Each had its own traditions. The exhibition "Kolyada," which opened recently at the Volyn Museum of Local Lore, introduces visitors to the festive attributes of our region. The exposition begins with traditional elements characteristic of Christmas Eve. The eye is delighted by straw didukhy, Berehynias, and stars by the well-known Volyn craftswoman Maria Kravchuk. An interestingly recreated stylized pokut (icon corner) with the obligatory didukh and kutia on the table — a symbol of nature, harvest, and respect for ancestors. A characteristic feature of the exhibition is that its foundation consists of works by winners of regional competitions of Christmas and New Year attributes from previous years. The Nativity scene breathes warmth and love. As if alive, little Jesus reaches out his hands to us from the painting by 9th-grade student Viktor Kharkevych from the village of Komarovo, Ratniv district. A rather colorful Christmas shopka was made by students of the Volyn Lyceum with enhanced military and physical training. The exhibition displays both modern nativity puppets and photographic materials from archives that tell about nativity performances in our region at the beginning of the 20th century. The compositions "Kolyadnyky," "Three Kings," and "New Year Goat" are built on extensive ethnographic material. The exposition introduces the obligatory elements of intermedia performances that took place on Shchedryi Vechir (January 14). Masks of the witch, fortune-teller, goat, and stork are presented. The organizers of the exhibition did not bypass the third holiday either — Epiphany. The greatest event on this day is the blessing of water. After this sacrament, it becomes healing. The sprinkler made of ears of grain, with which the master sprinkles the rooms so that the Lord protects from all evil, and the bowl for holy water — for centuries have been and remain attributes of the Jordan. The festive atmosphere in the hall is enhanced by the beautiful melodies of kolyadky and shchedrivky.