Why New Year is bigger than Christmas in Russia
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- čas přidán 13. 12. 2021
- The New Year is one of the most popular and anticipated holidays in Russia. We celebrate in from December 31 to January 1, and for most people it is a bigger holiday than Christmas.
In Russia, Christmas is a religious holiday and the New Year is a family holiday. In this video I'm going to tell you:
1. Why the New Year is bigger than Christmas in Russia
2. Whey we don't have 'a Christmas tree', but have 'a New Year tree'.
3. Who is Snegurocka (the Snowgirl).
4. What is the name of Russian Santa Claus.
5. How we celebrate Christmas.
6. How we celebrate the New Year.
7. What are some traditional Russian New Year dishes.
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I bought a beautiful carved Grandfather Frost from the Sakh Centre way back in 2007, we display him for Christmas in the UK. Wishing you all the best for 2022 Sergey! cheers from Keith (ex Zima 3)
Wow, that carved Grandfather Frost travelled a lot! Thank you! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! :)
Christmas in Korea = Home Alone movie
You mentioned New Year Songs, and in the comments too.
I always smile when I see our people singing 'Happy New Year' of ABBA. The band got huge popularity in the 70s-80s in Russia. And our people who mostly don't speak English don't understand that the song is about a hangover and ruined dreams actually, and it's not quite a happy song. But everyone just: 'Happy New Year, Happy New Year, la-la-la, la-la, la-la...' So did I.
And then I recall our happy birthday song from the famous cartoon (let pedestrians run awkwardly over puddles) and smile again.
BTW, nice content mate. Keep it up!
Thank you! Well, I know that ABBA song but never realized was it was about either :) The Cheburashka's song makes more sense, I guess!
Oh, this was very interesting and informative. Thank you! You probably know that in a lot of countries outside Russia, Olivier salad is called 'Russian salad' :) In Greece, we usually don't add sausages, only eggs and veggies, maybe ham (and mayo, of course, a lot of mayo :))
Thank you! Reading this makes me want some 'Russian salad' :) I've heard this name but forgot about it. I used to believe Olivier is a French salad:) Also, I heard that rollercoasters are called 'Russian mountains' in some European countires, in Russia they are called 'American mountains'.
@@sergeysvids2756 I don't like 'Russian salad' much but it's so much fun to prepare! I didn't even know rollercoasters were called that! How interesting!
Always very interesting how people celebrate! And the differences and cimilarities. Please do one video about every season!
Christmas here is more about decorations to me. Some people go to church in de evening on 24th of they are religious (christian). Also at new year we don't have a speech from the president but the King. I think the minister-president says something too haha. And there are tv shows that count down, often a cabaretier/comedien talks about everything that happened in the year in a funny way.
And we celebrate Sinterklaas in nov/dec, so my kids only get 1 present under the christmas tree, but every family does something diffrent. It is mostly about getting together with family and/or friends and food, lots of food. Will make Olivier salad for new year, with all that mayo my kids will love it. We do have a similar dish called "huzarensalade". You can buy at most supermarkets all year. Happy holidays everyone!
Thank you for sharing this, it is interesting to know :) We have traditional New Year TV shows, too, and there are many really nice New Year songs. And also people usually talk about something that is called 'New Year mood'. It's a kind of excitement that you get when you a looking forward to celebrating New Year :) For example: "It's December 30 but still no New Year mood" or "Got a New Year tree, so finally we have some New Year mood".
Another little thing I forgot to mention is that it's common to congratulate on 'the upcoming New Year' a day or a few days before the holiday. People say something like (roughly translated), 'Congrats on the upcoming New Year!' It could be a few days before the New Year :)
@@sergeysvids2756 oh that is funny :) the congratulating a few days before. We do it when the clock strikes twelve and untill maybe a week into the new year when you see people for the first time in the new year
Of 270 mil Indonesian, more than 27 mil of them are Christian. About sixty percent are Protestant and the rest are mostly Catholic, very few are Orthodox, less than one percent. Unlike Russia, Indonesia celebrates Christmas every Dec 25. For Indonesian Christians, Christmas day is as big and meaningful as new year day. We attend the church at both days.
Do you put up a Christmas fir-tree? Or is it another kind of tree?
@@sergeysvids2756 our Christmas trees are similar to the western omes. We actually copy them.
You missed the most important tradition! Watching с лёгким паром for the umpteenth time and then switching to whatever musical program is going on on channel 1 or ртр.
I wanted to make a video about The Irony of Fate, but I wouldn't survive watching it one more time
@@sergeysvids2756 I've made all of my non Russian friends watch it. At this point I just put it on in the background because tradition demands it. ..and because I don't know any of the modern songs from the current tv shows.