- This is the most favorite holiday for all people. Every person secretly hopes that their wishes will come true in the New Year. What is this hope for which we celebrate? New Year: the most ridiculous holiday, from an astronomical point of view? To understand this, let's take a trip into the past and trace the evolution of the New Year holiday from ancient times to our time.
New Year's story
The New Year originates from ancient religious rites associated with the veneration of spirits and deities. Gradually these festivities developed into modern traditions, and the coming of the New Year for people began to mean a renewal of life, a transition to time free from evil forces and hope for the best.
The ancient Egyptians celebrated the New Year in the second half of September during the Nile flood. Since the flood of the great river provided the inhabitants of the valley with food, this time was accepted as the beginning of the New Year.
But in ancient Babylon, the New Year was celebrated in March, and its onset was also associated with the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. By the way, legend says that during the New Year celebrations, the king, together with his entourage, left the capital and allowed the townspeople to have fun until they were completely exhausted for several days, after which the time of suffering began.
The ancient Romans also celebrated the New Year in March, but after Gaius Julius Caesar in 46 BC. introduced the Julian calendar, the New Year's Eve was moved to January 1. It was in Ancient Rome that such traditions as decorating houses and giving gifts developed.
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar; all Catholic countries of the Holy Roman Empire accepted this innovation and began to celebrate the New Year on January 1, as the Romans did one and a half thousand years before.
However, in those countries where the lunar or lunisolar calendar is adopted, the beginning of the New Year falls on different dates: in China, Vietnam and Japan, the New Year is celebrated from January 20 to February 20, and in Israel - in September, and it is celebrated for two days.
As for Russia, there, despite the adoption of the Julian calendar along with Christianity, the New Year was celebrated on March 1 (chronology was carried out from the creation of the world). In the 15th century Orthodox Church, in accordance with the resolution of the Council of Nicaea, moved the date to September 1. Only Peter I managed to change this, forcing all Russians to celebrate the New Year on January 1.
New Year: traditions
On New Year's Eve in Asian countries, relatives try to come to their native land and spend at least a short time with the whole family. In some provinces of China, men go to the cemetery and ask the spirits to join the holiday. In others in New Year's Eve Only beans are put on the table so that the spirits, seeing the meager meal, take pity on the people and give them wealth and happiness.
In Southeast Asian countries, the New Year is somehow associated with the spirits of rain and water, which end drought. Therefore, the custom of pouring water on each other is widespread there, and gentlemen tend to pour water on the ladies they like.
In Japan, on New Year's Eve, household members replace old tatami mats with new ones, clean the hearth and tidy up the home altar, after which, to strengthen the spirit, they undergo a cleansing ritual with ice water. In Italy, on January 1, Romans jump from bridges into the Tiber River; It is also customary there to get rid of old things - they are simply thrown out of the windows, directly onto the heads of passers-by. But in Argentina, New Year is a favorite time for clerks, as they have the opportunity to throw old, necessary bills out of the windows.
The tradition of celebrating the New Year in Cuba is extremely interesting. The fact is that on New Year's Day, all the clocks on Liberty Island strike only 11 times, and for the moment separating two years, the clock must rest in order to start working with renewed vigor.
In Greece, on New Year's Eve, it is customary to place a stone near the threshold of friends, and the heavier it is, the better: the stone symbolizes a wallet. In Panama, there is an unimaginable cacophony throughout New Year's Eve, as residents vying with each other to try to scare away evil spirits with noise. In Sweden, dishes are broken near the houses of neighbors and friends, and the more fragments, the better. In France and Romania, surprises in the form of various items and whoever gets the piece with the gift will be lucky.
The only place in the world where New Year and Christmas are celebrated with a carnival procession is the Bahamas. This tradition arose in the 16th century, when on the first day after Christmas, slaves received the only day off of the year, which they tried to use to their fullest. In Guinea, elephants are often paraded through the streets on New Year's Day - they are a symbol of power and wealth. And in Myanmar, formerly called Burma, New Year falls between April 12 and 17. Its exact date is announced by the Ministry of Culture, after which the newspapers publish information about the hour of arrival of the Tanjamin spirit, as well as the animal on which it will ride.
In Iran, the New Year, or Nowruz, lasts 30 days, starting on the first day of spring. According to tradition, at this time, every home must have seven types of living plants, the names of which begin with the letter “C,” as well as sprouted seeds.
Tibetan monks celebrate Chinese New Year lunar calendar, celebrating it in the second half of February. At the same time, they put on various skull masks and skeleton suits, which are supposed to ward off evil spirits.
In Austria, Germany and Holland, some children are visited at Christmas not by Santa Claus, but by St. Nicholas, the Archbishop of Myra, who gives gifts only to those who obeyed their elders.
In general, the profession of Santa Claus, or Father Frost, has its difficulties. Going from house to house and giving gifts to children is not so easy in the southern hemisphere, where the heat is at its worst in December. In Brazil, Santa Clauses are hiding from scorching sun under umbrellas, and in Australia they wear light robes rather than fur coats.
Christmas tree
When talking about the New Year, one cannot fail to mention the New Year tree. Back in the Holy Roman Empire, there was a custom to decorate houses with green laurel branches, inviting health and happiness. The Scottish Celts had a tradition on New Year's Eve to visit their richest neighbors and ask them for treats for the holiday. Those who donated something received a sprig of evergreen mistletoe or holly as a gift, which was attached to the entrance to the home, indicating that the owner had done a good deed.
As for the familiar spruce tree, the custom of decorating it came to us from the ancient Germans, who tried to appease the good spirits living in the branches of the tree.
In Russia, the Christmas tree was first “put up” by Peter I, but the custom of decorating it did not take root until the first half of the 19th century.
In Japan and China, the role of spruce is played by pine, which is installed at the entrance to the house before the New Year, and pine branches are woven into a bamboo frame, symbolizing perseverance and inflexibility (bamboo) and eternal youth (pine).
The largest Christmas tree is “put up” in Italy, in the city of Gubbio; it is 800 m high and 400 m wide. It is laid out from garlands along the entire slope of Mount Ingino, at the foot of which the city is located.
The first decorated fir trees appeared in Alsace in 1605, and Christmas tree decorations consisted of various products - eggs, apples, nuts, cookies - wrapped in multi-colored paper. In the 17th century decorations spread throughout Europe, becoming more and more diverse. Paper flowers, stars, cotton figurines, and carved toys came into fashion. Later, after the discovery of paraffin, New Year's candles appeared.
In 1848, in the town of Lauscha in Thuringia (Germany), local glassblowers blew the first Christmas balls, coated on the inside with a layer of lead. After lead was replaced by silver nitrate, the balls became much lighter, and it became possible to make large-sized jewelry. Following the balls, more sophisticated toys appeared in the form of animals, fruits, and plants. All of them were painted by hand. And in the 20th century. so-called Dresden toys appeared, which were made by embossing gilded or silver cardboard.
Today, for the New Year, designers are preparing the next series of toys and garlands (the first of which was installed on the eve of 1895 in front of the White House in Washington), and the demand for their products is always high. This is understandable: everyone wants happiness itself to show up on the New Year’s light, and being imbued with comfort, it will stay with them until next year.
Danil Rudoy – Moscow, New Jersey – 2003, 2013
"New Year" New Year! The most wonderful holiday! Night.. 12 o'clock. Chiming clock. President. Firework. The clink of glasses. Joy. Laughter. This holiday is celebrated in different ways. But they wish the same thing: happiness, good luck, health. New Year! Wonderful holiday! We are waiting for you! Come soon!
"New year's night" New Year's Eve is the most wonderful and magical night of the year. After all, millions of people of different nationalities, in different parts of our planet, do not sleep that night, as usual, but celebrate with their family and loved ones New Year's Eve- replacing the old year with a new one.
“New Year” This joyful and beloved holiday, frosty and colorful New Year in our family it is customary to meet in a quiet and warm home environment, in a circle of dear and close people who sincerely enjoy each other’s company. We are never bored together, and I will always prefer a family feast to the company of cheerful peers.
“Favorite holiday - New Year” New Year - best holiday in the world! Since childhood, he remains in our hearts and lives forever.. Every year we expect magic, striving to finally touch a miracle, a magical holiday!
How much joy do New Year's troubles bring? How many worries do they portend? And only when the chimes strike we can breathe easy and enjoy this unforgettable moment. Smells.. How many magical New Year's scents do we know? The smell of a Christmas tree, tangerines, we look forward to the smell of your favorite sweets and cakes, and of course the smell of a miracle visiting the house! My heart is filled with joy at these moments! It's so good that there is such a thing New Year holiday!
About “New Year” New Year is a holiday that everyone loves very much. Although many nations do not celebrate the New Year (for example, the British celebrate only Christmas), in Russia they really look forward to New Year's Eve. On New Year's Day There are a lot of treats on the table, obligatory Olivier and tangerines. Everyone is cheerful and happy, waiting for midnight. Everyone probably loves this wonderful holiday.
"New Years is soon!" New Year is coming very soon! - a favorite holiday for children! Children happily play in the snow and go sledding. And the best thing is that Grandfather Frost will come and give you long-awaited gifts. At matinees and New Year's celebrations, the guys will have fun with Santa Claus and Snow Maiden! All children love and look forward to the New Year!
"Why I love New Year" Of all the holidays of the year, this is my favorite New Year. Why? You ask.
First of all, you look forward looking forward to next year. Do you know what in next year you will become one year older.
Secondly, you gather at the table with the whole family, counting how many seconds are left until the first of January. You open a gift and rejoice with your loved ones. It is especially joyful to give a gift with your own hands; imagining the face of the person you receive, you are more happy than he is. Looking out the windows, you see the joyful faces of people holding sparklers.
Here why do I like this holiday!
Mikhailov Andrey 12/23/2014 at 18:30
On December 20, 1699, Russian Tsar Peter I signed a decree on Russia’s transition to a new calendar and the postponement of the beginning of the year celebrations from September 1 to January 1. Since then we have been celebrating main holiday year on this very day. In general, the history of the New Year in Rus' is quite interesting. At different times, in addition to the above dates, we celebrated it on March 1, March 22, and September 14.
But first, let's return to the young Russian Tsar. By his decree, Peter ordered on January 1, 1700 to decorate houses with pine, spruce and juniper branches according to the samples exhibited in Gostiny Dvor, as a sign of fun, be sure to congratulate each other on the New Year and, naturally, on the new century.
As historical chronicles say, fireworks, cannon and rifle salutes were set off on Red Square, and Muscovites were ordered to fire muskets and launch rockets near their houses. In short, the order was to have fun with all the might of the Russian soul, albeit in a European manner! The boyars and service people were ordered to dress in foreign costumes - Hungarian caftans. And the women also had to be dressed in foreign dress.
In Peter’s decree it was written: “...On large and well-traveled streets, noble people and at houses of special spiritual and secular rank in front of the gates should make some decorations from trees and branches of pine and juniper... and for poor people, each at least a tree or branch for the gate or over their temple put..." In fact, the decree was not talking specifically about the Christmas tree, but about trees in general. At first they were decorated with nuts, sweets, fruits and even various vegetables, and they began to decorate a specific beautiful Christmas tree much later, from the middle of the last century.
On January 6, the mighty festivities ended with a religious procession to the Jordan. Contrary to old custom, the tsar did not follow the clergy in rich vestments, but stood on the banks of the Moscow River in uniform, surrounded by the Preobrazhensky and Semenovsky regiments, dressed in green caftans and camisoles with gold buttons and braid.
In general, the celebration of the New Year in Rus' has the same complex fate as its history itself. Old folk tradition even after the officially introduced changes in the calendar, it retained ancient customs for a long time. Here's what he told Pravda.Ru about New Year's story Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Nikolai Kaprizov:
“In Rus', in the old, still pagan times, there was a long period of passing, that is, the first three months, and from March the summer month began. In honor of it, they celebrated Ausen, Ovsen or Tusen, which later moved on to the new year. Summer itself in ancient times consisted in the current three spring and three summer months - the last six months included winter time. The transition from autumn to winter was blurred like the transition from summer to autumn. Presumably, originally in Rus' the New Year was celebrated on the day spring equinox, that is, March 22. Maslenitsa and New Year were celebrated on the same day. Winter has been driven away, which means a new year has arrived.
Well, along with Christianity, that is, after the Baptism of Rus' in Rus' (988), naturally, a new chronology appeared - from the Creation of the world. A new European calendar, the Julian, also appeared, with a fixed name for the months. March 1 began to be considered the beginning of the new year. According to one version, at the end of the 15th century, and according to another in 1348, the Orthodox Church moved the beginning of the year to September 1, which corresponded to the definitions of the Council of Nicaea.
In general, the reform of the calendar system was carried out in Rus' without taking into account the working life of the people, without establishing any special connection with agricultural work. The September New Year was approved by the church, following the word of the Holy Scriptures. In the Old Testament church, the month of September was celebrated annually, as if to commemorate peace from all worldly worries.
Thus, the New Year began on the first of September. This day became the feast of Simeon, the first pillar, which is still celebrated by our church. This holiday was known among the common people under the name Seeds of the Summer Conductor, because on this day summer ended and the new year began. It was both a solemn day of celebration and the subject of analysis of urgent conditions, collection of quitrents, taxes and personal courts.
Well, in 1699, Peter I issued a decree according to which January 1 was considered the beginning of the year. This was done following the example of all Christian peoples who lived not according to the Julian, but according to the Gregorian calendar. Peter I, in general, could not immediately transfer Rus' to the new Gregorian calendar, despite all his determination - after all, the church lived according to the Julian calendar.
13. 12.2015
Catherine's blog
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Good afternoon, readers and guests of the “Family and Childhood” website. The New Year holiday is a magical holiday that both adults and children look forward to. It breathes magic, beckons with brilliance and bright lights into the fairy-tale world of unusual creatures. This holiday, like all others, has its own history, traditions and characteristics.
History of the New Year holiday
The history of the New Year goes back many centuries. It was celebrated even three thousand years before the birth of Christ. Julius Caesar, the well-known ruler of ancient Rome, set the beginning of the year on January 1 in 46 BC. This day belonged to the god Janus, and the first month of the year was named after him.
In Russia, January 1 began to be considered the first day of the year only under Tsar Peter I, who signed a corresponding decree in 1700. Thus, the emperor moved the celebration to the same day on which it was customary to celebrate the New Year in Europe. Before this, New Year's festivities took place in Rus' on September 1. Until the 15th century, it was believed that the year began on March 1.
If we talk about history closer to our days, then January 1 first became a holiday in 1897. In the period from 1930 to 1947, this was a normal working day in the USSR. And only in December 1947 it was again made a holiday and a day off, and since 1992 another day was added to it - January 2. And quite recently, in 2005, such a thing as the New Year holidays appeared, which lasted a whole 10 days, including weekends.
New Year's traditions are many and varied. Each of them carries a certain meaning and has its own history. So, Christmas tree- an integral attribute of the holiday. For the first time in Russia they decorated spruce branches houses by order of Peter I, who imitated Europe in everything. 
And the custom of placing and decorating a green beauty for Christmas appeared already at the end of the 19th century. He was taken from the Germans. At the beginning of the twentieth century, it was forbidden to put up a Christmas tree, but in 1936 this ban was lifted, and the green beauty again began to bring joy to children and adults.
It’s worth talking about separately. In ancient times, green trees were decorated simply. Usually they hung vegetables or fruits, usually apples, nuts and various products of labor. Moreover, each individual decoration carried a certain meaning. And only in the 17th century the first toys appeared, which served as a prototype for modern Christmas tree decorations. It was then that the first glass balls appeared in Germany.
This happened in the town of Thuringia in 1848. And in 1867, the first plant for the production of Christmas tree decorations was built in Lauscha, Germany. It is worth noting that the Germans rightfully held the lead in this matter for a long time.
And the tradition of decorating the top of the Christmas tree with a figurine of Christ originated in Scandinavia. Later, it was replaced by a golden angel. And closer to our time they began to decorate it with a spire. In the USSR, in every house there was a red star at the top of the Christmas tree.
Not only has it changed over time appearance toys, but also the styles in which the Christmas tree was decorated. Thus, bright sparkles and tinsel were replaced at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries (as in our days) by the fashion for a Christmas tree in restrained silver tones. Later, figures made of paper and cardboard gained popularity. But fashion is cyclical, and bright, sparkly jewelry soon returned to its place in homes.
It is interesting to note that the history of our state is directly reflected in Christmas tree decorations. In the USSR there were many figurines of vegetables and fruits during the time of Khrushchev. During the Second World War, figures of paratroopers were hung on branches.
Under Stalin, Christmas tree hockey players and figurines of circus characters were produced. In addition, toys with state symbols were widely distributed, for example, the already mentioned star on the top of the head.
Nowadays it is fashionable to make toys with your own hands. For this purpose the most different technologies and materials. They are knitted, glued, cut out and combined different techniques. Almost every home today has a toy or garland made by the hands of children and their parents.
Another tradition - new Year gifts. Without them, a holiday is not a holiday. Boxes of different sizes, wrapped in multi-colored paper, are placed under the tree on New Year's Eve. And in the morning these gifts, discovered by children, will be a source of joy and Have a good mood. The obligatory guests of the New Year's holiday are Father Frost and his granddaughter Snegurochka. According to legend, they are the ones who bring gifts to children in bags.
The image of the fairy-tale Santa Claus is collective. It is based on Saint Nicholas and the Slavic folklore character Moroz, who personifies winter frosts.
If prototypes of Father Frost exist in many national cultures, then the Snow Maiden is a purely Russian heritage. It appeared relatively recently. Most likely, it was first mentioned in fairy tales in the 18th century. And in 1873, A.N Ostrovsky composed the play “The Snow Maiden”, where she is depicted as the fair-haired daughter of Father Frost and Red Spring, dressed in a blue and white hat, fur coat and mittens.
And in 1936, the image of the Snow Maiden received its completed form, when, after the official permission of the holiday, in manuals for organizing New Year's matinees she began to perform on a par with Santa Claus.
Features of the celebration
As you know, New Year is family celebration. On this night, the whole family gathers at the table, various delicacies and treats are prepared. There is such a sign: “How you celebrate the New Year is how you will spend it.” Therefore, the table, as a rule, is bursting with a variety of dishes, so that in the coming 365 days such abundance will be on the table every day. This can also explain the desire to dress in new beautiful outfits.
In the last few years, New Year celebrations have increasingly begun to move from cozy houses and apartments to cafes and restaurants. In order to have a fun night, hosts are invited to organize competitions and offer other interesting entertainment. New Year's tours are also gaining popularity, which provide the opportunity to celebrate this holiday in other cities and even countries.
According to custom, at 23:00 on December 31, they say goodbye to the outgoing year. The celebration of the new year begins at midnight with the chiming of chimes and the clink of filled glasses. Many people believe that if you manage to write your cherished wish on a piece of paper while the chimes are ringing, burn it and sip champagne, then it will definitely come true.
New Year's mood is also given by television programs and programs dedicated to this holiday. As December 31 approaches, the airwaves are flooded with good old films about the New Year, music television programs, and fairy tales. Every resident of our country has seen “The Irony of Fate” at least once, without which not a single New Year goes by.
“Blue Light” and other music programs are shown on every channel. The whole country has the opportunity to watch the president’s speech and his congratulations. This tradition dates back to 1970, when Leonid Brezhnev spoke to the citizens of the country for the first time.
Nowadays it is impossible to imagine New Year's Eve without festive fireworks. They launch it both centrally and privately. From midnight until one o'clock in the morning, multi-colored stars and artificial lights scatter in the sky non-stop.
This action looks especially grandiose in big cities, where impressive pyrotechnic shows are staged. In addition to fireworks, sparklers are lit in every house and firecrackers explode. You can read about how to choose it correctly.
The use of fireworks, firecrackers, firecrackers and other pyrotechnics during the New Year holidays originates in China. It was believed that on this night evil spirits, expelled from their previous habitats, were looking for a new home.
Having found it, they will cause its owners various troubles and troubles all year long. And the loud noise and bright lights from gunpowder explosions can scare them away. This tradition gained wide popularity and spread throughout the world.
The celebration of the Old New Year is common only in Russia and some CIS countries. It is celebrated on the night of January 13-14. It was on this day that the new year began according to the Julian calendar. In fact, it represents an echo of the change in chronology during the transition to the Gregorian style. For Russian people, this is another reason to gather at the festive table. 
Time New Year's holidays- this is the time of beauty, good fairy tale, which comes to every home at the end of every year with the onset of winter cold. How much do you know about the history of this holiday and the traditions of the New Year? Let’s also remember how we prepared exactly a year ago for the already outgoing Year of the Tiger
The New Year always gives us hope for the best, gives us many gifts and pleasant emotions. During this period, we can easily feel like heroes of a fairy tale. We all remember our childhood, perceiving what is happening around us through the eyes of a child. Everyone so wants to believe in Father Frost and the Snow Maiden, who will certainly come to visit us, and that somewhere far away, in cold lands, there lives a beautiful The Snow Queen. Some will disagree with me, but in the soul this happens to everyone. And the New Year is to blame for everything - the time of fulfillment of the most cherished desires. The main thing is to tune in only to the good, the good, and all your wishes will come true
Celebrating the New Year carries the brightest feelings and is associated with hope, love and support. This holiday, like most others, has its roots in ancient times. On this day everyone gathers big cheerful company and celebrate the year so that the charm of New Year's Eve will be remembered for a very long time
The history of the New Year goes back about 25 centuries. The celebration of the New Year among ancient peoples usually coincided with the beginning of the revival of nature, and was mainly confined to the month of March. The resolution to count the New Year from the month of “Aviv” (i.e., ears of grain), which corresponds to our March and April, is found in the Law of Moses. Since March, the Romans also considered a new year, until the transformation of the calendar in 45 BC by Julius Caesar. The Romans made sacrifices to Janus on this day and began major events on it, considering it an auspicious day.
Only in 1700, Russian Tsar Peter I issued a decree to celebrate the New Year according to European custom - January 1. Peter invited all Muscovites to decorate their homes with pine and spruce flowers. Everyone had to congratulate their relatives and friends on the holiday. At 12 o'clock at night, Peter I went out onto Red Square with a torch in his hands and launched the first rocket into the sky. Fireworks began in honor of the New Year holiday. About three hundred years ago, people believed that by decorating the New Year tree, they made evil forces kinder. The evil forces have long been forgotten, but the tree is still a symbol of the New Year holiday.
And now a little about the traditions of celebrating this wonderful winter holiday.
New Year's winter holidays had a lot of rituals: people played games, sang songs and danced in circles. The Magi predicted the future, and the girls told fortunes about their betrothed. But, most importantly, everyone went to visit each other. So, entering the house during the holiday, on the table of our ancestors one could see pies in butter, dumplings, porridge with honey, goose stuffed with milk mushrooms and jelly. And after the meal, guests were always treated to the sweet drink suritsa.
But here are the basic rules that the ancient Slavs adhered to:
- Wear something new so that you can spend the whole year in new clothes;
- Throw away old things to cleanse your home and soul of all rubbish;
- Spend the first day of the new year cheerfully so that the whole year will be joyful;
- Prepare as many treats and delicacies as possible for the holiday table in order to live in abundance all year round;
- Do not borrow money for the New Year, pay off all debts so that you are no longer in debt.
Now the New Year holiday is also full of various beliefs and traditions. In Italy, for example, they get rid of old things, and in Bulgaria, when people gather at the festive table, the lights in all houses are turned off for three minutes. These minutes are called "minutes of New Year's kisses", the secret of which is preserved by darkness. An integral part of the New Year is the New Year tree (in some countries this is an attribute of Christmas celebrations) and Santa Claus - a fairy-tale character who puts gifts under the tree for obedient children on New Year's Eve. Modern New Year traditions also appeared - the use of pyrotechnic products: sparklers, firecrackers, rockets, fireworks, as well as the President's New Year's address to the people on television, New Year's concerts and films.
The tradition of decorating the Christmas tree dates back to pre-Christian times. This ritual has a deep ritual meaning: the festive spruce is a symbol of the World Tree, the so-called Axis of the World, connecting heaven and earth (according to popular belief, the spirits of ancestors live on its branches). Therefore, when decorating the tree with sweets, we present gifts to them. But all this applies only to living things growing in the ground. It was strictly forbidden to cut down the tree; you could only cut off the branches. What stops us from making garlands of dried fruits, baking cookies in the shape of birds, animals, houses and hanging them on a live Christmas tree in the forest, in the country house or in the park near the house? And when the holiday is over, birds and even small animals (if you decorated a Christmas tree in the forest) will enjoy the treats with pleasure. This way the tree can be saved from death and our little brothers can be fed.
What did our ancestors do to decorate their home during the New Year holidays?
They used everything they used in everyday life. In addition, the jewelry they invented carried the function of natural amulets. For this they used embroidered towels, men's and women's clothing, hats and scarves, tablecloths, curtains and bed linen. They painted the facades and gates of houses, doors, stoves, pottery and furniture. They collected brooms, wooden spoons, horseshoes, wreaths, braids of dried flowers, dried fruits, ears of corn, garlic and viburnum. It has long been known that those who were made relatives for each other had the greatest protective power.
Traditionally, the New Year holiday is considered a family holiday. Some people try to spend it in an atmosphere of home comfort and warmth, others, on the contrary, plan a celebration of a more cheerful and fiery nature, among friends, with a lot of energy, dancing and boundless fun. Some extreme sports fans are in a hurry to spend old year and meet the new one as brightly and dynamically as possible. Nowadays, celebrating the New Year on the top of a mountain or in a cave has become commonplace for thrill-seekers and challengers. History remembers people who celebrated this holiday in scuba gear on seabed, in flight with a parachute. Everyone wants something unusual and memorable, they strive to surprise themselves and others. This is what makes the holiday of the change of year so wonderful.
We live in a time of birth of new traditions. Contact with the carriers of the old ones has long been lost. Create your own family traditions, which strengthens the connection of family members with nature and each other!
It will be true to say that the place where the New Year is celebrated is not as important as the company of people who will surround everyone during the celebration. Although, it is worth noting that the proper combination of venue, company selection and event planning will make every meeting of the Year a bright and colorful event. This is what will bring a little goodness, happiness and joy into the life of every person, and will also charge him with positivity for the coming year.
And now the year 2009 is almost over... The new year, 2010, is inevitably and excitingly approaching. And again, magical dreams and indescribable feelings of anticipation of extraordinary miracles and fabulous events await us. 2010 to eastern calendar- year of the metal Tiger. An old Burmese legend says that one day a Buffalo defeated a Tiger in a fight and laughed at him. Since then, the Tiger cannot stand Bulls (and Cows), therefore, when saying goodbye to 2009, one cannot praise him. But the New Year 2010 should be celebrated with respect and hope - this is what the Tiger likes. The tiger always goes forward, despises conventions, hierarchy and conservatism of the mind. The tiger is a sign of extraordinary action, unexpected situations and exceptional destiny. In any case, the year of the yellow metal Tiger is a year of outstanding personalities and a battle of the strongest human ambitions, a year of achievements and tests of the strength of a lifetime.
As astrologers note, the New Year 2010 should be celebrated under the auspices of hope and dignity. The tiger, similar in nature to the royal lion, loves this: admiration and exaltation, emphasizing its importance. He himself brings strength and action, power and ambition, while despising conservative rules and hierarchies built over decades. If you are an extraordinary person who is not afraid of tests of strength, this is your year. It foretells struggles and ups, grandiose battles and unattainable heights.
How to decorate a house? The decoration of the rooms and tables should contain things made of metal: silver dishes, metal trays, metal-ceramic decorations. It’s better to make toys for the Christmas tree with your own hands and make secret wishes. And, although, of course, the main decoration of the apartment is an elegant Christmas tree, you can complement the festive atmosphere with green branches, making up of them winter bouquets or New Year's compositions. The color scheme of decorative accessories should be dominated by white, black and yellow colors- “tiger color”.
Let's start with its decoration. This year one of the main attributes New Year's decor candles become. They should be two colors, the preferred range being stripes, gold, purple or pure white. Cover the table with a tablecloth and serve it with your the best service, while not forgetting the symbolism of the approaching year. Place one large Tiger figure in the center or place several small ones between the dishes. You can buy napkins with the image of this animal - it will also turn out original.
