Holiday New Year: history, traditions, celebration of the new year. New Year is our common holiday

On the eve of the New Year holidays, many different events for children were held in the Olsky urban district. From 23 to 29 December 2015, theatrical performances and children's matinees, concerts, masquerade balls, fiery discos, festive flash mobs, various contests, exhibitions of New Year's crafts were held in all educational institutions, in which more than 1,500 people took part. The guys and their parents spent a long time preparing, fantasizing, making crafts for exhibitions and New Year's decorations.

An elegantly beautiful Christmas tree greeted its guests in the decorated halls of schools and kindergartens. Music, colorful design, decorations and costumes, funny contests, round dances around the Christmas tree created a holiday feeling for children, charged them with fun and joyful anticipation of meeting fairy-tale heroes, Santa Claus and Snow Maiden. Teachers and educators, thanks to their creative and extraordinary approach, created an atmosphere of a fairy tale for children and their parents, every year coming up with new original scenarios, the plots of which are not revealed until the last moment. After all, what is the New Year without surprises? Holidays in schools and kindergartens are always joy, smiles and good mood. Parents took an active part in the events. They sewed and bought costumes for children, helped to decorate classrooms, together with the children prepared crafts for New Year's exhibitions, played and rejoiced with the children. Various fairy-tale heroes came to visit the children with gifts: Baba Yaga, Kikimora, Rapunzel, Shapoklyak, Dunno, the symbol of the New Year - the cheerful Monkey, and the long-awaited Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. And, of course, the most anticipated surprise for children is a sweet gift that they take away along with an unforgettable impression of the show they saw.

In addition to New Year's events held in institutions, schoolchildren of the Olsky urban district took part in two more significant events - the Kremlin and the Governor's tree.

Every year in Moscow, the All-Russian New Year Kremlin Christmas tree is held for children aged 9 to 12 years old, excellent students, winners of Olympiads, competitions, pupils of orphanages and boarding schools, children from socially vulnerable families. The Kremlin Christmas tree is the main New Year's performance in Russia and a cherished dream for millions of boys and girls in our country. To participate in the Kremlin Christmas tree, which took place on December 26, 2015, a quota was determined in the amount of one person from among the students of educational institutions subordinate to the Education Committee of the Administration of the Olsky urban district. The candidacy of a participant in the All-Russian New Year tree was determined. This is Anastasia Timofeenko, a 5th grade student of the Moscow State Educational Institution "Main secondary school in Talon village". Nastya is an excellent student, an active participant in school and regional creative competitions, olympiads, she has many certificates and letters of thanks. Of course, Nastya will have many more interesting impressions and events in the future, but, undoubtedly, the Kremlin Christmas tree left a bright memorable mark in her life, gave a lot of unforgettable impressions, amazing emotions, new friends.

Every year in the city of Magadan for children from large and socially unprotected families, children under guardianship, children from families of military personnel who died in "hot" spots, excellent students, winners of contests, Olympiads, competitions at the age of 7 to 12 years, a regional charity event is held - Governor's New Year tree. From December 25 to December 28, 2015, 30 children, students of secondary schools of the Olsky urban district, were invited to the main regional Governor's Christmas tree. All the guys are prize-winners and winners of various intellectual, creative, sports competitions and Olympiads, activists of the school's social life.

A varied entertainment program was prepared for the participants of the Governor's tree. On December 26, at the Magadan State Musical and Drama Theater, the children led a merry round dance around the Christmas tree with Ded Moroz, Snegurochka and other fairy-tale characters, and then watched the New Year's play "Cherevichki".

The Governor of the Magadan Region V.P. Pechenyi congratulated the children on the coming New Year. He wished everyone good health, good studies, new high achievements, fulfillment of cherished desires and good luck.

The next day, December 27, in the Kolymsky sports complex, "Merry New Year's starts" took place, where the guys competed in agility, speed and ingenuity with Santa Claus.

All the participants of the Governor's tree lived in the Moscow State Agrarian University "Children's and Youth Health Center" Northern Artek ". The children did not have to get bored. A rich entertainment program was prepared for them: watching cartoons in the cinema, performances of artists from the Magadan circus" Voyage ", New Year's performance by students of the College of Arts" Hello, Christmas tree - 2016 ", New Year's disco and much more. On the street on the territory of the Northern Artek, children played funny winter games, tumbled in snowdrifts, molded snowmen. The Governor's Christmas tree received a sweet gift.

It has already become a tradition to hold a regional exhibition "Hello, hello, New Year!" On the eve of the New Year. From 19 to 23 December 2015, in the foyer of the Olsky regional center of culture, a regional exhibition-competition of arts and crafts and fine arts "Hello, hello, New Year!" among pupils and students of educational institutions. The founder and organizer of the event was the Education Committee of the Administration of the Municipal Formation "Olsky City District". The main goal of the Competition was to develop children's interest in arts and crafts and fine art, skills in making New Year's crafts and decorations, attracting the attention of children to the study and preservation of the traditions of making New Year's toys.

256 participants aged from 2.5 to 17 years old took part in the competition-exhibition: pupils and students of 11 educational institutions of the Olsky urban district (MKOU secondary school in Ola, MKOU secondary school in Arman, MKOU secondary school in Tauisk, MKOU OOSh village Talon, MKOU OOSh village Takhtoyamsk, MKOU "Primary school-kindergarten of the village of Gadlya", MKDOU "Kindergarten No. 6" Golden Key "p. Ola", MKDOU "Kindergarten No. 1" Geese-swans "p . Ola ", MKDOU" Kindergarten "Birch" village of Klepka ", MKOU DOD" CDO for children of the village of Ola ".

More than 250 works were presented in the nominations: "New Year's Christmas tree toy", "New Year's mask", "Holiday cards", "Symbols of the year". The competition-exhibition is held by age groups: pupils of preschool educational institutions, students in grades 1-4, students in grades 5-8, students in grades 9-11.

The imagination and creativity of children in making New Year's crafts turned out to be rich and unexpected: symbols of the year (monkeys, funny Snowmen, kind Santa Clauses and Snow Maidens, Christmas trees), New Year's toys, holiday cards, masks and much, much more.

The works were performed in a variety of traditions and techniques: applique, modular origami, design, quilling, decoupage, knitting, embroidery, dough modeling, etc. The contestants used various materials: paper, plasticine, plastic, fabric, pasta, sweets, grains coffee!

The jury evaluated the quality and aesthetics of performance, expressiveness and originality of the works presented.

As a result of a very emotional discussion, exchange of views, the results were summed up, the winners and winners of the competition-exhibition "Hello, hello, New Year!" It was very difficult for the jury members to evaluate and select the best works, since they were all bright, colorful, and, most importantly, made with love, each work was worthy of attention! The most distinguished participants were awarded diplomas of the Education Committee of the Administration of the Olsky City District. And the head of the Administration D.V. Morozov warmly congratulated the prize-winners and winners of the competition, noting that the educational institutions of the Olsky urban district created the necessary conditions for children's development of applied and visual arts, wished them further success and presented the children with sweet gifts.

The Education Committee thanks the members of the jury, all the participants of the Competition, as well as the employees of the Olsky District Cultural Center for their help in organizing the exhibition.

New Year's holidays for children and adults are still the most important, colorful and unforgettable ones. We wish everyone health, optimism, creative success, and the implementation of interesting plans and ideas in the coming year!

New Year ... One of our most beloved holidays with fluffy white snow outside the window, the smell of fir-tree needles, sparkling of colorful toys and tinsel, obligatory fireworks, gifts, as well as with an elegant Santa Claus and a charming Snow Maiden. We have been waiting for him for a long time, and when the clock strikes at midnight on December 31, we rejoice in the coming year, hoping for better times, and sad, seeing off the departing one. But what is the history of this holiday? Below is a relatively long article describing the details of the celebration of NG in Russia.

Until the 10th century, the New Year in Russia began on days close to the vernal equinox. At the end of the 10th century, Ancient Russia adopted Christianity (988 - 989), which means the Byzantine chronology, the Julian calendar. The year was divided into 12 months and given names associated with natural phenomena. The beginning of the new chronology, until the end of the 14th century, was considered March 1, 1 BC.

In the 14th century, our ancestors began to celebrate the New Year according to the Orthodox Church calendar and for almost 200 years they celebrated its arrival on September 1. In Ancient Russia it was the Day of Simeon the Flyer, or Semyonov Day, as it was called later. On September 1, a quitrent, taxes were collected, and a personal court was held. Tsar Ivan III ordered all the complainants to appear in Moscow for a trial period on September 1, and Tsar Ivan IV on the day of Simeon the Flyer determined an urgent quitrent. On this day, festive services were held in the Assumption and Annunciation Cathedrals of the Moscow Kremlin - a procession of the cross, the reading of the Gospel and the Apostle, the consecration of water, and the washing of icons. The ceremony was attended by the patriarch and the tsar, boyars and governors, duma nobles and clerks were invited. Foreign ambassadors presented various overseas gifts. Most often it was a watch - a great rarity in Russia at that time. In the royal chambers of the Moscow Kremlin, a festive feast was held, which, according to tradition, was opened by a cooked whole roast swan.

A new reform of the calendar fell on the reign of Peter I (1672 -1725). On December 20, 1699, the heralds, to a drumbeat, announced to the Muscovites the Tsar's decree "On the celebration of the New Year," which, in particular, said: "... Along large and passable streets, noble people and near houses of deliberate spiritual and secular ranks in front of the gates to make some decorations from the trees and branches of pine and cereal, and to poor people, each one should put a tree or a branch on the gate or under his temple"... These decorations were supposed to stand already on the first day of January, but not indoors, but outside: on the gates, streets and roads, the roofs of taverns. All townspeople were instructed to fire cannons or rifles (whoever had them), fire rockets, and light fires from brushwood or straw at night.

Peter's decree ordered to keep the chronology from the Nativity of Christ, and the New Year's day, which was previously celebrated on September 1, should be celebrated on January 1 "following the example of all Christian peoples" who lived not according to the Julian, but according to the Gregorian calendar. Peter I could not completely transfer Russia to the new calendar, since the church lived according to the Julian calendar, so he limited himself only to the transition to the January New Year. It should be noted that the new chronology existed for a long time along with the old one - in the decree of 1699 it was allowed to write two dates in documents - from the Creation of the world and from the Nativity of Christ.

In the Kremlin, on the occasion of the onset of the New Year, magnificent festivities were held. After the prayer service in the Assumption Cathedral, on Red Square, a parade of troops was held, which marched with drums, banners and music. Under the bells ringing, cannon and rifle firing, "His Majesty congratulated everyone with a pleasant affection for the New Year and mutually accepted congratulations from everyone." At the three triumphal arches built in Moscow, food and vats of wine and beer for ordinary people were exhibited. In the evening, fireworks were set off, amusing fires, cannon shots sounded. A ball and dinner were given in the palace. Contemporaries of Peter I noted that during the New Year's celebrations in Moscow, the firing did not stop for a week.

After the death of Peter I, the traditions he created for celebrating the new year were preserved under his successors. In subsequent centuries, coffee, chocolate, lemonade, etc. appeared on the New Year's table, in addition to traditional Russian drinks. It should be noted, however, that Peter's instructions on decorating houses were preserved by this time only in the decoration of drinking establishments. Before the New Year, Christmas trees tied to a stake were placed at the gates of taverns or on their roofs. They stood there until next year and were a kind of "trademark" of drinking establishments. Sometimes young pines were placed instead of trees. This custom persisted throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.

When, in Russia, the New Year began to be celebrated everywhere with a Christmas tree? In the memoir literature there are references to the fact that the custom of putting a Christmas tree on a holiday was brought into Russia by the future wife of Nicholas I (1796 - 1855), the Prussian princess Charlotte (Alexandra Fedorovna). According to other testimonies, the first Christmas tree was erected in the 40s of the 19th century by the Germans living in St. Petersburg. Living in a foreign land, they have not forgotten their traditions and habits, ceremonies and rituals, and the first Christmas trees appeared in the houses of St. Petersburg Germans. On the eve of the feast of the Nativity of Christ, Christmas trees decorated with lanterns and toys, sweets, fruits and nuts were set up only for children. The teenagers received books, clothes, silver. The girls were given bouquets, albums, shawls. Over time, children began to give their parents gifts - things of their own making: handicrafts, crafts made of wood and other materials, drawings, poems. Following the Germans and in the Russian houses of the St. Petersburg nobility, they also began to put up Christmas trees for children. Forest beauties were decorated with wax candles and lanterns, flowers and ribbons, nuts, apples, sweets. Initially, the tree stood for one day, then these periods were lengthened more and more: two days, three, and then until Epiphany or until the end of Christmas time.

The German tradition became widespread only in the mid-40s, when Christmas trees began to be sold before Christmas. They flashed their lights not only in high-society salons, but also in the houses of poor officials. Fir trees were sold at Christmas tree bazaars: near Gostiny Dvor, where they were brought by peasants from the surrounding forests, on Petrovskaya Square, Vasilievsky Island and other places. Already in the middle of the 19th century, the Christmas tree became a common occurrence for the inhabitants of St. Petersburg and began to penetrate the provincial and district cities, noble estates. By the end of the century, it is already firmly established in the life of the city and the owners of the estates.

The first public Christmas tree, according to contemporaries, was installed in 1852 at the Yekateringofsky railway station in St. Petersburg. Later, charity trees for poor children began to be arranged, which were organized by various societies and individual benefactors - many ladies from noble families gave money, sewed clothes for children, bought sweets and toys. The money collected for the tickets went to the poor. Christmas trees were held in orphanages and people's homes. Every year, brothers Alfred and Ludwig Nobel, Swedish inventors and industrialists who had their own interests in Russia, arranged Christmas trees for the children of workers on the outskirts of the capital. In some noble houses, Christmas trees were held especially for servants with families.

However, if the tree had already come to the house of every person, then Santa Claus, like an old man in a fur coat, a shaggy hat, with white curls and a gray big beard, with a Christmas tree in his hand, a bag of toys behind his back, was then present only in Christmas tales.

New Year's celebrations on the occasion of entering the new, 20th century, Russia met traditionally, no one considered it a great anniversary. In Moscow, in the Manege building, festivities were held from December 26 to January 7, 1901. Huge pictures-dioramas were staged depicting the most significant events of the outgoing century, three orchestras played, the play "World Review" was presented to the public. In the evening, the largest powers of the world: Russia, Germany, England, France, solemnly rode in chariots in the Manege. Everything sparkled and shimmered. On New Year's Eve, at 12 o'clock at night, prayers were performed in all cathedrals and temples of the city. After the service, many townspeople continued to celebrate in restaurants and clubs, at balls or dance evenings, in the Manezh.

After the October Revolution of 1917, the government of the country raised the issue of reforming the calendar, since most European countries had long switched to the Gregorian calendar, adopted by Pope Gregory XIII back in 1582, and Russia still lived according to the Julian. To this end, on January 24, 1918, the Council of People's Commissars adopted the "Decree on the introduction of the Western European calendar in the Russian republic." Signed by V.I. Lenin published the document the next day and entered into force on February 1, 1918. It, in particular, said: "... The first day after January 31 of this year is considered not February 1, but February 14, the second day - to count 15 -m, etc. " Thus, Russian Christmas has shifted from December 25 to January 7, and the New Year holiday has also shifted.

Since 1925, a planned struggle against religion and, as a result, against Orthodox holidays began in our country. The final cancellation of Christmas came in 1929. With it, the tree was also canceled, which began to be called the "priest's" custom. However, at the end of 1935, the newspaper Pravda published an article by Pavel Petrovich Postyshev (1887 -1940; Soviet, party leader, repressed) "Let's organize a good Christmas tree for the children for the new year!" The society, which has not yet forgotten the beautiful and bright holiday, reacted quickly enough - Christmas trees and Christmas tree decorations appeared on sale. Pioneers and Komsomol members took it upon themselves to organize and conduct Christmas trees in schools, orphanages and clubs. On December 31, 1935, the tree again entered the homes of our compatriots and became a holiday of "joyful and happy childhood in our country" - a wonderful New Year holiday that continues to delight us today.

As a postscript, it is worth noting that the New Year was never a day of rest, the day of the holiday became a day off only since 1949.

V Ancient egypt For example, the New Year was celebrated in early summer, during the flood of the Nile.

V Ancient Greece the celebration fell on the longest day of the year, June 22. The ancient Greeks led their chronology from the first Olympic Games, which were held in honor of the legendary Hercules.

The calendar, in which the New Year began on January 1, was introduced by the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. It went down in history as the famous "Julian calendar". During the Great French Revolution, the New Year in France was celebrated on September 22 - the day of the formation of the Republic.

Celebrating the New Year in Of Russia fell on September 1. And only from 1700, by the decree of Peter the Great, the New Year began to be celebrated on January 1. The New Year celebrations in 1700 began with a parade on Red Square, and in the evening the sky was lit up with bright lights of festive fireworks. The tradition of celebrating the New Year with fireworks, fireworks and the launch of colorful rockets is still alive today.

But the custom of making gifts came from Ancient rome where the first gifts were laurel branches, which symbolized happiness and good luck in the coming year. The ancient Romans wrote on the gifts "I wish you a happy New Year!" and accompanied the wishes with comic verses, because the New Year is a fun holiday.

The custom of exchanging happy and good luck greeting cards came from England.

The custom to decorate the New Year tree came from our distant ancestors, who treated trees like living beings. It was believed that the fluffy evergreen beauty is a refuge for good spirits, and decorating these trees, people appeased them and asked for help in fulfilling their cherished desires. Today we cannot imagine the New Year without a Christmas tree.

The plentiful festive table, according to the ancient belief, ensured the well-being in the coming year and the wealth of the family.

V Germany Christmas is considered the main and favorite holiday. It is Germany that the world owes to the tradition of decorating Christmas trees. Glass Christmas tree decorations and artificial Christmas trees also came from there. The Christmas table in Germany is necessarily covered with a snow-white tablecloth, decorated with fir branches, scented candles and all kinds of cute souvenirs. A must-have treat on the Christmas table should be sweet pastry or puff cookies and marzipan candies.

And here is the New Year in Germany- a minor holiday. A traditional New Year's Eve dinner begins at 8 pm and ends… at midnight, when the festive fun is in full swing everywhere. Raising New Year's glasses is a signal for the end of the festive meal.

V Austria on New Year's Eve, it is customary to guess. Everyone buys pewter figurines that are melted on a candle and poured into special dishes. By what has resulted, they determine what fate awaits in the coming year. Thrifty Austrians eat little, but they consume an unlimited amount of hot mulled wine. All day on January 1, everyone sleeps off and only in the evening they go outside to refresh themselves with sausages and cabbage in the snack bars.

V Czech Republic they celebrate both Christmas and New Year equally actively. The Czech New Year's table is peculiar. Meat is a symbol of prosperity and wealth, so on the table you will find all kinds of sausages and balyks, but you will not see any salads, vegetables, or herbs. Carp baked in sour cream is served as hot. This is a centuries-old tradition. And for dessert - a chocolate cake (the famous Prague cake) with champagne.

Young girls in the Czech Republic and Slovakia They look forward to the Christmas and New Year holidays with special impatience, as they can find out at this time if they will get married during the coming year. You just need to throw a slipper over your head. If she falls toe to the exit, the girl will soon get married. Well, if the toe is in the direction of the room, you will have to wait another year.

Cheerfully celebrate the New Year in Bulgaria... When everyone gathers at the festive table, the lights are turned off in all houses for three minutes. These are the "moments of New Year's kisses", the secret of which is kept by the darkness.

And in Romania On New Year's Eve, it is customary to bake various "souvenirs" in pies: small coins, rings, hot peppers, etc. If you come across a ring or a coin, then the coming year promises happiness, and if pepper, then ... do not blame me.

Christmas and New Year holidays during France- a real riot of culinary delights and fantasies. On the festive table, the famous French champagne is the basis of all the fun; vegetables, fruits, green salad, smoked salmon, granular caviar and, of course, "foie gras" (the famous goose liver pate). As a hot dish, they serve baked turkey with lingonberries, and then oysters - the national pride of the French. Dessert is a delicious Christmas log (cake with candied fruit and raisins) and chocolate. All this is washed down with cold chablis.

New Year's kitchen Switzerland It is not as whimsical as in France, but it is diverse, since it has absorbed the festive traditions of neighboring countries - Germany, France, Italy. On New Year's in Switzerland, it is customary to present each other with pear gingerbread, which then serves as a dessert on the festive table.

The main dish on the Christmas table in Holland, as well as in many other European countries, is turkey baked with apples. The Dutch cannot imagine a Christmas dinner without their favorite delicacies: crunchy sweet cookies, marzipans and, of course, the famous Dutch bread (muffin with nuts and raisins).

And here is the New Year in Holland it is customary to meet with donuts. Usually the Dutch do not eat them, this is an exclusively New Year's delicacy. Seeing off the Old and celebrating the New Year, the inhabitants of this fabulous country drink champagne, and at midnight they go out into the street, where the mass drinking of mulled wine begins. Mulled wine is brewed in all houses, in all drinking establishments and sold on the streets, and the famous Dutch donuts are sold on stalls.

The custom of serving Christmas turkey came from England. Here it is served with rice pudding and vegetables (and in the USA, where turkey is also a traditional dish, it is served with fries).

V England and United States of America their favorite family holiday is Christmas, but they celebrate New Year in different ways.

Another custom came from England: besides the Christmas tree, decorate the house with bouquets of mistletoe. Bouquets of mistletoe are everywhere - on lamps, chandeliers and on the table. You can kiss the person standing in the middle of the room under the mistletoe for good luck.

For the British, New Year's sales, which begin on December 27, are of particular value. The goods are sold with discounts of 95%, and there is no time for feasts - you need to have time to buy everything you need. And for Americans, New Year is just another reason to have fun and fool around. Carnivals, noisy parties and walks around the festive city - if only it was fun.

V Ireland on the evening of New Year's Eve, everyone opens the doors of their homes. Anyone who wishes can enter and will be a welcome guest. He will be treated and presented with a glass of wine with the words: "For peace in this house and in the whole world!" The next day, a holiday is celebrated at home. An interesting old Irish tradition is to give a piece of coal for good luck.

On New Year's Eve in Of Italy old unnecessary things are flying out of the windows, and the more old things are thrown away, the better. Italians celebrate the New Year's holiday in a renewed interior and new clothes. There is an old funny custom to give red linen to relatives and friends, for it is the red color that symbolizes novelty. And little Italians are waiting for gifts from the woman "Santa Claus", this is not really our Snow Maiden, her name is La Befana. This is usually an old woman, but she gives out gifts on January 7th.

V Spain Where any excuse for a jolly fiesta is used, Christmas is the main holiday. The whole family greets him at a richly set table, and even in poor families all sorts of goodies are on the table. Both old and young people prefer sweets, so there are cakes, rolls, muffins and pastries on the festive table. And December 31 - St. Nicholas Day - a holiday that the Spaniards celebrate with friends and family, having fun from the heart. As for gifts, they are received mainly by children who hang out their stockings for gifts the day before. And they give them gifts on January 6th.

New year Jews comes in the fall. Believing Jews have already celebrated the New Year in October, having walked off the two-day holiday of Rock-Ashana ("the head of the year"). Traditionally, stuffed fish is served on the table - a symbol of fertility; a ram's or a fish's head - the wish to be the first in everything, “do not lag behind”; stewed carrots, cut into circles - a symbol of wealth (in color and shape, carrots resemble gold coins); and so that the year is abundant and without ailments - a round sweet room with raisins. Fresh fruits and vegetables on the table symbolize hopes for a rich harvest, and apples in honey are eaten at the beginning of the meal to keep the year sweet and happy.

V Australia New Year begins on the first of January. At this time, it is so hot here that Santa Claus and Snegurochka have to deliver gifts in bathing suits. True, the obligatory attribute of Santa Claus is preserved - a red cap with a pompom and a white beard. Australian residents prefer to spend New Year's Eve in the campaign of friends, walking around the smart city in the open sky, illuminated by fireworks. The mouth-watering smells of festive European-Asian-American cuisine can be heard from restaurants and cafes. But Australians always get up very early - at 5-6 o'clock in the morning - and go to bed no later than ten in the evening. New Year's Eve is an exception: they celebrate the New Year, but at 00.10 everyone goes to bed.

V Indonesia New Year comes in October. The smartly dressed Indonesians apologize for the troubles they caused each other last year.

As many as eight dates in India celebrated as New Years. For example, on the day of Gudi Padwa, it is necessary to taste the leaves of the nim-nim tree. Oh, how bitter and disgusting these leaves! But according to the old belief, they protect a person from illnesses and troubles and provide a sweet life.

The rituals of celebrating the New Year in this country are very beautiful. Hindus adorn themselves with pink, white and red flowers. There are also special rituals for giving gifts. For example, gifts for children are placed on a special tray, and in the morning, blindfolded children choose gifts for themselves.

New year in Burma comes April 1st. It is at this time that a sultry heat is here. For a whole week, people are happy to water each other with water, the New Year's holiday of "Tinjan" water is taking place.

V Iran New Year is celebrated on March 21. People there in advance planted wheat grains in pots, the green shoots of which symbolize the arrival of spring and the New Year.

In Vietnam New Year is a celebration of friendship. The Vietnamese meet him at night, and with the onset of dusk, they make fires in parks, gardens and on the streets. Whole families gather around campfires and cook special rice delicacies on the coals. On New Year's Eve, all insults are forgiven and all quarrels are forgotten. Vietnamese spend January 1 with their families. They believe that the first person who enters the house on this day can bring happiness or, conversely, failure in the new year. It all depends on who came.

Celebrating the New Year in China does not do without exploding firecrackers and rockets. In ancient times, bamboo trunks served as firecrackers, which burst when burning and made a loud crack. There is another wonderful tradition in China - it is forbidden to quarrel and swear on New Year's days.

Very beautiful on New Year's Eve in China. The whole country seems to be like a huge ball of light. And this is because during the New Year's procession, the Chinese light up many lanterns to light their way in the New Year. They believe that the new year is surrounded by evil spirits and unclean forces and scare them away with firecrackers and fireworks.

V Of Japan before the onset of the New Year, it is customary to give postcards with the image of animals, symbolizing the coming year. They also give toys and souvenirs. One of the most striking New Year decorations in a Japanese house is Kadomatsu ("pine at the entrance"). Kadomatsu is a symbol of New Year's deity worship. It is made from bamboo, pine and woven rice straws. Decorated with fern and tangerine branches.

On the morning of February 1, all residents of cities and villages go out to greet the sunrise. With the first rays of the rising sun, they wish each other a Happy New Year and exchange gifts.

It is customary to spend the evening with the family, and in order not to let evil spirits into the house, the Japanese hang bundles of straw on the door. It is believed to bring happiness and good fortune.

The Japanese also have a wonderful custom - to laugh at the time of the New Year. Laughter is known to prolong life, so laugh for your health! The Japanese attach great importance to the animal that symbolizes the coming year. They are sure that people born under a certain zodiac sign are endowed with the traits of this animal. For example, this year the focus of the Japanese will be on the Pig.

V Mongolia The New Year coincides with the holiday of cattle breeding, so it is accompanied by various sports competitions, a kind of test for dexterity and courage. Even Santa Claus comes to the Mongols dressed as a cattle breeder.

Meet the New Year in an interesting way Eskimos who do not have an exact date for this holiday. The first snow fell, which means the New Year has come - welcome it!

Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!

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❄ In the New Year, we are all waiting for a miracle, but sometimes we forget that we ourselves are able to make our dreams come true.

❄ Although there is still time before the New Year, it is worth taking care of the "cultural program" of the upcoming celebrations in advance. Naturally, a feast, a Christmas tree, guests, gifts - this is a sacred and unshakable tradition, which we improve from year to year. What kind of things to come up with this time?

❄ 1. Take the last train to the forest. Find and decorate a Christmas tree. Drink a bottle of vodka. Two more. Get to the forester's house. Fall asleep and remember nothing. 2. Call all relatives by sending each a personal postcard. Ask each of them to prepare a festive meal.

❄ Stress can be hidden under the bright wrapper of the New Year holidays. After all, the New Year is a turning point, a time of hustle and bustle, queues and assessing oneself for successes and failures. How to avoid stress and get the most out of the holiday?
❄ December 1. Start crossing out the days before the New Year.December 2nd. Buy a lot of tangerines and eat them alone or in warm company.December 3. Listen to your favorite songs reminiscent of the holiday.

❄ The end of December is a high time to sum up the results of the outgoing year. And although a lot of things have been done over the whole year, at the end of it there will always be those that we put off until the last moment.
❄ New Year is a time to take stock and think about plans for the future, and this is the best time to communicate with your soul and bring a little joy and awareness to life. Take 15 minutes for your soul on these holidays.

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❄ December is the most magical month. A thawed tree, silver balls, golden tangerines - the smell of subtle happiness, the long-awaited holiday, the smell of childhood and the anticipation of a miracle. Frosty stars light up - and miracles begin, desires come true, dreams call on the road, and we go after them. Magical December gives us the most fabulous travel!

New Year is perhaps one of the most beloved holidays for Russian people. They begin to prepare for it in a whole month and celebrate with the most dear people. And how many traditions have formed around this holiday! A New Year tree and gifts under it, Santa Claus and Snegurochka, Olivier and champagne ... How did you celebrate the New Year in the USSR?

After the revolution, despite the difficult economic situation, Christmas trees for children were organized in large cities. The love for this holiday of Lenin is widely known: even on the night of December 31 to January 1, 1924, three weeks before the death of Vladimir Ilyich, Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya still arranged a traditional Christmas tree.

After Lenin's death, the green symbol of the New Year, like the holiday itself, fell into disgrace for some time. Christmas and New Year were recognized as religious holidays and remnants of the bourgeoisie, therefore they ceased to be days off. However, many continued to celebrate the New Year in the family circle. This was the case until 1935, when the newspaper Pravda published an article by the second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine, the first secretary of the Kiev regional party committee, Pavel Postyshev, entitled “Let's organize a good Christmas tree for the children for the New Year!”. Postyshev called for the return of this "wonderful entertainment for children." "In schools, orphanages, in the palaces of pioneers, in children's clubs, in children's cinemas and theaters - there should be a Christmas tree everywhere!" - he wrote.

Since that time, the government has decided to restore the celebration of the New Year. Dressed up winter beauties reappeared in homes. In the same year, a New Year tree took place in the Kharkov Palace of Pioneers. In 1936, a decree of the Council of People's Commissars was issued, officially authorizing the public celebration of the New Year and calling for the installation of New Year's trees on holidays in children's institutions, and the following year a New Year tree appeared in the Column Hall. Other cities took the initiative, and the next day, Christmas trees appeared in hundreds of Soviet cities. That year, Santa Claus appeared on the main Christmas tree of the country, performed by the artist Garkavi.

New Years continued to be celebrated in wartime, but it became a real holiday in 1947, when January 1 became a day off again. It became a tradition in Soviet families to turn this day into a fairy tale: despite the post-war difficulties, the hostesses prepared a festive table and new elegant dresses, everyone gave each other gifts, went to visit, and the children went to the Christmas tree. The dream of all Soviet kids was to get to the main Christmas tree of the country, which took place first in the Column Hall of the House of Unions, and after 1954 - in the Kremlin. From there, children brought not only unforgettable impressions, but also a cherished gift: sweets in a tin box, which in the 60s turned into a red Kremlin tower.

The New Year has its own indispensable attributes and traditions. In December, tangerines appeared in stores, which became a symbol of the New Year. New Year's bazaars opened on the streets, where everyone could choose a New Year's beauty to their liking. Decorated Christmas trees appeared on the central squares and main streets of cities and towns and villages. The best of Moscow's were the New Year tree in GUM and in Detsky Mir: people came to see them specially. The culmination of the celebration was considered to be the uncorking of a bottle of "Soviet Champagne". The history of this drink began in the 1920s, when the government set a task for domestic winemakers to develop a recipe for sparkling wine that would be inexpensive and quickly produced so that everyone could buy it. The researchers coped with their responsible mission, and in 1928 the young country got its own champagne, which was named "Soviet".

In the 50s, televisions began to appear in Soviet families, and soon the traditional New Year programs appeared. In 1956, Ryazanov's favorite film "Carnival Night" was released, which became a classic of Soviet cinema and an obligatory participant in the New Year's TV program. Twenty years later, the director repeated his success and released the second "most New Year's film" - "The Irony of Fate." Who doesn't remember The Blue Light? Launched in 1962, this program soon became another symbol of celebration.

It was during Soviet times that the New Year became a holiday uniting all the peoples of the world's largest country, regardless of time zones and distances, and became exactly the way we celebrate it to this day.

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