Презентация на тему «New Year’s Day»

New Year’s Day

Dates and Symbols

History

Traditions

Postcards

Dates

New Year’s Day is celebrated on the 31st of December and the first of January

Symbols

Father Frost and his granddaughter Snow Girl are the traditional characters of this festival

Traditions

The New Year holiday is very popular, especially with children.

The New Year Tree is decorated with different toys and electric lights

in every home

Father Frost and his granddaughter Snow Girl bring presents to

children and come to every New Year party

Fancy-dresses are traditional for New Year Parties

Most girls are snow-flakes and boys are little hares

Presents are usually found under the New Year tree, they are mostly

toys, sweets and souvenirs

On New Year’s Eve families gather together and have a big festive

dinner with Russian salad and champagne and fruit and a big cake for dessert

The Traditional New Year Song known by all the children in Russia is

“Fir-Tree”

A fir was born in deep wood And in the wood grew tall

And there in all seasons she stood The greenest tree of all.

The snowstorms whispered lullabies, And wrapped up all the trees. She sang: ”Now close your lovely eyes, Make sure you don’t freeze”.

The fir to our party’s come, And all this winter night She brings such joy to everyone – Oh, what a lovely sight!

On New Year Eve Russian President congratulates all the people of

Russia on the New Year and it is broadcasted on TV

Old New Year is a paradox which is difficult for foreigners to

understand, it is celebrated on the night from the 13 to the 14 of January because of the changes in the calendar

History

Before Peter the Great people in Russia celebrated New Year Day on the 1 st of September. But in 1713 Russia joined Europe in New Year celebrations

New Year Postcards

There is a tradition to send postcards to relatives and friends