Russian+New+Year

== **Russians celebrate Christmas on January 7th instead of December 25. This is because ancient Russia adopted a different calendar than the one used in Europe and America. We use the "Julian" calendar, but ancient Russia used the "Gregorian" calendar.** ==
 * == **The Russian Santa Clause is named** ==

**Снегурочка (Snow Maiden).**
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== **Russians do have a Santa Claus, though. His name is Дед Мороз, or Grandfather Frost. Дед Мороз has a helper, whose name is Снегурочка (Snow Maiden). She and Дед Мороз ride on a sleigh together and give presents to Russian children on New Year's Day. Instead of a Christmas tree, Russians have a New Year's tree (новогодная ёлка). New Year's Day is considered one the biggest holidays in Russia, since it combines the gift giving of Christmas with the merry-making of New Year's Day!** ==

** ("A Little Fir Tree's Born") performed by a children's choir. **
==** This is the most popular Russian New Year's song. Every Russian knows it. It's something that no winter holiday can do without. The author of the lyrics is a school teacher, who was also a librarian: Raisa Adamovna Kudashova. The song was born in 1903 and since then it brings joy and excitement to Russian kids just like that little fir tree from the song...... **==


==** В лесу родилась елочка,   В лесу она росла,   Зимой и летом стройная,  Зеленая была.   Зимой и летом стройная,  ****Зеленая была. **==


==**<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;"> Метель ей пела песенку: <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">"Спи, елочка, бай-бай!" <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Мороз снежком укутывал: <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">"Смотри, не замерзай!" <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Мороз снежком укутывал: <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> ****<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">"Смотри, не замерзай!" **==

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==**<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;"> Трусишка - зайка серенький <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Под елочкой скакал. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Порою волк, сердитый волк, <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Рысцою пробегал. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Порою волк, сердитый волк, <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> ****<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Рысцою пробегал. **==

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==**<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;"> Чу! Снег по лесу частому <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Под полозом скрипит; <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Лошадка мохноногая <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Торопится, бежит. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Лошадка мохноногая <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> ****<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Торопится, бежит. **==

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==**<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;"> Везет лошадка дровеньки, <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">А в дровнях старичок, <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Срубил он нашу елочку <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Под самый корешок. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Срубил он нашу елочку <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> ****<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Под самый корешок. **==

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==**<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;"> Теперь ты здесь нарядная, <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">На праздник к нам пришла, <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">И много, много радости <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Детишкам принесла. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">И много, много радости <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  ****<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Детишкам принесла **==

(the English Translation)
==In the woods a spruce was born,<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">It was growing in the wood <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">In summer and winter <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">it was straight and green. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">   <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">The blizzard sang it a lullaby: <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Sleep dear spruce, sleep tight! <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">The frost put snow around it <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">saying: Don't freeze! <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">   <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">The timid grey rabbit <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">hopped under the tree, <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">From time to time <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">The angry wolf just trotted by. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Hush, listen! Deep in the woods <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Snow scratches under a sleigh. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">A heavy horse <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">Runs smoothly. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">   <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">The sleigh carries firewood, <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic';">  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 115%;">and in it was an old man He chopped it down at the very roots. And here it is, all dressed up, it's come to us for the holiday And lots and lots of happiness it brought to the children. ==