Holidays in Russia

As you know every country and every nation has its customs, traditions and holidays.

There are many national holidays in Russia, when people have special celebrations. The main holidays in our country are New Year’s Day, Christmas, May Day, Victory Day and Independence Day. They appeared many years ago.

The first holidays are New Year’s Day and Christmas. There are a lot of New Year’s traditions in Russia. In every home there is a New Year tree; children always meet Father Frost and Snow Maiden with presents. People celebrate this holiday at midnight on the 31^st of December.

We celebrate Christmas on the 7^th of January. It is a religious holiday and many people go to the church this day.

The greatest holiday of our country is Victory Day on the 9^th of May.

Independence Day is a new holiday in our country; we celebrate it on the 12^th of June.

We also celebrate Women’s Day, Shrovetide, Easter, Day of Knowledge and lots of professional holidays.

We like our traditions and holidays very much and enjoy celebrating them. We are proud of our traditions and carefully keep them.