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Всех с Рождеством!
Арт выполнен для группы пони-календарь на tabun.everypony.ru
Как оказалось, я почти ничего не знаю о русских рождественских традициях, но гугл, как всегда, просвещает :3
Немного объяснений:
Зекора - гадает
СМС - сделали вертеп
Эпплы - устраивают пиршество
Пинки - колядует
Остальное, думаю, и так понятно.

А теперь немного самокритики.
Несмотря на то, что я успел в срок и сделал большую часть того, что намеревался, я не слишком доволен работой. По-большей части из-за того, что за два дня до сдачи у меня случилось ЧП с драйвером от планшета и весь день пришлось потратить на восстановление. Из-за этого оставшееся время пришлось работать в дикой спешке. Композицию пришлось слегка урезать, уменьшить количество деталей и отсылок к стародавним временам, и всё такое. Остается лишь надеяться, что то, что получилось смотрится неплохо.
И с колядованием я слегка обмешурился. Когда в первый раз искал информацию, то так понял, что это песни и пляски, но как я выяснил уже после завершения работы, по-большей части это именно пение. А у меня только танцы.

Merry Christmas!.. for anyone who celebrating it today (hint: orthodox christians)
I made this art as a request from pony-calendar group on tabun.everypony.ru
So for anyone who doesn't understand what's going on: there's a lot of references to russian christmas traditions. To be honest, most of them aren't common nowadays but they were before USSR. So here's the list:
CMC - made a christmas vertep (nativity scene)
Zecora - tells fortune
Apple Family - arranging a feast
Rarity - wearing a fancy russian dress
Pinkie - performing kolyada (singing carols + dancing) while wearing a peasant dress
Twilight - eating mandarin (it's not a tradition officially but there's always a tons of them during a winter holidays season)
Fluttershy - arranging christmas tree (yes, russians also have them)
Rainbow Dash - being Rainbow Dash
Derpy - being Derpy (wearing Santa's costume which is not appropriate for russian Christmas)

And some self critics.
I'm actually not really happy with this one. I'm glad that I made it in time but: two days before deathline I had a serious issuie with tablet driver and spent almost all day on fixing it. And all time that left I had to work really fast and cut some parts of picture (literally "cut"), and abandon a lot of details and references. And overall it looks choppy in places. I hope it's looks ok at least.
And I derped with kolyada. Because it's not a common tradition I had to google it first. And when I did I found that it's singing and dancing in front of a house for some sort of reward from a family that lives in that house (like Halloween but with singing and dancing). And I drew a dance. But after I finished the drawing I found out that it's mostly just singing carols. Dancing is in fact an additional performance.
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:iconthehambone12:
Запоздалый православное рождественские поздравления Вам, Йока.
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:icontwilightismagic:
Mood: Love ~TwilightIsMagic Jan 7, 2013  Student General Artist
Merry Christmas to Russian bronies!

I like how each picture has elements indicating where it is taking place in relation to the others. A really nice detail that gives it all a feeling of a single complex celebration.
Rarity looks very fitting as a snow lady, and I could definitely see her in such a dress. The fine detail alone would've made her giddy.
Pinkie looks very... Pinkie there; I think she could do them spins a lot, being immune to physics and all. Nice work on the dress's ornaments there, looks very good on her and in general.
Hands up for Lyra! Zecora's flat expression there is priceless. And is that an icon of Celestia?
Fluttershy would be exceedingly effective at decorating Christmas trees, with those birds of hers able to hang things with such precision. She'd also look lethally cute while doing so, like here, so it's best to clear the area before heart attacks start happening.
The Apples know how it's done. Particularly like the loose hairs in Granny Smith's mane and tail there, as well as the dynamic foam knocked upwards by the tankards' collision.
Dem CMC are pretty bucking cute indeed there, and that's a nice scene they've made. Guess Apple Bloom was finally in charge of crafts. I like it!
Dashie being Dashie! Derpy being Derpy! And Twily being lovely and cute while eating fruit.

A great piece of work all around, maker!
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:iconyoka-the-changeling:
*Yoka-the-Changeling Jan 7, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Wow. That was quite a review.
Thanks :3
I'm glad you like all those details.
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:iconchaosmalefic:
~chaosmalefic Jan 7, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Awesome!
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:iconyoka-the-changeling:
*Yoka-the-Changeling Jan 7, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks :3
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:iconchaosmalefic:
~chaosmalefic Jan 7, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
С Рождеством!
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:iconyoka-the-changeling:
*Yoka-the-Changeling Jan 7, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
И тебя!
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