Santa in Russian? Father Frost?

[thevoiceofnick.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone. As I'm setting up my home for the holidays, I'd like to throw in some Russian holiday atmosphere for my wife. She mentioned there's a Russian Santa or Father Frost. How do you call him in Russian? How is it spelled using cyrillic characters?

I appreciate your help!

Comments

[alinieve.livejournal.com]

Santa is Grandfather Frost and in Russian it's spelled like this: Дед Мороз.
Good luck!

[noiseless-steps.livejournal.com]

It's Дед Мороз - a russian name for Father Frost)))

[mophu.livejournal.com]

It's Дед Мороз or Дедушка Мороз for children

[kappa-aka-lex.livejournal.com]

Something more: in fact Дед Мороз is not as good as Santa.

[thevoiceofnick.livejournal.com]

Thanks to everyone who responded! Yes, it is indeed Дед Мороз I was thinking of! Thanks again, and happy holidays!

Here is something I made for my wife, starring our kitty!

dont forget about

[lenny-goofoff.livejournal.com]

Snegurochka…
http://www.arte-grim.ru/k_ngod.html

[alamar.livejournal.com]

As far as I understand, Дед Мороз give presents to all children, rather than ones who can prove they were good :)

Though you might need to sing a song or tell a poem to get your present :)

[thevoiceofnick.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's an interesting fact. I was trying to make the cat embrace his Russian and American side, all in one paragraph. :)

something to add

[branwen.livejournal.com]

You probably know this already--Father Frost has a granddaughter as well who comes with him on New Years (which is when the "Russian Christmas" is).

Re: something to add

[thevoiceofnick.livejournal.com]

I remember my wife mentioning something about his grand daughter. She says "the grand daughter is blonde and hot". I thought that was funny. What's the grand daughter's name?

Re: something to add

[xuxachka.livejournal.com]

Снегурочка (Snegourochkah)