On the eve of the holiday, on Christmas Eveit was necessary to finish all household affairs "up to the first star," which is a kind of "signal" that it's time to sit at a table that was supposed to consist of necessarily twelve fasting dishes.
Ngobusuku obandulela holidi, ngosuku olwandulela uKhisimusi kwakudingekile ukuze uqede yonke imisebenzi epulazini "kuze wokuqala inkanyezi," uhlobo "isibonakaliso" ukuthi ube nesikhathi sokuhlala phansi etafuleni, okuyinto wayeqiniseka ukubala izitsha Meatless nambili.