"A typical Christmas dinner would consist of 12 different dishes pertaining to the 12 apostles that Jesus Christ had." Snegurochka the snow maiden assists Father Frost during Russian Christmas.

Service members prepare a festive Christmas Eve dinner Tuesday in a shelter on the front line in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device.

Ukrainian energy minister, Herman Halushchenko, said Russia again “massively attacks ... Ukrainian servicemen praying before a Christmas dinner in Donetsk (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Ukrainian ...