What do we know about the New Year, besides the fact that we will definitely have a large plate for traditional olivier, and Nadia, Zhenya and Hippolytus will have a large plate for traditional Oliva? The Christmas tree is dressed up, gifts were bought, guests are invited. Now is the time to distract from the New Year’s hustle and shopping hysteria and find out about this wonderful holiday, to tell guests and see genuine surprise on their faces. Probably, something from the Stylenews collection about the most favorite holiday of the year you already know, but we hope much, we will cause the most keen interest.
1. The first glass toy appeared in Scandinavia in the middle of the 19th century. 2. Every year, all records for the number of bought gifts are beating America. 3. In South Korea, children for the New Year are sure to give some money.
4. The first New Year card was printed in London, then the tradition of handing congratulatory cards spread around the world. 5. In Cyprus, Santa Claus’s name is Vasily. 6. It is believed that you can see a prediction for the New Year on the night of December 31. 7. The flight of Santa Claus on a sleigh in the sky was first described by the American writer Washington Irving in 1819.
8. The year of birth of Santa Claus, researchers of his biography consider 1822 — It was then that the book was published in America ‘The parish of St. Nicholas’ Clemens Moore. The book speaks of a wonderful meeting of the boy and St. Nicholas on the eve of Christmas. 9. Use a knife on a New Year’s holiday among the Chinese — Means ‘Cut off luck’, Therefore, the whole New Year’s table is cooked the day before. 10. New Year in Australia begins, like everyone else, the first of January. At this time, there is such heat that Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden carry gifts in bathing suits.
11. In ancient times, there was a wonderful custom in China: in the first New Year’s days it was strictly forbidden to swear. 12. At the beginning of the 19th century, Santa Claus was depicted in Holland with a slim and smoking pipe, he cleared chimneys and through them threw gifts to his children. The image of a good -natured fat man was created by the Englishman Tenniel. 13. In Peru, it is believed that one who bypass on New Year’s Eve around his quarter with a suitcase will be able to make a long -conceived journey. 14. The famous Jingle Bells song was actually written by thanksgiving. 15. Few people know the story of actor James Belushi, related to the New Year. .
Once a driver’s license was taken away from him, but on New Year’s Eve, he still decided to breed gifts to children. When the law enforcement officers stopped him and handcuffed him, the kids who passed by shouted in horror: ‘The santu was arrested! There will be no gifts!’. Since then, Belushi has no longer put on the red cap of Santa.