Merry Christmas Strelets and everyone here who celebrates the Orthodox Christmas. Joy and Peace to all.

Can I use the Orthodox Christmas as an excuse to leave Christmas tree up a bit longer?

Dear Graeme,

we can give you a tip on the subject: one can lawfully keep a Christmas tree up to January 13th, which is a New Year in accordance with Julian calendar. In Russia we call it "Old" New Year. Will such an excuse count?

Best regards,

Strelets

Da!:relaxed:

Happy Old New Year Strelets,

Fantastic Russian Grenadiers what is really needed also to complement this great set is Russian Musketeers wearing the 1808-1812 type Shako in summer uniform, many historians believe this would have been worn at Borodino by most of the Russian Infantry.

It has already been a good year for Napoleonic figures with so much more to come.