Very soon the New Year 2020 will come, the mistress of which will be the White Metal Rat, and, of course, the New Year's table should traditionally have an abundance of a wide variety of dishes! Every housewife wants all the salads, appetizers, hot dishes, side dishes and desserts she prepares to always be a success, and it wouldn’t hurt to please the patroness of the year either, so that throughout the year we will have good luck and success in everything. What dishes are recommended to be placed on festive table this year? The cook has already prepared a solid selection of New Year's recipes for you!

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Next year will pass under the sign of the White Metal Rat, and already about a couple of weeks before its onset, we all begin to think about what we should wear on the most important night of the year and what dishes to put on the festive table. Agree, on this wonderful holiday you want to look special and prepare a special treat, the most festive! What do the stars recommend to celebrate 2020 in, and what dishes on the table will the hostess of the year certainly be delighted with?

The New Year 2019 is just around the corner, and this year will pass under the auspices of the Yellow Earth Pig. And in order for the whole year to turn out to be happy and generous with pleasant events, you must certainly please the mistress of the year! ?? it makes sense to start pleasing her right away New Year's feast! What dishes must be on the New Year's table so that the guests will appreciate it and the Pig will be happy?

Very soon the New Year 2018 will be knocking on our doors - the year of the Yellow Earth Dog. Once again, the closest people will gather at the festive table and generously shower each other with warm wishes and wonderful gifts. What can you prepare to regale your dear guests to your heart’s content and gain the favor of the hostess of the year for the next twelve months? And how best to decorate New Year's table to please both the Dog and yourself?

Very soon the chimes will strike again, and the New Year 2018 - the Year of the Yellow Earth Dog - will come into its own! Of course, we all want to please the mistress of the year, which is why Internet search engines are already full of queries like: “what to wear to celebrate the Year of the Dog”, “what to cook for the Year of the Dog”, “what not to cook for 2018 Year of the Dog”, etc. To In order not to tire the already busy housewives with endless searches for the necessary information, the Cook decided to collect the answers to all these questions together, especially since cooking is his specialty!

In anticipation New Year's holidays Every housewife begins to think about how to prepare something unusual that can delight everyone without exception! Of course, not a single New Year's table is complete without salads, and here we have the widest scope for a wide variety of experiments - both with ingredients and with decoration. By the way, the design of New Year's dishes is as important a component of success as good combination ingredients.

The long-awaited New Year holidays are just around the corner, and many of us are already starting to think about how to spend them: what to celebrate the New Year in, what to put on the festive table and what to give to our family and friends. And rightly so, because there is not much time left for preparation! How should you celebrate the 2018 Year of the Yellow Dog in order to be in favor with the friendly mistress of the year and spend the whole year with maximum benefit and impact?

What should the New Year's table be like in the Year of the Red? Fire Rooster? What dishes can decorate it? How to compose New Year's menu? “The Cook,” as always, is in a hurry to help you and will offer on its pages many ideas on how to properly celebrate the holiday, what dishes to prepare for the New Year 2017, what drinks to decorate the menu with and how to set the New Year’s table 2017.

New Year 2017 is coming! According to the Eastern (Chinese) calendar, this year will pass under the auspices of the Fire (Red) Rooster. Let the decoration of the New Year's table, as well as culinary New Year's recipes 2017, make the Rooster want to give good luck to one or another family. And for this, it will not be amiss to create the right New Year's menu on the eve of the holiday and prepare such New Year's dishes that will delight the owner of the year with their colors, taste, lightness and joy.

Very soon the New Year 2020 will come, the mistress of which will be the White Metal Rat, and, of course, the New Year's table should traditionally have an abundance of a wide variety of dishes! Every housewife wants all the salads, appetizers, hot dishes, side dishes and desserts she prepares to always be a success, and it wouldn’t hurt to please the patroness of the year either, so that throughout the year we will have good luck and success in everything. What dishes are recommended to be placed on the holiday table this year? The cook has already prepared a solid selection of New Year's recipes for you!

There is very little time left until the New Year, and we all already know very well that the mistress and patroness of 2020 will be the White Metal Rat. And in order for her to favor us throughout the coming twelve months, we must first please her, that is, celebrate the New Year “correctly”, observing all the nuances! So how should we celebrate the coming year so that everything works out for us in the best possible way? The magic of New Year's Eve has never been canceled!

The next year will pass under the sign of the White Metal Rat, and already about a couple of weeks before its onset, we all begin to think about what we should wear on the most important night of the year and what dishes to put on the festive table. Agree, on this wonderful holiday you want to look special and prepare a special treat, the most festive! What do the stars recommend to celebrate 2020 in, and what dishes on the table will the hostess of the year certainly be delighted with?

The New Year 2019 is just around the corner, and this year will pass under the auspices of the Yellow Earth Pig. And in order for the whole year to turn out to be happy and generous with pleasant events, you must certainly please the mistress of the year! ?? It makes sense to start pleasing her right from the New Year's feast! What dishes must be on the New Year's table so that the guests will appreciate it and the Pig will be happy?

Very soon the New Year 2018 will be knocking on our doors - the year of the Yellow Earth Dog. Once again, the closest people will gather at the festive table and generously shower each other with warm wishes and wonderful gifts. What can you prepare to regale your dear guests to your heart’s content and gain the favor of the hostess of the year for the next twelve months? And what’s the best way to decorate the New Year’s table to please both the Dog and yourself?

Very soon the chimes will strike again, and the New Year 2018 - the Year of the Yellow Earth Dog - will come into its own! Of course, we all want to please the mistress of the year, which is why Internet search engines are already full of queries like: “what to wear to celebrate the Year of the Dog”, “what to cook for the Year of the Dog”, “what not to cook for 2018 Year of the Dog”, etc. To In order not to tire the already busy housewives with endless searches for the necessary information, the Cook decided to collect the answers to all these questions together, especially since cooking is his specialty!

IN Ancient Egypt For example, the New Year was celebrated at the beginning of summer, during the Nile flood.

IN Ancient Greece The celebration took place on the longest day of the year - June 22. The ancient Greeks calculated 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 the Republic was founded.

New Year's Eve in Russia fell on September 1st. And only in 1700, by 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 lit up with the bright lights of festive fireworks. The tradition of celebrating the New Year with fireworks, fireworks and the launch of multi-colored 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 gifts “I wish you a prosperous New Year!” and accompanied the wishes with humorous poems, because the New Year is a cheerful holiday.

The custom of exchanging greeting cards came from with wishes of happiness and good luck England.

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

According to ancient belief, a rich festive table ensured prosperity in the coming year and wealth for the family.

IN Germany Christmas is considered the main and favorite holiday. It is Germany that the world owes the tradition of decorating Christmas trees. Glass Christmas tree decorations and artificial Christmas trees also came from there. The Christmas table in Germany is always covered with a snow-white tablecloth and decorated spruce branches, scented candles and all sorts of cute souvenirs. A must-have delicacy on the Christmas table should be sweet butter or puff pastries and marzipan candies.

Here comes the New Year Germany- a secondary holiday. The traditional New Year's dinner begins at 8 pm and ends... at midnight, when festive fun is still in full swing everywhere. Raising New Year's glasses is a signal for the end of the festive meal.

IN Austria On New Year's Eve it is customary to tell fortunes. Everyone buys tin figurines, which are melted on a candle and poured into special dishes. Based on what is poured out, 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 and only in the evening they go out to eat sausages and cabbage at the snack bars.

IN Czech Republic Both Christmas and New Year are celebrated equally actively. The Czech New Year's table is unique. 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 a hot dish. This is a centuries-old tradition. And for dessert - chocolate cake (the famous Prague cake) with champagne.

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

Happy New Year in Bulgaria. When everyone gathers at the festive table, the lights in all houses are turned off for three minutes. These are the “minutes of New Year’s kisses”, the secret of which is kept in the darkness.

And in Romania On New Year's Day, 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 it’s pepper, then... don’t blame me.

Christmas and New Year holidays in France– a real riot of culinary delights and fantasies. On the festive table, the famous French champagne is the basis of all fun; vegetables, fruits, green salad, smoked salmon, grainy caviar and, of course, foie gras (the famous goose liver pate). Baked turkey with lingonberries is served as a hot dish, followed by oysters - the national pride of the French. Dessert is an amazing Christmas log (cake with candied fruits and raisins) and chocolate. All this is washed down with cold Chablis.

New Year's kitchen Switzerland not as whimsical as in France, but diverse, since it has absorbed the festive traditions of neighboring countries - Germany, France, Italy. On New Year's Day in Switzerland, it is customary to give each other pear gingerbread cookies, which later serve as dessert on the festive table.

The main dish of the Christmas table in Holland, as in many others European countries, is turkey baked with apples. The Dutch cannot imagine Christmas dinner without their favorite delicacies: crispy sweet cookies, marzipan and, of course, the famous Dutch bread (cake with nuts and raisins).

Here comes the New Year Holland It is customary to greet people with donuts. Usually the Dutch do not eat them; they are exclusively a New Year's delicacy. When saying goodbye to the Old Year and welcoming the New Year, the residents 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 homes, 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 US, where turkey is also a traditional dish, it is served with french fries).

IN England And United States of America Christmas is a favorite family holiday, but they celebrate New Year in different ways.

Another custom came from England: in addition to the Christmas tree, decorate the house with bouquets of mistletoe. Bouquets of mistletoe are everywhere - on lamps, chandeliers and on the table. You can “luckily” kiss a person standing in the middle of the room under the mistletoe.

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

IN Ireland on the evening before the New Year, everyone opens the doors of their houses. 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 Italy old unnecessary things fly from the windows, and the more old things are thrown out, the better. Italians celebrate the New Year holiday in an updated interior and new clothes. There is an old funny custom of giving red underwear to family and friends, because it is the red color that symbolizes newness. And little Italians are waiting for gifts from the woman “Father Frost”, this is not exactly our Snow Maiden, her name is La Befana. Usually this is an old woman, but she gives out gifts on January 7th.

IN Spain, where any occasion is used for a merry fiesta, the main holiday is Christmas. The whole family meets him at a richly laid table, and even in poor families there are all sorts of goodies on the table. Both young and old prefer sweets, which is why there are cakes, rolls, muffins and pastries on the festive table. And December 31st is St. Nicholas Day - a holiday that 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's Eve Jews comes in autumn. Believing Jews have already celebrated the New Year in October, celebrating the two-day holiday of Rok Hashanah (“head of the year”). Traditionally, stuffed fish is served on the table - a symbol of fertility; a lamb's or fish's head - the desire to be first in everything, “not to trail behind”; stewed carrots, cut into slices - a symbol of wealth (carrots resemble gold coins in color and shape); and so that the year would be abundant and without illnesses - a round sweet hall 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 for a sweet and happy year.

IN Australia New Year begins on the first of January. At this time it is so hot here that Santa Claus and Snow Maiden have to deliver gifts in swimsuits. True, the obligatory attribute of Santa Claus remains - a red cap with a pompom and a white beard. New Year's Eve Australian residents prefer to spend time with their friends, walking around the elegant city under the open sky, illuminated by fireworks. The delicious smells of festive dishes of European-Asian-American cuisine can be heard from restaurants and cafes. But Australians always get up very early - at 5-6 am - 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.

IN Indonesia New Year comes in October. Smartly dressed Indonesians apologize for the trouble they caused each other over the past year.

As many as eight dates in India celebrated as New Year. For example, on the day of Gudi Padwa, one must eat the leaves of the neem neem tree. Oh, how bitter and disgusting these leaves are! But according to the old belief, they protect a person from illnesses and troubles and provide a sweet life.

The New Year's rituals in this country are very beautiful. Hindus decorate 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 children choose gifts for themselves blindfolded.

New Year's Eve Burma comes April 1st. It is at this time that the heat here is sultry. For a whole week, people happily pour water on each other, and the New Year’s water festival “Tinjan” is underway.

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

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

New Year's Eve in China not without the explosions of firecrackers and rockets. In ancient times, firecrackers were bamboo trunks, which burst when burned and made a loud cracking sound. In China there is another wonderful tradition - on New Year's days it is forbidden to quarrel and swear.

It is very beautiful on New Year's Eve in China. It seems that the whole country looks like a huge glowing ball. This happens because during the New Year's procession, the Chinese light many lanterns to light their way into the New Year. They believe that the New Year is surrounded by evil spirits and evil spirits and scare them away with the help of crackers and fireworks.

IN Japan Before the New Year, it is customary to give cards with images of animals symbolizing the coming year. They also give toys and souvenirs. One of the brightest New Year's decorations Japanese house is Kadomatsu (“pine tree at the entrance”). Kadomatsu is a symbol of worship of the New Year's deity. It is made from bamboo, pine and woven rice straws. Decorate with branches of fern and tangerine.

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

It is customary to spend the evening with family, and in order to prevent evil spirits from entering the house, the Japanese hang bundles of straw on the door. It is believed to bring happiness and good luck.

The Japanese also have a wonderful custom - laughing at the beginning of the New Year. Laughter is known to prolong life, so laugh to your health! Great importance The Japanese give it 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 a given animal. For example, this year the focus of the Japanese will be the Pig.

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

Celebrating the New Year in an interesting way Eskimos, who do not have the exact date of this holiday. The first snow has fallen, which means the New Year has arrived - welcome it!

Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!

Very soon we will be celebrating the Year of the Rabbit and welcoming the Dragon. This time it will be a black water dragon. The dragon is a mythical, noble, strong creature. Astrologers advise celebrating this New Year on the move, brightly, and not cluttered. On this night you must shine and no matter what - humor, precious jewelry or bright outfits and makeup.

The main thing is that the meeting is memorable, and that you are able to spend all our traditional New Year holidays, which last almost from December 25th, in a good mood ( Catholic Christmas for the European part former USSR for the most part, it is a dress rehearsal before the main events) and only slightly reduces its intensity after January 13.

But then the series of celebrations does not stop - Epiphany, Chinese New Year (which begins on January 23), Tatiana's Day, Valentine's Day, February 23, March 8, May 1 and 9... And we will give some interesting facts about the New Year that will allow you to shine even brighter in the New Year's company.

1. The time of celebrating the New Year differs greatly among different nations. So in Ancient Babylon the holiday fell in the spring. And during the holidays, the king and his entire retinue left the city, and the townspeople had the opportunity to walk freely and have fun.
2. In Micronesia, the New Year traditionally starts on January 1st. But on this day, all island residents receive new names and whisper them to those closest to them. And trusted relatives beat the drums with terrible force so that evil spirits do not overhear them.
3. In Italy it is customary to New Year's Eve get rid of old things that are thrown straight out of the windows. Moreover, the more things are thrown away, the more wealth and good luck the new year will bring.

4. In Rus', the New Year was celebrated on March 1 - in the X - XV centuries, on September 1 - from 1348 after the Council in Moscow, and from 1699, by decree of Peter I, it was moved to January 1. As a result, by now the New Year has become a dense mixture of ancient Slavic, Christian, Western European and Eastern traditions.
5. The tradition of the Christmas log was brought by the Vikings to England. They sawed a large tree at Christmas, which sat and dried all year. And the next Christmas, this tree was brought into the house and placed on the hearth. If the tree burned for a long time and burned out completely, then good luck awaited the house, but if it died out before it burned down to ashes, expect trouble.

6. Living Christmas trees are one of the Christian traditions of Christmas and New Year celebrations. But it turns out that they can bring not only joy and the spirit of the holiday. Scientists have found that spruce trees contain fungi, which easily multiply in warm home conditions and produce huge amounts of spores. The spores in turn cause coughing, difficulty breathing, insomnia, lethargy, even bronchitis and pneumonia. To protect yourself, you need to either wash and dry the spruce before bringing it into the house, or use an artificial tree.

7. Before becoming famous, James Belushi moonlighted as Santa Claus. It was during this period of work that he was left without rights, but the actor still decided to continue delivering gifts to children. In such a “disenfranchised” state, the police detained him and began, and the officers began the arrest procedure, handcuffing him and conducting a search. Children passing by sobbed and screamed in horror that their beloved Santa Claus had been arrested.

8. Both children and adults turn to Santa Claus or Father Frost. Children usually want a computer, and employees ask their boss to freeze it.
9. One of the most popular traditional spices for Christmas baking is ginger.

10. It is believed that if in the last hour of the old year you write your most cherished wish on a piece of paper, and then set fire to this piece of paper when the clock starts striking, you can determine whether the wish will come true. If the note burns out while the clock is striking, then everything will definitely come true.
11. The unforgettable “Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath” has been shown on television for more than 35 years on the last day of the year.

12. On New Year’s Eve in Tibet, they bake pies and distribute them to passers-by. Wealth in the New Year directly depends on the number of pies distributed.
13. The source of the popularity of fireworks is the ancient belief in the power of noise and fire in the fight against evil spirits.

14. In Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) a 76-meter faux Christmas tree, the largest in the world.
15. In Orthodoxy, the period between Christmas and Epiphany falls on Christmastide. This time is filled not only with Christian traditions, but also with many pagan images, which include traditional fortune telling. An example of it can be found in chapter 5, stanza 8 of the novel by A.S. Pushkin "Eugene Onegin".

16. The main dish in Brazil is lentil soup, which symbolizes prosperity and wealth.
17. The first electric garland was lit on the Christmas tree in front of the White House in the USA in 1895.
18. In Austria among New Year's characters The Bird of Happiness is also present, and therefore they have no game on the festive table.
19. New Year in Japanese sounds like “Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu”.

20. January 1 became a day off in the USSR only by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of December 23, 1947
21. In Germany, Santa Claus brings gifts to the windowsill, and in Sweden - to the stove.

22. You can find out the answer to a question on New Year’s Eve by tossing a bowl of boiled rice. If there is an even number of pure grains of rice in it, then the answer is “yes”; otherwise, “no”.
23. It is almost always cold in Greenland, and there are no problems with the availability of ice. Therefore, local Eskimos have a tradition of giving each other polar bears and walruses carved from ice, which do not melt for a long time.

24.V southern countries, where there is neither frost nor snow, you have to use other characters, for example, in Cambodia there is Santa Claus.
25. In Vietnam, for the New Year, a carp is released into a pond near the house, on whose back, according to legend, a brownie rides. The carp lives in the pond for a whole year, and the brownie looks after the family.

26. Turkey, cheese, foie gras and oysters are served at the festive table in France.
27. On the border of Finland and Russia in 2001, a meeting was held between the New Year characters Yolupukki and Santa Claus.

28. It is believed that money cannot be given away before the New Year, otherwise you will have to pay off debts throughout the year.
29. On the New Year's table in Scandinavia they put rice porridge with one almond. Whoever finds it will be happy all year.

30. With the start of the New Year's clock in England, I open the back door of the house for the outgoing year, and with the last strike of the clock they welcome the New Year at the front door
31. “A Christmas Tree Was Born in the Forest” was first published in 1903 in the children’s magazine “Malyutka.” After 2 years, Raisa Adamovna Kudasheva’s poems were set to music by composer Leonid Karlovich Bekman.

32. In Australia, Santa Claus has to wear formal swimming trunks and saddle a jet ski in the New Year's heat.
33. In the old days, it was customary to give gifts to Santa Claus, and not to expect gifts from him.

34. In Italy, symbols of health, longevity and prosperity on the festive table are lentils, nuts and grapes.
35. Interesting fact– Santa Claus has a wife who usually personifies winter.

36. Mystical properties have long been attributed to mistletoe. In some countries, for example, there is a tradition that allows a man to kiss any girl passing under a mistletoe branch at Christmas.
37. In Cuba, on New Year's Day, all the dishes in the house are filled with water, which is then thrown out onto the street on New Year's Eve to wash away all sins.

38. For Bulgarians, dogwood sticks represent all the best in the new year. They are given as gifts for the New Year.
39. Czech and Slovak children are pleased with gifts from Mikulas with a beaming smile and a tall hat.

40. Snowman began to be sculpted in the 19th century with indispensable attributes - a bucket on his head, a broom and a carrot nose.
41. There is a belief that a New Year's dream (from December 30 to 31) predicts the coming year.

42. In China, the Dragon is especially loved - it symbolizes prosperity. That’s why it’s customary there to make his personification – paper kites. In addition, many bright lanterns are lit on the streets.
43. In Ecuador, before the New Year, it is customary to describe all the troubles on a piece of paper, and then burn them along with a straw effigy.

44. In England in the 19th century, there were even charitable societies that distributed flour, sugar and raisins to the poor to make Christmas pudding.
45. In the Southern Hemisphere, eucalyptus trees are usually decorated, since the New Year is the height of summer.

46. ​​On New Year's Day in Holland, donuts are a traditional dish, symbolizing a full cycle, completeness.
47. The Snow Maiden was invented in the mid-50s of the last century by children's writers Lev Kassil and Sergei Mikhalkov, introducing the granddaughter of Father Frost into children's performances.

48. Père Noel (French Frost) rides a donkey and leaves gifts in his shoes for children. And the children prepare their gifts for him - straw for the riding animal.
49. In Greece, the head of a family breaks a pomegranate fruit on the street on New Year’s Eve against the wall of the house. Good luck is promised by grains scattered in different directions.

50. The first glass Christmas tree decorations began to be produced in the middle of the 19th century in Scandinavia.
51. Mexicans find new Year gifts in a shoe, and the Irish and English - in socks.

52. In Ancient Egypt, the New Year began on the day the Nile flooded, at the beginning of summer.
53. It is customary to celebrate the New Year in new clothes, so that you can have new things all year round.

54. In Cuba, New Year is called Kings Day
55. The largest number of Christmas trees in Europe are sold in Denmark.

56. Many surprises are hidden in Romanian New Year's pies. In frequency, the coin means happiness in the coming year.
57. The French usually give souvenirs and cards for the New Year.

58. Since ancient times, the Slavs have been decorating the Christmas tree with toys and delicacies.
59. In Scotland, on New Year's Day you don't propose marriage and don't take out the trash.

60. Santa Claus began to be invited to a house in the USSR in the 1970s.
61. The United States traditionally holds the record for Christmas gifts and New Year's greeting cards.

62. In Japan for the New Year, interesting fact, traditionally served cabbage, roasted chestnuts, beans and caviar, which respectively symbolize joy, success, health and many children.
63. Veliky Ustyug is considered the birthplace of Father Frost, and the Snow Maiden is the village of Shchelykovo, not far from Kostroma, where the estate of A.N. Ostrovsky is located. it was he who wrote based on the Russians folk tales"Snow Maiden"

64. On New Year’s Day, at exactly midnight in Bulgaria, the lights go out. within three minutes, anyone can kiss anyone, and only the night will know about it.
65. In Slavic myths, Father Frost personified the winter cold; he bound the water.

66. Jolupukki’s homeland is the city of Rovaniemi in Lapland, near the Arctic Circle.
67. On New Year's Eve in Scotland, they set fire to tar barrels and roll them through the streets, driving them away. Old year and inviting New.

68. On the festive table in Poland they put “paczki” - donuts with jelly.
69. First New Year card was printed in London in 1843.
70. Santa Claus Pension Fund Russia was awarded the title of “Veteran of Fabulous Labor”. Not without reason, of course. He has enough work. And deliver gifts, and amuse the children with the Snow Maiden.

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

An elegant, beautiful Christmas tree greeted its guests in the decorated halls of schools and kindergartens. Music, colorful design, scenery and costumes, fun competitions, round dances around the Christmas tree created a feeling of celebration in the children, charged them with fun and joyful anticipation of meeting with fairy-tale characters, Santa Claus and Snow Maiden. Teachers and educators, thanks to their creative and extraordinary approach, created a fairy tale atmosphere for the 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’s a 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 decorate classrooms, together with the children prepared crafts for New Year's exhibitions, played and rejoiced with the children. Various fairy-tale characters 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 Father Frost and the Snow Maiden. And, of course, the surprise most expected by children is sweet gift, which they take away along with the unforgettable impression of the performance they saw.

Except New Year's events, held in institutions, schoolchildren of the Olsky urban district took part in two more significant events - the Kremlin and Governor's Christmas trees.

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

Every year in Magadan, a regional charity event is held for children from large and socially vulnerable families, children under guardianship, children from families of military personnel who died in hot spots, excellent students, winners of competitions, olympiads, and competitions aged 7 to 12 years - Governor's Christmas tree. From December 25 to 28, 2015, 30 children, students of secondary schools in the Olsk city 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 in the public life of the school.

A variety of food was prepared for the participants of the Governor's Christmas tree entertainment. On December 26, at the Magadan State Musical and Drama Theater, the children danced around the Christmas tree together with Father Frost, the Snow Maiden and other fairy-tale characters, and then watched the New Year's play "Cherevichki".

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

The next day, December 27, at the Kolymsky sports complex, “Merry New Year’s starts” were held, where the children competed in agility, speed and ingenuity with Santa Claus.

All participants of the Governor's Christmas tree lived in the Moscow State Autonomous Institution "Children and Youth Health Center "Northern Artek". The children were not bored. A rich entertainment program was prepared for them: watching cartoons in the cinema hall, a performance by artists of the Magadan circus "Voyage", a New Year's performance by students of the College of Arts " Hello, Elka - 2016", New Year's disco and much more. On the street on the territory of "Northern Artek" children played fun winter games, tumbled in snowdrifts, made snowmen. And the end of the entire event of the New Year's Governor's Tree was a large New Year's fireworks display. Every participant 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 December 19 to December 23, 2015, 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 "Ola City District". The main goal of the Competition was to develop children's interest in arts and crafts and fine arts, skills in making New Year's crafts and decorations, and attracting children's attention to the study and preservation of manufacturing traditions New Year's toys.

The competition-exhibition was attended by 256 participants aged from 2.5 to 17 years: pupils and students of 11 educational institutions of the municipality "Ola city district" (MKOU secondary school in the village of Ola, MKOU secondary school in the village of Arman, MKOU secondary school in the village of Tauisk, MKOU Secondary school in the village of Talon, MCOU secondary school in the village of Takhtoyamsk, MCOU "Elementary" school-kindergarten With. Gadlya, MKDOU " Kindergarten No. 6 "Golden Key" p. Ola", MKDOU "Kindergarten No. 1 "Geese-Swans" p. Ola", MKDOU "Kindergarten "Beryozka" p. Klepka", MKOU preschool children's educational institution "Central kindergarten for children in the village of Ola".

More than 250 works were presented in the following nominations: "New Year's Christmas tree decoration", "New Year's mask", "Holiday cards", "Symbols of the year". The competition-exhibition is held according to age groups: preschoolers, 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 work was carried out in the most different traditions and techniques: applique, modular origami, design, quilling, decoupage, knitting, embroidery, dough modeling, etc. The competition participants used various materials: paper, plasticine, plastic, fabric, pasta, candy, coffee beans!

The jury assessed the quality and aesthetics of execution, expressiveness and originality of the submitted works.

As a result of a very emotional discussion and exchange of opinions, the results were summed up and the winners of the competition-exhibition “Hello, Hello, New Year!” were determined. It was very difficult for the jury members to evaluate and choose 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 from the Education Committee of the Administration of the Ola City District. And the head of the Administration D.V. Morozov warmly congratulated the prize-winners and winners of the competition, noting that in educational institutions Olsk city district created the necessary conditions For child development applied and fine arts, wished them further success and presented the children with sweet gifts.

The Education Committee thanks the members of the jury, all participants of the Competition, as well as the employees of the Olsk regional cultural center for their assistance in organizing the exhibition.

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

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