Everyone has their own New Year's Eve celebrationspeople, knowing these traditions, you can diversify your celebration. Celebrating the New Year in different ways, you can be sure that no matter what your company is, whether it is relatives or noisy friends, the holiday will never lose its sense of novelty. There are common traditions, without which the New Year is not the New Year. Fireworks, lights, noisy festivities are mandatory - earlier, everything bad was burned in the fire, and noise drove away evil spirits, now it is just a way to make the celebration more colorful. On New Year's Eve, even Christians are allowed to tell fortunes and other superstitions, because this holiday is associated not only with biblical traditions, it also has pagan roots. Therefore, fortune telling and making wishes for the coming year is one of the bright and cheerful traditions of the holiday. And of course, the more treats on the New Year's table, the better - because then the whole year in the house there will be prosperity and abundance.
New Year traditions in Russia
In Russia, the traditions of celebrating the New Year have developedrelatively recently, and even if they are not the oldest in the world, Russians are quite happy with Father Frost, who always comes to visit with his granddaughter Snegurochka, generously giving everyone gifts. Children are especially happy with this tradition, who with bated breath wait not so much for gifts as for the miraculous appearance of Father Frost, who lights the magic garlands on the Christmas tree. Adults like to bury bottles of champagne in the snow to find it on the eve of the Old New Year. And the invariable Olivier salad, without which the New Year's table does not look festive, but aspic as a festive dish, came from the traditions of Rus', since it is this dish in any quantity that allows you to preserve winter frosts. And, of course, the Christmas tree, which does not mean a tree, but rather folk festivities and children's matinees in kindergartens and schools. And even though the scenario of driving out evil characters is repeated every year, after which peace reigns and the holiday begins, we Russians are never bored on New Year's Eve.
Traditions of other nations
But you can move away from our traditions and meetholiday "like theirs", fortunately the choice is wide, it remains to find out how they celebrate New Year's Eve. The Indian New Year is unthinkable without the Diwali holiday, which again personifies the victory of good in the fight between good and evil. If you are celebrating the New Year with friends, do not forget about the Bulgarian tradition of New Year's kisses, when the lights are turned off at the festive table for three minutes - during this time you can kiss whoever you want and be sure of keeping the secret. The Puerto Rican tradition is unlikely to be suitable for Russia, but if you are celebrating the holiday in the pool, remember that children pouring water around with squeals and noise drive away evil spirits. In Italy, they still believe in the legend according to which the water in one of the rivers stops for a moment and becomes golden. If you choose copper pipes, then Australian traditions will suit you, where it is customary to use any objects that make noise, from ordinary whistles to church bells. The noise is intended to scare away evil spirits from the home, tourists who celebrate the New Year in Australia claim that not every human ear can withstand such a sound attack. But the Australians do not want to reduce the volume of the cacophony and year after year they practice, adding more and more noise effects. In Japan, there is a similar tradition, only with a more orderly noise - only 108 bell strikes on New Year's Eve, and after the last strike, the Japanese go to bed, since purification and renewal occur in sleep. Many traditions are associated with superstitions, so in Great Britain, to usher in the New Year, it is necessary to see out the old year, for which the back door is opened and, following the wires, invite the new year by opening the front door. At the same time, everything must be done in the last minute of the year, while the clock strikes midnight. It is very difficult to do this synchronously if the company is not well-coordinated. In general, there is a single custom in Europe, according to which the first guest should be a man - a giver of coins, bread and coal, so that the next year will be well-fed, rich and warm. And if earlier this was a kind of fortune-telling, now guests try not to violate the expectations of the hosts. Another Japanese tradition promises that the more smiles and laughter there are on New Year's Eve, the happier the coming year will be. The British and Irish, among other things, have preserved ancient culinary traditions. In Scotland, a round shortbread cake with pinched edges is served for the New Year's table, it is decorated with candied almonds, marzipan or just sweets, which are laid out in the form of national symbols - a Scottish cross, hands crossed over the sea or heather branches. It is customary to drink punch on this night, which includes champagne or grape wine, tea, sugar and lemon juice. It is not enough to follow the punch composition – it should be cooked only in silverware. We recommend reading:
