Christmas begins: the community of the old town lit 66 trees (photos)

As many as 66 Christmas trees were bought and erected by the residents of Stiklos kvartal, Dominikonoi and Savičius streets. The well-known heart of the old town of Vilnius, the Glass Quarter, is once again surprising with a united community striving to beautify this place. The quarter commemorates St. On St. Martin's Day, they light up an alley of tiny Christmas trees in pots at their first high door and invite everyone to look forward to the festive Christmas season together. Savičius Street joins the always beautiful Glass Quarter - its sister street, located on the other side of the Town Hall Square and Dominikonų Street. – Vilnius' artery of mercy and spiritual pilgrimage.

St. Martin's Day is celebrated on November 11, this period is dedicated to preparing and waiting for St. Christmas holidays. 15-19 centuries St. Martin's day was associated with many rituals - the completion of autumn work, the making of lanterns and processions. On this day in Žemaitija, every house would eat a roasted goose and use its breastbone to make bread, based on this day, people decided what the weather would be like at Christmas.

Such a tradition has been alive in the quarter for the 4th year in a row and thus delights the guests, residents and businesses located here. Products from the oldest family-owned forest in Vilnius restaurant "Lokys" co-owner Rita Keršulytė says that: "With St. St. Martin's Day brings a special, festive mood to the neighborhood, families come with their children for a walk, neighbors try to decorate their yards, decorate windows, shop windows more beautifully than each other. restaurants prepare new dishes, gift sets, offer new experiences to those celebrating together".

In the near future, the Glass Quarter community will present a new food route, during which it will be possible not only to eat deliciously in different restaurants, but also to listen to the incredible, mysterious history of the 600-year-old Jewish quarter of goldsmiths.

Stiklo quarter is located next to Vilnius City Hall - in the territory of Stiklių, M. Antokolskis, Gaon, Žydai and Dominikonų streets and Vokiečiai, Hoijas and Švarcs streets bordering them. The common goal of the creative community of this quarter is to prepare cultural routes, tell the hidden stories of the old town of Vilnius, create traditions, improve the quarter's infrastructure and invite city residents and guests to spend their free time in a cultural way.

Communities buy Christmas trees from Lithuanian growers and plant them back in the ground every year after the holidays, thus saving what was hard-grown by the hands of hard-working gardeners.