New Year The New Year is celebrated from December 31 to January 1. These days they see off the old year and celebrate the new one. This holiday is celebrated all over the world for a very long time. In the New Year, people cook different delicious food, prepare gifts for each other, do not sleep until night and more. In the morning, many families begin to prepare salads, chicken sandwiches and other food, it takes a lot of time. People also buy gifts for their family and friends...

New Year is a holiday celebrated in many cultures. In Russia it occurs on the 1st of January (New Years Day). But there is also Chinese New Year, Islamic New Year, for example. They are celebrated on other days...

One of the most large-scale and favourite holidays in Russia is the new year. And as it gets closer and closer, I suggest you plunge into the history of this celebration and to learn as traditions of celebration of New year changed. We will begin with pagan Russia. Though data since that period remained a little, some data nevertheless reached our days. Ancient Slavs had two holidays reminding new year: kolyadal (day of a winter solstice | on December 21) and komoyeditsa (day of a spring solstice | on March 21)...