A zamanin Tarayyar Soviet, da Navidad ba a yi bikin da yawa ba. Sabuwar Shekarar kawai ita ce muhimmiyar lokacin. Yanzu, ana yin bikin Kirsimeti a ranar 7 ga Janairu (amma Katolika suna yin bikin a ranar 25 ga Disamba).
Ranar ta banbanta saboda Cocin Orthodox na Rasha na amfani da tsohuwar kalandar 'Julian' don ranakun bikin addini. Cocin Orthodox ma na bikin Zuwan. Amma bashi da takamaiman ranar, farawa daga Nuwamba 28 har zuwa 6 ga Janairu, saboda haka kwana 40 ne.
Kuma tsakanin Al'adar Kirsimeti ta RashaWasu mutane suna yin azumi a daren jajibirin Kirsimeti, har sai tauraron farko ya bayyana a sararin sama. Don haka mutane suna cin 'sochivo' ko 'kutia' wani romon da aka yi da alkama ko shinkafa da aka yi amfani da shi tare da zuma, 'ya'yan poppy,' ya'yan itace (musamman 'ya'yan itace da busassun drieda fruitsan itace kamar zabibi), yankakken goro ko wani lokacin ma jellies na' ya'yan itace.
Kutia wani lokacin ana cin ta daga tasa ɗaya, wannan yana nuna haɗin kai. A baya, wasu iyalai suna son dibar sochivo sama a rufin gidan. Idan ya makale a jikin silin, wasu mutane suna tsammanin hakan na nufin cewa zasu sami sa'a kuma su sami girbi mai kyau!
Wasu Kiristocin Orthodox na Rasha kuma ba sa cin kowane irin nama ko kifi yayin cin abincin dare na Kirsimeti inda suka taru don bikin.
Sauran shahararrun abinci shine miyar gwoza ko maras cin nama (solyanka) anyi aiki dashi tare da wainar kayan lambu iri daya (akasari tare da kabeji, dankalin turawa, ko namomin kaza), yawanci ana danganta su ne da kayan lambu irin na pickles, namomin kaza, ko tumatir, da kuma dankalin turawa ko sauran kayan lambu na kayan lambu.
Haka kuma Sauerkraut Wannan shine babban abincin abincin dare na Kirsimeti. Ana iya amfani da shi tare da shudayen bishiyoyi, cumin, karas ɗin karas, da zobban albasa. Zai iya biyo baya da ƙarin waina ko jita-jita kamar burodin buhu tare da soyayyen albasa da soyayyen naman kaza.
Kayan zaki shine abubuwa kamar su wainar da ake toya waina, da gingerbread da wainar zuma, da sabo da busassun fruitsa fruitsan itace da nutsan goro.
Na gargajiya kuma fitowar "Santa Claus" (wanda aka sani a Rasha da "Ded Moroz") wanda ke kawo kyaututtuka ga yara. Kullum yana tare da jikar sa (Snegurochka).