In the evening, a man of the family brings their "badnjak" into the house. If there is more than one "badnjak", the thickest of them is regarded as the main one, and is brought in first. Stepping across the threshold, right foot first, the man greets his gathered family with the words "Good evening and happy Christmas Eve to you." The woman of the house greets him back, saying "May God give you well-being, and may you have good luck", or "Good luck to you, and together with you for many years to come we be", or similar, before throwing grain from a sieve at the man and the "badnjak" he carries. In the clan of Kuči, the woman touches the "beard" of the main "badnjak" with a whole loaf of bread. In Montenegro, two women holding lit candles stand on either side of the house door as the "badnjak" is carried in.