Party in the style of the ussr: forward to the merry past! New Year in the style of the ussr: history, photo, script, menu, clothes, contests
For the New Year, this long-awaited, beloved and most magical holiday in our country, we always prepare in advance. This was the case in the Soviet Union in the 70s and 80s, and it is so now.
But still, what is the difference between how the Soviet New Year was celebrated and how it is celebrated now? To do this, you need to return for a few minutes to the not so distant past and remember what was special and memorable on New Year's holidays in a huge country called the USSR.
New Year is a time when miracles happen, wishes come true, when we do not think about work, politics and economics, we put up with our enemies (remember the words of the song "Make peace between those who are in a quarrel"?), Sum up the outgoing and dream of the year the upcoming one, which will definitely be better than the previous one. And your soul becomes warmer when you hear the traditional New Year's phrase "Happy New Year!" Even from a stranger. or "Happy New Year!"
Waiting for the New Year and preparing for it began in a couple of months due to a shortage of food in the country. Sometimes the New Year's table in the Union was collected literally bit by bit, trying to get some delicacies and goodies. It was very good to be friends with trade workers in order to know where and when something suitable for the holiday will be "thrown away". 
Nowadays, everything you need can be bought even on December 31, although some products are even sorted out in large supermarkets. And here there is a minus - it is a crowd of people in stores.
Pickles and marinades were harvested from the summer, and those who did not have a dacha-garden and the opportunity to spin several jars on their own were bought at the market from collective farmers and villagers. Many products, for example, meat grown on their own farm, were obtained through neighbors and acquaintances, by word of mouth.
What was then prepared for the Soviet New Year's table? The main dish was meat or chicken with mashed potatoes, as an option, with baked potatoes, salads - olivier, herring under a fur coat, mimosa, carrot and beetroot with garlic, stuffed eggs, sprats, pickles, pork leg jelly and jellied fish. They were served in crystal vases, which are now not found in all families.
Someone managed to get a box of Assorti sweets, bananas and tangerines, a jar of canned pineapples, sometimes red and black caviar, cervelat got on the table. These are traditions, and then everything depended on the culinary abilities of the hostess. From drinks - "Soviet" champagne and "Stolichnaya" vodka, lemonade and dried fruit compote.
New delicious New Year's recipes were passed from notebook to notebook from work colleagues or a neighbor. The same dishes remained with us for the New Year, but now almost everyone has seafood, exotic fruits and berries, fresh vegetables and herbs, dozens of types of meat and cheese cuts. Martini has become a traditional New Year's drink for many girls. Someone eats sushi on New Year's Eve, and someone pizza - desires are limited only by financial capabilities. 
Buying an artificial tree or choosing a live spruce was not a question of who liked it, but the New Year's toys of the Soviet era were very elegant. Then the kids did not know that Christmas tree toys are unbreakable, plastic and smelling bad. Made in accordance with GOST, from real glass, colorful and incredibly beautiful, they were distinguished by a great variety.
What kind of figurines were not hung on the Soviet Christmas tree! Santa Clauses and Snow Maidens, snowmen, characters of various fairy tales, vegetables, fruits, animals, birds and fish, fragile icicles and outlandish lanterns, glass beads have been passed down from generation to generation. Then no one had a desire to create a design masterpiece in European style and decorate the New Year tree with balls and bows of the same color. Decorating the tree was a little family happiness!
Modern silicone snowflakes are molded onto glass with one movement of the hand and can also be removed without traces. And on New Year's in the Soviet style, the house was decorated with snowflakes cut out of paper, and they were molded onto the windows with soapy water. They made paper garlands, glued flashlights from postcards and other handicrafts of that time dear to the heart.
If today buying a gift for the New Year becomes a problem because of the wealth of choice, then the presents were chosen literally out of nothing. Remembering the "Irony of Fate", perfumery was considered a wonderful gift, especially French perfume, which then became a household name for any good perfume.
Children received gifts at matinees at school or kindergarten, and Santa Claus and Snow Maiden brought home surprises for the kids. It is now possible to order such a service at any agency for organizing holidays, and on New Year's Eve in Soviet times, this was done by the trade union. Particularly talented employees were selected for the role of fairy-tale characters and sent along with a large, red bag of gifts, bought in advance by their parents, to the indicated addresses. Usually this action took place on December 29-30. The child stood on a chair near the decorated Christmas tree, told Santa Claus a rhyme, and for this he received what he had dreamed of for a whole year. Trade union organizations, schools or kindergartens also provided children with sweet gifts (with good chocolates, not imported dragees!). And the obligatory gift was from the present, never discovered by any child, Santa Claus, found in the morning under the tree. 
All the holidays were Christmas trees with performances, competitions and round dances. As now, children were dressed up in carnival costumes, but their mothers sewed them with their own hands according to patterns from magazines. There were only masks of various animals in abundance. There was not such a variety of decor, creepy spider-people and monsters that modern boys dream of becoming for one day, and everything looked very cute and touching.
If now the question of what to wear to a New Year's party is faced by girls in the context of how not to get lost in the diversity of what is offered, how to hide a belly and full hips in clothes, to choose a thing to match, then in Soviet times this was not the case. Today you can come to a huge shopping center and spend the whole day there, handing over the kids to a funny clown and, along the way, refreshed with something delicious in a couple of cafes. In the USSR, they sewed beautiful dresses themselves, gave them to dressmakers, bought from speculators “out of the box”, without even thinking about whether the size of “foreign clothes” would fit.
The most important entertainment on New Year's Eve was the TV, then still black and white. The whole family and guests gathered for him. Despite the fact that there were few TV channels, the program was always interesting. "Irony of Fate", "Carnival Night", congratulations from the General Secretary, chimes, "Blue Light" with famous artists - all this has been so awaited for a whole year and watched with pleasure! 
After the chiming clock, everyone went for a walk, visit or stayed to watch programs under the cozy flashing of colorful garlands. Dances, music, general fun began. Putting on masks and wrapping themselves in tinsel, taking with them sweets and firecrackers (a prototype of firecrackers), people met at the Christmas tree, where they continued to celebrate.
Many people remember this holiday with nostalgia for the good old Soviet times. After all, as you celebrate the New Year, so you will spend it, this tradition remains with us regardless of the country in which we live.
Happy New Year's Eve to you! 
We all remember Ryazanov's wonderful comedy "Carnival Night", in which the plant employees put on a real carnival show in the House of Culture with jokes, laughter and unrestrained fun, despite the problems and troubles! Perhaps you also want to be heroes of something like this? The voice of that time beckons you, is this seasoned New Year scent close? Then you looked just in time at our "light".
We offer you a holiday in retro style, the Soviet era of the 60s - the time of the legendary "Blue Lights", music and films that have become eternal, good humor and, of course, amazing human unity inherent in the people of our country on New Year's Eve. And you will fill the holiday with a charge of the most sincere and strong emotions and excellent mood!
Invitation
Guests receive invitations in envelopes with Soviet stamps and New Year's symbols in a retro style.
Registration
Stylization for the "Blue Spark" programs of the 60s (serpentine, balls, bright decorations, spruce branches, decorative snowflakes). The hall contains the decoration of a huge clock. Small tables are arranged so that everyone can see each other.
The scene is decorated in the style of "New Year's Lights" and "Carnival Night", or it resembles a "scene in a Soviet recreation center": a massive curtain, a "homemade" festive inscription made of colored foil on the backdrop, and many colorful balloons.
Christmas tree decorated in accordance with the traditions of the Soviet era: toys in the form of animals, sweets, candles and firecrackers.
Also, a special atmosphere is created by:
- Stands with a humorous employee honor board, a playful wall newspaper (photo collage), and children's black and white photographs of employees with funny comments;
- Colored curtains, vinyl records, antiques and all kinds of retro paraphernalia.
Meeting with guests
- Female animators dressed in 60s style. They distribute carnival paraphernalia to guests - boas, fans, masks, tinsel.
- Cartoonists who will capture guests on paper in a retro style.
New Year celebration
- Congratulations from the management of the company;
- Spectacular laser show and multimedia show on plasma screens. Vivid alternating footage demonstrates a dynamic video about the company.
- A humorous, pre-recorded video about the preparatory workdays of employees;
- Presentation of a humorous New Year horoscope for employees;
- Arrival of Santa Claus and Snegurochka, and their own musical and dance performance in the style of the cartoon "Well, wait!";
- Awarding of the best employees in the comic nominations "The best production leader", "Stakhanovets-2007", "Shock worker" and others. Presentation of specially made badges.
- An amicable meeting of the New Year with sparklers under volleys of artificial snow.
Interactive
- Clockwork dances. The task of the participants is to dance a musical mix from famous dances from different countries: apple, lezginka, dance of little swans, dance of little ducklings, makarena, lambada, gypsy girl, sirtaki, belly dance, twist, rock and roll, can-kan.
- Pantomime-Cinema. The task for two participants: using gestures to depict a famous scene from a certain Soviet film so that the audience would guess which film was conceived.
- Karaoke a cappella. Participants line up in 3 rows and sing a famous song. First, the first row sings, the second sings along with them, then the third joins in.
- Competition for the most ardent "party" toast for employees.
- A comic auction for “scarce” New Year's products with the company logo: condensed milk, green peas, chocolates.
Show program
- Performance by interesting and talented musicians (live music);
- Comic parody scenes;
- Musical enthusiasm from the group in the style of "Cabaret-Duet Academy";
- Show ballet with classical music;
- A potpourri of favorite songs about the New Year ("Carnival Night", "Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath", etc.);
- Performance by VIA, popular in Soviet times.
The final
- New Year's fireworks;
- Disco!
Suitable scenarios for the holiday:
- Italian associations. Who will name more associations associated with Italy (spaghetti, pizza, mafia, shoes, ...
- Wedding ... What could be more beautiful for two loving hearts than this long-awaited event. ...
- Our most popular scenario for celebrating the New Year is still a carnival with Grandfather ...
Only those under thirty do not remember the Soviet past. For the rest of the age category, the New Year's holiday is a Christmas tree, a TV set, paper garlands, Santa Claus with a cotton wool beard and tangerines. This is how Christmas Eve was as a child, and why not shake off the old days at least for one night? It is quite easy to organize the New Year in the Soviet style, and there should be no problems with costumes, but first things first.
Venue
New Year's Eve can be found anywhere. Any hall of a city house of culture has not changed much over the past 26 years; a country cottage is also suitable. The main requirements for the room are that a Christmas tree should flaunt in the middle, high, not always lush, with a ruby five-pointed star at the top.
The interior is complemented by tables with stools, plaster busts of leaders and a pioneer horn. Yes, also a piano and a turntable.
Decor and decoration
If you look carefully in the bins, you can find the traditional Soviet attributes of the New Year. Plastic or cotton figurines of Santa Claus and Snow Maiden under the Christmas tree, garlands in the form of lights, a thin rain, glass balls. A special place in the design should be given to paper garlands of colored paper, candy boxes, foil. On the spruce, you need to hang sweets and pieces of cotton wool imitating snow. Cut out as many snowflakes as possible from napkins - you can stick them on windows, tie them with a thread and hang them like garlands, decorate chairs with them. And don't forget about the streamers and firecrackers.
Outfits
In the Soviet Union, New Year's Eve was often associated with a masquerade. Girls dressed with snowflakes and chanterelles. Boys are traditionally bunnies and snowmen, and given that 2017 is the year of the Rooster, you can wear this winged one too. Well, if you manage to get the crowns of those times, it will already be half of the image. And for a snowflake, a short light dress is suitable, the main thing is to embroider it with rain. Well, the bunnies are generally lucky, ears on the tops and a tail to the shorts - and you're done.
If the theme of the matinee is not to your liking, offer to dress as pioneers. Red accessory on the neck, white top, short bottom and golfiki.
Invitation
Soviet postcards with animals are a masterpiece of the last century. They are inimitable and recognizable by everyone, it remains to print one of them, and, in the tone of the announcer of the central channel, invite your comrades to the New Year 2017 celebration.
Do not forget about posters with congratulations, standard Whatman paper with newspaper clippings and postcards pasted on.
Menu "a la USSR"
Olivier, despite its French name, is a purely Soviet treat. This dish must be served in a deep crystal platter. Herring under a fur coat and mimosa will help to diversify the festive table. By the way, these salads are probably still made by a good half of the housewives for the New Year.
The next item on the holiday menu is jellied. It doesn't matter if it is a classic jellied meat or aspic fish, or aspic tongue, the main thing is that the jelly is present. Duck with apples is the highlight of the program.
Soviet people considered sprats to be a real delicacy and bought them for festive events. New Year is no exception. Of course, you need to serve cervelat sausage, Dutch cheese, pickled cucumbers and mushrooms with little white.
Present
I would like the gifts on the Soviet Christmas Eve to be in the spirit of those times. The men were given socks, underwear, Sasha cologne, and an electric shaver. Ladies can be presented with the perfume "Krasnaya Moskva" or "Klima", preferably a small bottle, as their smell is not for everybody, ink "Leningradskaya", tights, handkerchiefs.
For the New Year in the Soviet style, it would be appropriate to come with gastronomic gifts. So, you can present a jar of caviar, a box of "Red Poppy" chocolates, exotic fruits "from there".
Entertainment
An interesting move would be to turn on the recording of Leonid Brezhnev's congratulations five minutes before the chimes. It will be unexpected.
Dancing on the newspaper is a classic competition, without which not a single holiday at school can do. You can compete in the knowledge of the songs of the last century, hold a "Guess the melody" competition. The Soviet-style New Year is an interesting and fun topic, everyone is happy, because not every day you can return to childhood.
Every resident of our country has seen New Year's comedies more than once. All these films were filmed in the distant USSR, and this makes them even more valuable, more interesting, and, reviewing them from time to time, you admire the work of the director and actors. And many of you yourself would like to try to celebrate the New Year in the style of the USSR, in the style of those wonderful comedies and films. Did you want to? So why not give it a try, especially since we have for you both a script and an idea for a holiday for such a themed new year.
And so, let's start from the very beginning!
New Year in the style of the USSR - a festive menu.
As for the New Year's table for the holiday in the style of your choice, this is, perhaps, the most budgetary option. It was in those Soviet times that they put all the best for the new year. And now, in our time, this is the norm, and for some it is already a forgotten and outdated taste. But we will remember everything again and try. And so, here's our menu:
- Olivier salad;
- The vinaigrette;
- Aspic;
- Sprats;
- Salad under a fur coat;
- Sausage (smoked and semi-smoked);
Well, who will remember what else.
As for drinks, we advise you to opt for:
- Champagne, Lemonade, you can cider;
- Juice (birch or tomato, there were no others in the USSR);
Also, do not forget about tangerines, they were and will be for a long time in the new year, chocolates and cake, preferably bird's milk.
But what about vodka, we recommend you the following.
Nowadays it is no longer possible to get vodka with such names, but it doesn’t matter, because you can re-stick the labels. For you, we made these labels for vodka from the USSR, see:
And if you liked them, then you can -.
New Year in the style of the USSR - what to wear for such a party?
Everything that was fashionable in the USSR will suit you too. But if you don't know at all what to wear for the new year in the style of the USSR, then here are a couple of tips for you.
Firstly, these are, of course, pioneer ties and caps. They are red in color, which will look great on the New Year's holiday.
Secondly, you've seen old New Year's films. How did they dress there? So you can wear the same dresses that will not display your charms, but at the same time will emphasize your figure and modesty. If you want something different, then you can try on the outfit of a Komsomol member or wear a school uniform of that time. In the Soviet Union, everyone went to harvest potatoes and other crops, and there it was very hot in the field. Therefore, they wore a garrison cap, shorts and a shirt, which, by the way, was tied in front with a knot, and a bare belly was obtained. So this is the same option for the new year.
New Year in the style of the USSR - script and contests.
Now is the time to start having fun! The contests that we have named - greetings from the past will help you with this.
And we will start with congratulations on the coming New Year. But not just say your words, but a whole speech! And not just a speech, but a speech on behalf of a famous person from the USSR! For example, from any leader of the Communist Party you know. Each guest will congratulate in turn, everyone will laugh together and drink to it.
What in the USSR, what now, everyone is waiting for Santa Claus for the new year. Do you have it? If so, then take turns getting on a chair and reading New Year's nursery rhymes. And Santa Claus will give you sweets for this!
Now it's time for another reincarnation - into actors! There is a large and unplowed field here. You can show the funniest episodes from the famous New Year's comedies. To do this, simply split into teams. Rehearse for two minutes and show. And let the others watch, laugh and guess.
You can also show any slogan from the USSR in the form of a scene. It can be a miniature, or a whole action. Others just guess this slogan.
By the way! You can generally do this with slogans: you draw your vision of each slogan in advance, and at the time of the holiday you show them to the guests. They laugh and guess the slogans. So draw with both hint and humor!
Remember in Soviet times there were apparatus with soda, with one faceted glass? And even in Soviet times, gasoline was poured through a hose, after sucking air from the hose into itself so that the gasoline would flow. So we will apply all this in our competition.
We divide into teams, if there are many people, then into many teams. In front of the first participant there is a bucket of water and there is a hose and a faceted glass. His task is to pour water into the glass with a hose, and transfer it to the second participant, the third, and so on. And the last one pours water from a glass into a kefir bottle, but with the help of a funnel. Which team is the first to fill its bottle wins. And if you need a continuation of the competition, you can also drink the entire bottle of water.
The only electronic toy in the USSR was a game - electronics. Won it? If you have it, or you were able to get it, then by all means let all the guests play it. And whoever gets more points, reward him with a prize. It will also be appropriate for this holiday to play tags and fold the Rubik's cube for speed.
Got Turbo Gum? Then boldly inflate the balloons on the biggest balloon and play candy wrappers.
So, friends, today there will be a big and interesting post about how they celebrated the New Year c) Many traditions in the modern celebration of the New Year appeared in that era, at the same time the classic "New Year's table" was formed, which many prefer to adhere to today.
My friends write to me that in that era everything was somehow more fun and soulful, but I think that I found an explanation for this - not least of all, the "feeling of a New Year's miracle" in the USSR consisted of the difficulty with which ordinary citizens found everything they needed to holiday - products for the New Year's table had to be bought several months in advance, a good Christmas tree had to be found, and it was also necessary to think about where to get gifts for loved ones and friends - and when everything finally worked out, there was a feeling of a miracle and a holiday. Now all this is much easier to do, and from this the New Year began to be perceived more everyday.
Christmas tree and TVs.
02. Few people remember this now, but the actual celebration of the New Year in the USSR was allowed only in the post-war period, in 1947, then January 1 was made a day off. Prior to that, it was believed that the Christmas tree was erected only by "bourgeois singers" who, in secret from the Soviet regime, were celebrating "old tsarist holidays."
03. In general, in 1947 the tree was returned, and after a few years the installation of the New Year tree at home has already become a tradition. What is interesting - until the very last days in the USSR, an established "Christmas tree industry" did not appear, living trees were taken out in some places - in large cities, in some places there were Christmas markets, but more often than not, frank slag was sold there - more or less decent trees most likely sold out for a small surcharge "for their people" and did not get into mass trade.
It was quite normal to just go into the forest and cut down a Christmas tree - which was often looked after in the fall or even summer.
04. There were no sensible stands for Christmas trees, here they did a lot of things - someone knocked a wooden cross from the boards, someone poured sand into a bucket, and someone fastened a Christmas tree to a pot of water tied to a stool - in such the tree design lasted longer. And for another time, artificial trees made of polyethylene were popular - a silver-colored Christmas tree was considered a special chic, in the photo below it is just this:
05. Somewhere in the seventies, there was a tradition of celebrating the New Year at the TV - by that time televisions had already spread quite massively, programs like "Blue Light" began to appear, and in 1970 Brezhnev read the "New Year's Address to the People" for the first time in the USSR. In 1986, an interesting event happened - Gorbachev congratulated the United States on the New Year, and American President Reagan congratulated the inhabitants of the USSR on the New Year:
New Year's table and scarcity.
06. Soviet citizens began to prepare for the creation of the New Year's table in advance, several weeks, if not months in advance - “New Year's” products were in short supply, and they had to be bought long before. The "product classics" for creating a Soviet New Year's table looked something like this - Bulgarian green peas, Baltic sprats, Far Eastern squids (later - crab sticks), raw smoked sausage, Abkhaz tangerines, necessarily mayonnaise and Soviet champagne.
Occasionally, these goods appeared on sale shortly before the New Year, which was usually called the word "thrown out" - "go quickly, they threw out tangerines in the grocery store on the corner."
07. The presence of purchased cakes and cakes on the table was also considered a rule of good taste - most often they were inferior in quality to homemade ones (they were cooked in margarine, poured with fatty oily cream and decorated with acid-colored roses), but here it was not the quality that was appreciated, but the status of the thing - A "store-bought" cake, obtained in queues, was considered an expensive and hard-to-find treat.
08. This frame was taken just in the queue for cakes - the tail of the line is on the street, and in the background of the photo you can see a happy customer leaving the store, triumphantly raising two hands with honestly won cakes up to the top - so that they are not crushed when exit.
09. There were also long queues for raw smoked sausage - such sausage was appreciated because it was almost impossible to stuff paper into it (like boiled sausage or sausages), which made it quite a good meat product. Sausage was bought both as a delicacy for a festive table and as a gift - coming to visit with a stick of raw smoked sausage and a shop cake was considered something of a good form rule.
10. What did the Soviet New Year's table look like in the end? If you managed to defend several lines for scarce sausage and cakes, and also took care of purchasing the necessary canned food in advance (back in the fall), then your New Year's table might look something like this - Olivier salad, herring under a fur coat, "mimosa" salad, slicing of 2- 3 types of sausages, sandwiches with sprats and red caviar, canned vegetables from cans (it was difficult with fresh ones in the USSR). For dessert - cake, tangerines and sweets, from alcohol - Soviet champagne, vodka and red dry wine (if you could get it). Optionally, it could be hot - most often chicken and potatoes baked in the oven or boiled pork.
They also always cut a lot of bread on the table - both black and white. Personally, I don’t buy bread at all now (I don’t even have a bread bin at home), but in the USSR it was considered a sign of prosperity and a well-fed life.
Guests and gifts.
11. On New Year's Eve in the USSR, it was customary to visit - for which they also began to prepare long before. Visiting guests had to show their best side - the man had to be in a suit or at least in an ironed shirt, and it was customary for women to come "with hairstyles" - on New Year's Eve, hairdressing salons worked in an enhanced mode.
12. What was customary to give to the hosts who invited you to the New Year? A good gift was considered a treat to the table - a purchased cake, a set of cakes, fruit or some kind of wine. You could also bring a box of chocolates or just a bag of tangerines.
13. If you wanted to give something more serious, then you had to hurry up - having stood in line or having a familiar seller, you could buy a can of good canned food as a gift (red or black caviar was considered special chic), good tea or some scarce perfumery ...
14. Personally, I have always felt sorry for Soviet housewives - usually all the hassle of preparing a festive table and preparing an apartment for receiving guests fell on their shoulders, while my husband rushed around shops and friends, "getting" everything he needed)
So it goes. Do you remember how you celebrated the New Year in