Ukraine's main Christmas Tree on Independence Square in the capital will be lit on December 17, the head of the main department of culture and arts at Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) Svitlana Zorina has noted.

The Christmas tree lighting ceremony will be visited by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) Volodymyr, KSCA Head Oleksandr Popov, as well as other official government representatives. This year, the Christmas tree on Independence Square is 37 meters high, and 480 individual fir trees were used in its building. Milka is the sponsor of the New Year holidays.

On December 19, St. Nicholas Day, Independence Square will own a festival during which St. Nicholas will pass his crosier to Popov. Participating in a festive concert will be over 130 children's creative teams, in particular, 20 collectives of the Ukrainian diaspora.

On December 31, Kyiv will for the first time host a New Year masked ball with the participation of professional actors, Kyiv academic municipal brass band, an ensemble of drummers, and a stilt theatre show. A light show will start on Bessarabska Square and reach Independence Square.