Today and  generous  evening  and  Malanka  and  the  Old New Year's Eve, with the holidays:)
"Malanka" - a traditional  New Year ceremony using masks. The name he is obliged  St. Melania, the day on which  the church and the Julian calendar, fell on December 31, old style. Even in the recent past,  the rite was distributed over a large territory of Ukraine. By longstanding tradition  of the ceremonial role of chief character - Malanka - played a guy  dressed in women's folk costume. Other roles also served  as the guys. Rite, is derived from  agro-magical practices of the ancient Slavs, in the XIX century. transformed into a public  holiday fun, a sort of village carnival, which occupies an important  place marriage motives. Masked members of the  procession were playing New Year's funny skits, interludes. 
Schedrovanie - the old  custom of New Year's rounds, during which the group schedrovalnikov  (mostly young) songs glorify the owners, wished them health and  prosperity, for which he received remuneration. Schedrovanie accompanied  by magic acts, music, dance, mime, ritual games with masks. Ritual of Christmas songs  - schedrivok (a kind of Christmas carols) sang alone master, mistress,  boyfriend, girlfriend, the whole family, were schedrivky children,  comic, parody.
We schedruem  and  sing  under  the window.
Fortune, destiny you want  the  whole group.
Let your flower golden  cornfields,
Life  to be happy in the future. 
And  the great pleasure of  surprising person
  Holya krivusheva   thanks a lot,  so  everything  is  beautiful, I love it!