I like the enthusiasm and good nature of the caroling tradition. Maslenitsa and Christmastide days are always a time of transformation, an unstable time when you can dress up in a carnival, sing and kindly bully each other. The words spoken at this time, perhaps, will direct us and the surrounding reality in some other direction - where there is a lot of delicious food on the table, loved ones are always nearby and luck will never leave our home. I think this way of conjuring oneself and reality is extremely effective and very joyful, which is of course important.
