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In Russia there are many winter holidays:

• New Year (January 1);

• Christmas (January 7);

• Old New Year (January 14);

• M aslenitsa (celebrated during the last week before Great Lent).

Winter

holidays in Russia

New Year

The New Year holiday is very popular in our country. There is a fir-tree in every house . The presents are supposed to be sent by Father Frost and the Snow Maiden. The family gathers together at a table. People wish a happy New Year to each other.

Christmas

7 January is celebrated as the birth of Christ. Since it is included in the category of new year holidays, the Christmas tree is not yet removed. Lush feasts are not organized, but some religious families prepare their traditional dishes for the celebration. Night services are held in the churches, which gather a large number of people of all ages under the dome. The service for the birth of Christ lasts all night.

New Year

Christmas

Old New Year

Maslenitsa

Old New Year

Old New Year is a holiday that is celebrated on the night of January 13-14 in our country. It was formed in our country in 1918 when years count was changed to the Gregorian calendar. That was an additional reason for people to gather at the dinner table to honor old traditions because that was the New Year day according to the Julian calendar.

Maslenitsa

Maslenitsa is celebrated during the last week before Great Lent. Maslenitsa is a merry and prankish ceremony of saying goodbye to the winter and welcoming the spring, a pagan custom that has been preserved up to this day. Typically, Maslenitsa is celebrated with songs, dancing, burning of the old winter doll. Eating pancakes on that day is a pagan tradition.