Dear visitors of Serb Land of Montenegro,
tonight (January 6, 2001) is Christmas Eve for Serbs and other Orthodox Christians who are celebrating the Birth of Christ according to the
Julian Calendar. Therefore, please accept a Christmas message of King Nikola from 1912 as a Christmas present of Serb Land of Montenegro.
The full King Nikola's speech in Serbian.
Christmas
message of Montenegrin King Nikola to Montenegrin troops at the Skadar
front, Christmas Eve, 1912:
Happy
Christmas Eve of Bishop Danilo, my Montenegrins!
Happy
Birth of Christ you are celebrating under the tent!
Happy
Serb Christmas-log you are laying on the fire under the clear sky this year!
[Traditional
Serb custom is the laying an oak log on the fire on Christmas Eve]
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