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How people celebrate New

Year in different countries


New Year is a holiday celebrated in the last day
of the previous year and in the first day of the
following one.
New Year holidays is the time for the beautiful
and kind fairy tale. The New Year celebration
consists with happiness, hope, love and comfort.
This night is for relatives' meetings to spend
together in a cosy place.
New Year Day is one of the main holidays of
the year. There are different traditions, festive
events and of course tasty food. Usually you
can see a Christmas Tree at home. It's a fur
tree putting before Christmas time and
decorating with balls, toys, lights, nuts, etc.
Now you'll read and see how
people celebrate new year all
around the world
Finland
If you visit Finland during Christmas holidays
you can see a lot of Christmas lights. All the
windows, doors and trees shine with colourful
lights.
In the town of Pietarsaari (Пиетарсаар) people
make a huge decoration in Christmas Street
every New year. The decoration consists of 3
figures: a cross (faith), a balance wheel (hope)
and a heart (love). It is lighted with elecric bulbs.
Russia
There are some New Year traditions: a Christmas
Tree, a festive table and all the family around it. First
Russian people say “goodbye” to the “old” year and
talk with relatives and friends about it: what was good
during that year.
What other New Year traditions do you know?
(pictures can help you)
Great Britain
In Great Britain people decorate
their houses not only with
a Christmas Tree but with
the plant mistletoe (омела).
The mistletoe hangs up
on the lamps.

There is a custom that you


can kiss a person
who is standing
under the mistletoe.
Ireland
In Ireland there is a tradition to open the doors of
their houses on the New Year Eve to everyone coming.
If you want to be the guest you're welcome.
At 11.30 pm all the Irish come out to meet on the
central square. Usually
the square is decorated
with holiday lights.
But the next day (the 1st
of January) everyone
should spend at home .
Italy
There is a custom in Italy to throw away old
furniture out from the windows. Be careful when
you walk under them.
On the Christmas Eve people work only before
lunch, then they go home to decorate Сhristmas
Trees and prepare gifts.
All the gifts are presented
by the eldest woman in
the family. She is called
a benfine (бенфина).
Japan
At night on the New Year in Japan you can hear the
bell sound. It rings 108 times. Every stroke means
different vices. There are greed (жадность), stupidity
(глупость), anger (гнев), thoughtlessness
(легкомыслие), indecision (нерешительность), envy
(зависть).
France
Per Noel (Santa Claus) comes into the houses and
leaves the presents in the kid’s shoes.
Adults cook a festive cake with a bean inside. The
person who takes it out
becomes the Bean King
and can make orders
to everyone at that night.
Under the Christmas Tree
you can find wooden or clay
figures — santons(сантоны).
Sweden
In Sweden children elect the
Queen of Light Lucia by name
before New Year. She is dressed
into a white dress and put the
crown with the lit candles on
the head . Lucia brings presents
to kids and treat to pets: cream
for cats, bones for dogs, carrots
for donkeys and horses.
Bulgaria
In Bulgaria there is a funny New Year tradition.
When people sit around the festive table, the light
turns off for three minutes. These minutes are called
as «New Year's minutes for kisses».
Mexico
The New Year comes to Mexico with dancing,
fireworks and festive bells ringing.
At midnight children are
presented with
tasty gingerbread men.
China
In China people light a lot
of lanterns (фонариков)
to show the right way
during the year.
They also use many
Christmas crackers
(хлопушек)and fireworks
to frighten the evils.
India
In India people decorate themselves with pink, red,
yellow and white colours.
They have special rules how to present gifts.
More than that they pour coloured water to each other
to wash their sins (грехи) away.
Romania
In Romania women bake New Year's pies with little
«surprises» inside - coins, rings, or pods (стручки) of
pepper. What does it mean?
Australia
In Australia New Year begins in summer time.
But people aren't sad. They use coloured
fireworks at night.

If you go to swim on the 1st of January, be ready


to meet Santa on the beach in Sydney.

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