Looked at many sources, every single one had different answers. Some said on christmas eve you can, you only cant if its on a friday, some said you cant, I’d like an answer.

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(here’s one source, [https://www.delfi.lt/projektai/kaledos/simet-kucios-sekmadieni-turite-zinoti-viena-svarbu-dalyka.d?id=76710729](https://www.delfi.lt/projektai/kaledos/simet-kucios-sekmadieni-turite-zinoti-viena-svarbu-dalyka.d?id=76710729) , also read some on reddit, not sure.)

8 comments

  1. Most commonly i hear that youre supposed to not eat meat on Kūčios, date isnt as important.

    Probably the most universal answer from what ive heard.

  2. Depends on your denomination I suppose and whether you are really serious about religious traditions. As far as I know, during fast period (but I don’t really know from when it begins and when it ends), you should abstain from eating meat and drinking alcohol (I heard that you can eat some meat and drink some alcohol on Saturday… but I could be wrong).

  3. Strict fasting is required only twice per year – on Good Friday and Ash Wednesday. But avoiding meat and sweets is recommended for Fridays before Christmas and on Christmas Eve.

  4. Traditionally the day before Christmas should be fasting all day. Only plant based dishes and fish dishes are allowed , you shouldnt be eating any meat, poultry or dairy. It is customary to eat 12 different dishes during Christmas eve dinner, which represent 12 apostles. The dishes are mainly variations of marrinated herring (e.g. herring with sauteed carrots, herring with with walnuts, mushrooms, etc), red beet salad with pickles, kidney beans, onions and sometimes pickled herring, marinated mushrooms, maybe baked fish (often carp), Kūčiukai, Kisielius drink, sometimes dumplings with mushrooms – to name a few. Since dairy is not allowed, many housholds make poppy milk – ground poppies mixed with some water and sugar. At the start of the dinner everyone at the table gets a Plotkelė (a thin pastry made of flour and water with religios motives imprinted) and offers it to every person at the table – you’re supposed to break off a small piece and eat it. After dinner you’re supposed to leave the dishes out on a table so the passed away relative spirits can come to the table during the night and have their feast.

  5. In my family we never ever eat meat, animal fats, eggs and any kind of dairy products. Just fish, mushrooms, plant products and oil is allowed.

  8. Fasting before Christ is born. That includes the Eve.
    What describes fasting? Dudes in soutane mostly. I read a story that beaver meat was allowed in Middle ages because… Priest had a beaver infestation in his local town.

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