Last year on Uborka we celebrated Yulevent with a daily post from the lovely Uborka family. We’re not making so much effort this year, as you can already tell; but I’ve been thinking that some edited highlights might get us all in the mood. More of that tomorrow.

This year I would like to invite you to share in our Pentival, which is the December celebration you would create if you could, or you have because you can. I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours. What are you doing this year, what have you done to make it special, and what would you like to do differently if you didn’t have to fit in with your entire extended family and an unchanged-since-1929 tradition of whatever it is that they do?

Submissions for Pentival are invited from all you lovely people. Comment, email or tweet @ubotka if you have something to say, and let me know if there’s a particular date on which you would like to say it