In most countries of the world, New Year is considered a favorite holiday. Moreover, each country has its own traditions of celebrating the New Year. There are many signs and superstitions associated with this cheerful and bright holiday. For example, on New Year's Eve, you need to make a wish so that they come true next year. Next, we suggest reading more interesting and exciting facts about the New Year.
1. Three centuries ago, during the reign of Peter in Kievan Rus, a tradition arose to celebrate the New Year. By this time, March 1 was New Year's Day.
2. Sociable, well-mannered people with good manners, were born under the sign of the goat. Despite their shyness, they value beauty and home comfort, and are also hospitable people.
3. Computer equipment is the most popular children's gift of modern Santa Claus, and most office workers ask to freeze their boss.
4. Ginger is widely used in traditional European New Year pastries.
5. 150 years ago there was a custom to install a Christmas tree for the New Year. The richest palaces in Russia and Europe were decorated with New Year's beauties.
6. Write your cherished wish on a piece of paper a few hours before the New Year. The paper must be set on fire with the first strike of the chimes and your wish will certainly come true if the paper burns out before the end of the last strike.
7. November 18 is the official birthday of Father Frost. Real winter during this period begins in Ustyug.
8. For 35 years, on December 31, television has been showing the film "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath."
9. Every year on New Year's in Tibet it is customary to bake pies and distribute them to passers-by.
10. One of the oldest customs is New Year's fireworks.
11. In the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, the world's largest artificial Christmas tree, more than 77 meters high, has been installed.
12. On December 31st, most Italian citizens throw all old things out of their homes through their own windows.
13. To the sounds of a magic verse, most girls in the old days used to guess at their beloved on the night before the New Year.
14. Lentil soup is considered the main national festive dish in Brazil, as lentils are a symbol of well-being and a happy life.
15.On 19 February 2015, the Year of the Goat will come into its own.
16. Veliky Ustyug is considered the birthplace of Father Frost.
17. Australians do not use game dishes for the New Year's table, such an animal is considered a symbol of happiness.
18. Tell your friends "Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu" if you want to congratulate them in Japanese style.
19. The day off was officially declared on January 1, 1947 by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
20. Santa Claus puts his presents in the oven in Sweden, on the windowsill in Germany.
21. Fortune telling on rice grains is considered one of the most popular types of New Year's fortune telling.
22. Figures of polar bears and walruses, carved out of ice, are presented to their relatives and friends by the inhabitants of Greenland.
23. "Little Christmas" is called the New Year in Romania.
24. In America, in 1985, a New Year's garland was lit for the first time on a Christmas tree in front of the White House.
25. Ded Zhar is the main character in the New Year in hot Cambodia.
26. Every fourth year is considered a leap year.
27. Postage stamps with festive decoration are issued in many countries for the New Year.
28. From December 25 to January 5, the New Year and Christmas holidays are celebrated.
29. Vietnamese on New Year's Eve near their home in the pond release live carp, which is a symbol of happiness and prosperity.
30. Goose liver pate, oysters, cheese and traditional turkey are New Year's Eve specialties in France.
31. Russian Santa Claus met with Finnish Yolupukki in 2011.
32. It is not recommended to give money before the New Year, this is a bad omen.
33. Rice porridge is considered a happy New Year's dish in Scandinavia.
34. The first rocket was launched by Peter I in 1700 on New Year's Eve.
35. With the first strike of the clock in England, the back door is opened to let out the Old Year, and with the last, the front doors to let in the New Year.
36. The poem "Christmas tree" by Raisa Kudasheva was published in the New Year issue of the magazine "Baby" in 1903.
37. Santa Claus rides a jet ski for Christmas in Australia.
38. In the old days, Santa Claus received gifts from people.
39. You can hang letters with wishes on the tree, and so you can diversify the New Year's holiday.
40. The symbol of 2015 is the white Goat.
41. Grapes, lentils and nuts are put on the New Year's table in Italy. It is a symbol of well-being, health and longevity.
42. Mrs. Claus is the wife of Santa Claus and is considered the personification of winter for many nations.
43. Mistletoe is considered a beautiful ritual symbol in many countries.
44. "Jelly" is the name of the month of December in Old Slavonic.
45. It is customary to wash away all sins on the eve of the New Year in Cuba.
46. The Christmas tree became the symbol of New Year's holidays in the 30s of the twentieth century.
47. Cornel sticks are usually given for the New Year holidays in Bulgaria.
48. In the Czech Republic, Mikulas plays the role of a New Year character.
49. In the twentieth century, the tradition of making a snowman out of snow was born.
50. Prophetic dreams happen on December 31st.
51. Santa Claus is always present at the festivities in the Kremlin palace.
52. Paper dragons are a symbol of prosperity in China.
53. Midnight fortune-telling and sleigh rides originate from the Old Russian New Year holidays.
54. All the troubles that happened during the year are written in New Year's letters in Ecuador.
55. Raisins, sugar and flour were the main types of gifts in medieval England.
56. Ded Moroz in folk tales is traditionally called Frost Red Nose, Moroz Ivanovich, Ded Treskun.
57. A good harvest can be expected if the sky is blue on New Year's Eve.
58. Eucalyptus is a New Year tree in the Southern Hemisphere.
59. Donuts baked according to a traditional Dutch recipe are considered a symbol of the end of the year.
60. In the middle of the twentieth century, the granddaughter of Santa Claus was born.
61. In France, Pere Noel - Santa Claus leaves gifts in children's shoes.
62. On the bulb on New Year's Eve, girls write the names of their future chosen ones, and which bulb grows faster in the water, that girl will marry for the first time.
63. Anyone can go to Bolshoy Ustyug to visit Santa Claus.
64. On New Year's Eve, it is customary to break the pomegranate fruit on the ground in Greece.
65. In Scandinavia, the first production of glass Christmas tree decorations began.
66. Santa Claus first came to the pages of the book in 1840.
67. New Year's gifts are put in a sock in Ireland and England, in a shoe - in Mexico.
68. At the beginning of summer in ancient times, the New Year began in Egypt.
69. In new clothes it is necessary to celebrate the New Year in order to go in new clothes for a whole year.
70. The Day of the Kings is called the New Year in Cuba.
71. To give birth to a boy, it is recommended for a couple in love to visit Lapland for the New Year.
72. Since 1991, New Year and Christmas have been considered an official holiday in Russia.
73. Denmark has the largest number of New Year trees sold.
74. It is customary to bake small surprises into New Year's pies in Romania.
75. Favorite white deer lives in the estate of Santa Claus.
76. The bell heralds the arrival of the New Year in England.
77. Souvenirs and postcards are traditional gifts in France.
78. Decorating a Christmas tree with sweets is a traditional custom in Russia.
79. The eastern horoscope was based on the twelfth cycle.
80. It is not customary to wash dirty linen on the first day after the New Year in Scotland.
81. Many festive lanterns are lit on New Year's Eve in China.
82. In Soviet times, the tradition has spread to invite Father Frost home.
83. The largest number of New Year's gifts in America.
84. Caviar, beans, roasted chestnuts and seaweed are happy New Years in Japan.
85. The village of Shchelikovo near Kostroma is considered the birthplace of the Snow Maiden.
86. For three minutes, exactly at midnight on New Year's Eve, the lights are turned off in Bulgaria.
87. Sting, Fidel Castro, Lewis Carroll celebrate their birthday on New Year's Eve.
88. A festive goose is placed on the New Year's table in England.
89. In the old days, the character of Slavic legends and myths was Santa Claus.
90. The village of the Finnish Father Frost is located in the capital of Lapland.
91. Barrels of tar are usually set on fire on New Year's Eve in Scotland.
92. In 1954, the first New Year's holiday took place in Russia.
93. Since 1954, the folk song "Oh, frost, frost ..."
94. Donuts with jelly are served on a festive table in Poland.
95. The first New Year's card was printed in London in 1843.
96. On New Year's Eve, kites are launched into the sky in Japan.
97. The Snegurochka and Ded Moroz were recognized as the brightest "stars" in Russia.
98. It is customary to give money for the New Year in Korea.
99. The candle is considered a universal gift in Finland.
100. The title of “Veteran of Fairy Tale” is given to Father Frost in Russia.
