Jump-jump, top-top, hooves are merrily knocking. Either reindeer loaded into Santa's sleigh trample a snow-covered road, or the devil is in a hurry to steal the moon. Passed by for thirteen winter days, do not meet them, do not meet in any way. When we watch Christmas movies, it still turns out that we are watching about the New Year.

Christmas, which began to be celebrated in Rus' in the 10th century, has traditionally been a quiet and calm holiday. Christmas Eve - Christmas Eve - was celebrated modestly, but the next day fun and revelry began. They went from house to house with songs, arranged round dances and dances, dressed up as bears, pigs and various evil spirits, frightened children and girls and guessed. And, of course, they paid tribute to the "green serpent".

Everyone wants to test the future and always. Especially on long winter evenings, which seem to be created for divination and fortune-telling. No wonder it was at this time that such an activity was the favorite pastime of our ancestors. Reviving traditions is now not only allowed, but also fashionable, so there are a lot of people who want to get acquainted with their fate. Almost like in a village hut for Christmas.

Good always win. This is their charm. Who would be needed differently. But especially convincingly good won the eve of Christmas. Which someone always steals from them. Then a little girl appears and ... This time, good won the bad with a crushing account. The film "Grinch, Christmas abductor" raised $ 254 million in eight weeks.

The beginning of the new calendar cycle is illuminated by the sacrament of the birth of a divine baby who has to save the world. This is the essence of the New Year holiday. The Bolsheviks were seized the Christmas basis. And the holiday remained, although the rulers treated it with suspicion. And therefore at first it was night. "Carnival Night". Ryazanovsky enchanting debut (1956) today is perceived calmly. The charm of young Lyudmila Gurchenko seems very modest.