How to tell kids about Christmas

An interesting story about the New Year for children, interesting stories and Christmas poems.

New Year is coming

January is upon us.

The lights on the tree are bright,

And under the tree - gifts!

New Year travel

Having received gifts from St. Nicholas, Sasha and Alyonka began to wait for gifts from Santa Claus. After all, the New Year is coming soon!

Who first came up with the idea of ​​celebrating the New Year? Nobody knows for sure! After all, this day is celebrated by all peoples since ancient times. True, for every nation the New Year comes at its own time. In addition, there are many different traditions and customs.

For a long time, the ancient Slavs celebrated the New Year on March 1. They gave us the tradition of lighting fires on Christmas trees. Lighting a fire promised a good harvest. With the adoption of Christianity, the New Year began to be celebrated on September 1.

More than 300 years ago, in 1700, Tsar Peter I ordered the New Year to be celebrated on January 1st. At the same time, a tradition appeared to decorate Christmas trees, arrange fireworks and New Year's costumed carnivals.

Do you want to know more about how the New Year is celebrated in other countries? When the clock begins to strike midnight, the British open the back doors of the house. Quietly emerges from them. old year. With the last blow, the front doors are opened and the New Year is celebrated.

In Hungary, in the first second of the new year, children's pipes, horns and whistles begin to whistle. Thus, they drive away evil spirits from the house and call for joy.

In Germany, as soon as the clock starts to strike midnight, people different ages climb on chairs, tables and armchairs. And with the last blow, together with joyful greetings, they “jump” into the New Year. Just imagine what a noisy holiday they have!

In Italy, it is customary to throw away broken dishes from apartments at the last minute of the old year, old clothes and even furniture. Firecrackers, confetti, sparklers fly behind them. They say: if you throw away the old, you will buy a new one, even better. And all the children are waiting for the sorceress Befana, who arrives at night on a broomstick and enters the house through the chimney. The fairy fills children's shoes with gifts, specially hung by the fireplace.

Spaniards in new year's eve eat grapes. But not just eat, but also count. There should be exactly 12 berries - one for each of the twelve coming months.

In Scandinavia, in the first seconds of the new year, it is customary to grunt under the table to drive away illness and failure from the family.

In modern China, the New Year is a lantern festival. Only they celebrate it not on January 1, but change the date every time. On New Year's Eve, many small lanterns are lit in the streets and squares. The Chinese believe that sparks from them drive away evil spirits.

Japanese children celebrate the New Year in new clothes. It is believed that it will bring good luck and health. On New Year's Eve, children put a picture of their dream under the pillow. The wish must come true.

New Year in India can be celebrated eight times! On one of these days - Gudi Padva - you need to eat the leaves of the neem-nim tree. It is very bitter and unpleasant in taste. But the Indians believe that this foliage protects a person from diseases and troubles.

In Bulgaria, they traditionally celebrate the New Year at home. Before the start of the holiday, the youngest member of the family stands near the Christmas tree and sings carols to the guests. Grateful relatives give him gifts.

What is the name of Santa Claus?

In our country, the famous grandfather is Santa Claus. He is wearing a long red coat with white fur. Santa Claus has a long white beard and holds a staff in his hands. He comes to visit not only with gifts, but also with his assistant, granddaughter Snegurochka.

In the USA, Canada, Great Britain and Western Europe, Father Frost is called Santa Claus. He is dressed in a red jacket, decorated with white fur, and red trousers. On the head is a red cap.

There are two Santa Clauses in Sweden: the hook-nosed grandfather Yultomten and the dwarf Yulnissaar. Both on New Year's Eve leave gifts on the windowsills.

In Finland, New Year's grandfather is called Joulupukki. He has a tall cone-shaped hat and a red outfit. He is surrounded by gnomes in pointed hats and capes with white fur.

And the Estonian Santa Claus is called Yiuluvana. He looks like his friend Joulupukki.

There are also two Santa Clauses in France. One is called Per-Noel, which means "Father Christmas". He is kind and brings gifts to the children in a basket. The second is called Shaland. This bearded man wears fur hat and a warm travel coat. Hidden in his basket are rods for naughty and lazy children.

In Italy, the old fairy Befana comes to the children. She flies into the house through the chimney. Fairy brings gifts to good children, and naughty children get only ashes.

In Romania, the "snow grandfather" is called Mosh Krechun. He is very similar to our Santa Claus. In Uzbekistan, his name is Korbobo. He is dressed in a striped robe and a red skullcap. Corbobo rides a donkey loaded with sacks of New Year's gifts.

Magical New Year… Its expectation is the expectation of a fairy tale, a new stage of life, new beginnings. And this wonderful feeling affects both children and adults. This extraordinary day is one of the most significant of the year, without exaggeration the biggest holiday. And in order to truly understand what all this pre-New Year fuss is about, all these smart people, generous tables, sparkling Christmas trees and garlands, it is worth knowing the history of this holiday. The history of the New Year is especially important for children, who are looking forward to it with special impatience and are always open to new knowledge. Having learned the history of this celebration, the kids will prepare for it with even greater trepidation and wait for the very miracle in which we all want to believe ...

Surely, this is also the most favorite holiday of the children. After my birthday, of course. But a birthday is a personal holiday of a birthday person, and New Year's euphoria embraces everyone around, is in the air, which is why this night seems so fabulous.

No one knows the exact start date of its celebration. In addition to being the most popular, it is also the most ancient holiday. And they began to celebrate it even when people noticed that the seasons change, summer comes after spring, autumn after summer, and so on in a circle. But this cycle must have a beginning!

The ancient inhabitants of Russia noticed that after a long frosty winter, nature comes to life, revives, and decided that this is the beginning of the year, which is why the New Year was originally celebrated on March 1. Later, it began to be celebrated at the beginning of autumn - the first of September, when all the main field and garden work was completed. The autumn New Year holiday came to Russia after the adoption of Christianity.

Each nation has its own traditions, and the ancient Egyptians celebrated the New Year at the time when the Nile flooded, because they always suffered from drought and the flooding of the Nile was a real blessing for farmers.

The ancient Celts, one of the progenitors of modern Europeans, celebrated the New Year at the end of October, when all gardening and field work had already been completed, daylight hours were shortening, nature was dying down, preparing for winter. They believed that on this day the door to the world of spirits opens, and they can enter the world of the living. The Celts believed that the spirits were hostile to the living, so they drove them away from their homes with bonfires and torches. The Celts themselves gathered in groups and held noisy festivities - is it true that this tradition somehow resembles the modern celebration of the New Year?

It is worth noting that today the New Year is celebrated in different countries in different ways, far from everywhere it is celebrated on the night from the thirty-first to the first.

The final modern date for the celebration was approved by Peter the Great at the beginning of the eighteenth century, namely in 1700.

The fact is that Peter the Great tried to adopt many customs from the Europeans, therefore the date of the New Year celebration came to us from Europe. In addition to the date, he also adopted the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree with balls and garlands. But more on that later.

By his decree, Peter the Great ordered to get together and celebrate the onset of the beginning of the year, and also to fire from cannons. Such shooting became the prototype of modern fireworks, without which no major celebration, including New Year's Eve, can do.

In Europe, the tradition of celebrating the beginning of the year on January 1 was introduced by the ancient Roman ruler Julius Caesar, along with his new calendar, which was later called the Julian.

In ancient Rome, the two-faced Janus, an ancient Roman deity, was revered on this day. People made sacrifices to him, it was customary to start new business - hence our modern tradition plan new achievements at the beginning of the year.

The two-faced Janus is so named because he had two faces: one of them looked into the past, and the second into the future, so his image symbolizes the line between two years.

The first month of the year, January, was also named after Janus.

But back to our ancestors - the Slavs. At that time, when they celebrated the beginning of the year in the spring, they also had a winter holiday - Kolyada. It was celebrated not for one day, but for ten whole days - they started on December 25 and ended on January 6.

The reason for this celebration was the beginning of an increase in daylight hours, because the shortest day of the year on December 21 is the day winter solstice, after which the day begins to gradually increase, and the night begins to decrease. Apparently, on this basis, our ancestors determined the time of the New Year. Such changes in the length of daylight hours indicated that winter is not eternal, there is not so much left until spring, which means that nature will begin to come to life again, a new countdown will begin.

Today December 25 is Christmas in Western countries, and on January 6 - Christmas time, after which our Christmas comes, and then the Old New Year. The New Year and Christmas holidays have practically merged into one, and the entire period from the end of December to mid-January or even until Epiphany is one big reason for fun, for visiting, giving gifts to each other, congratulating with warm words.

New Year traditions

This is what is repeated from year to year, bringing a special mood to the holiday, this is the most fabulous expectation, because the child knows that a gift is waiting for him under the tree or in a boot - this is the tradition.

Each nation has its own, and over time, traditions change. In some countries they are quite interesting and unusual for us. For example, many people know the habit of Italians to throw everything old and unnecessary on New Year's Eve through the window, including such large items as furniture, so in Italy it is better not to walk under the windows at night) For the Italians themselves, this is an occasion to make room in the house for something new.

It is customary for the neighbors of the Italians - the Spaniards, to eat 12 grapes under the chiming clock - one berry for each strike of the clock. Such a custom, in their opinion, brings good luck and prosperity for the coming 12 months. The first time the Spaniards began to consume grapes in a year when too many of these berries were born, but the tradition has taken root and has existed for more than a hundred years.

Also interesting custom exists in Bulgaria, where, after the chiming clock, the lights are turned off and everyone kisses.

The head of the family in Greece on New Year's Eve goes out into the yard and smashes a ripe pomegranate against the wall. It is believed that scattered grains symbolize prosperity and happiness in the previous year, which means that the more of them, the better.

Guests in Greece carry a stone with them as a gift to the hosts. Moreover, the larger and heavier the stone, the better, because it symbolizes the owner's wallet next year.

We have New Year's traditions, although not so exotic, but pleasant and familiar. Even children know that on New Year's Eve it is customary to generously set the table, invite guests or go to visit friends and relatives themselves. Also, on New Year's Eve, they try to repay all debts, forgive all insults, in order to enter the next year with a pure soul and conscience.

And everyone associates the New Year with the aroma of tangerines, delicious chocolates, bright garlands and crackers - and these are also, in fact, traditions that repeat from year to year.

Another nice New Year's tradition is to decorate the Christmas tree. The whole family is involved in this activity. similar classes very bring together native people, create a special atmosphere in the house.

Symbols of the New Year

There are many images, objects that are associated with the main winter holiday and you can talk about all of them endlessly. In addition, each country and even each family may have its own New Year symbols. Consider only the main ones, but the most important ones: a fluffy elegant Christmas tree and kind Grandfather Frost with his granddaughter Snegurochka.

Herringbone

Without this fragrant tree, it is difficult to imagine winter celebrations. Round dances are danced around it, children find gifts under it, and its elegant branches delight the eyes of the whole family.

As already mentioned above, Peter the Great introduced the tradition of decorating a house with coniferous branches, adopting it from Europeans. The very same tree in the house began to bring much later - already in the days of the Soviet Union.

But in fact, long before the reign of Peter, our ancestors decorated the tree for Christmas. It is this tree that is considered the progenitor of the modern Christmas tree.

Then there were no shiny balls and garlands, initially there were only apples and candles on the Christmas tree. Later, sweets and nuts for children began to be hung on the tree, and then various decorations.

Today, a fragrant Christmas tree or pine is increasingly being replaced with an artificial tree, which is somewhat correct, because every year for the New Year celebrations many trees have to be cut down, which later turn out to be thrown into the trash, although they could decorate the forest for a long time and produce oxygen.

But there is an alternative for those who love nature, but do not accept artificial trees - New Year's trees in pots. Pleasure is not cheap, but celebration atmosphere, the familiar coniferous aroma in the house is provided, while the tree remains alive.

Grandfather Frost with the Snow Maiden

Familiar to every child from the very early age. Not a single matinee can do without them, their arrival is eagerly awaited, because the fabulous grandfather and his granddaughter do not come empty-handed - they give the kids gifts, sweets, fruits in gratitude for the rhyme or song they sang.

Historians still argue about the origin of the image of Santa Claus, there are several versions, but one thing is known for sure - this image is fabulous. But after all, this is not the main thing, the main thing is that he pleases the children from year to year.

But with the origin of the Snow Maiden, everything is not so complicated. The first time they wrote about her in a fairy tale play and liked this image so much that over time it gained popularity and is relevant to this day.

It is interesting that different countries have their own Santa Clauses and they are called differently, but their essence is the same - this is a kind old man who brings gifts to children.

And here is a little more about the characters in the video:

New Year and children

Winter holidays are traditionally considered family holidays, it is customary to celebrate them with the family. Preparing for the New Year's fun is also better together. Even though the children are not yet successful and the Christmas tree with the child has to be decorated longer than usual, and the salad that the daughter helped to make is not as elegant and neat as in previous years, but the feelings that you gave the kids by joint preparation are priceless. These practices are passed on from generation to generation. new year traditions, the main of which is to gather the whole family under one roof for a joint celebration of the main holiday of the year!

Psychologist Ekaterina Burmistrova talks about "safety precautions" during the New Year holidays.

In this article, an experienced psychologist will give advice on how to successfully celebrate the New Year with children. We will tell you how to choose Santa Claus and gifts for Christmas.

New Year with children: "safety"

Which of us, adults, does not love the Christmas tree and beautiful, almost magical gifts under it ...

New Year is the most mysterious and wonderful holiday, loved by most grown children. The only one magical holiday during the Soviet era. But in the thirties, when it was forbidden to put a Christmas tree in the houses, many fathers and mothers secretly carried several spruce branches under their coats, and closing the curtains so that the neighbors would not see, they hung miraculously preserved toys on these branches.

Then the authorities softened and the New Year trees returned to homes, forever taking a place in the hearts of the kids.

New Year, Christmas, Old New Year - they are located so close, in the country new year holidays, parents can fully devote themselves to children and family, make these days festive, eventful.

But why, by the end of the Christmas holidays, there are so many appeals to neuropathologists, psychologists, allergists? The answer is simple - the child was "overfed". And sweets, and impressions.

I would like to talk about "safety" during the New Year holidays.

The smallest children

These are children from one year to two and a half years.

These kids, as a rule, still speak poorly, do not remember the previous New Year - after all, they were still very small. If they have heard about Santa Claus or seen him in a picture in books, then they have not yet met him in person.

And often parents can’t wait until the child gets on his feet to introduce him to Grandfather Frost. But their two or even three-year-old baby may not be happy, but very scared.

For the smallest children, it is important that during the New Year itself and the Christmas holidays in general, life does not lose its clarity and predictability. Too strong impressions often unsettle the child and lead to behavioral failures.

How to make a meeting with Santa Claus safe for a child

• Time to take a look:

going on children's holiday or inviting Santa Claus home, remember Golden Rule pertaining to communication small child with strangers.

In order for your baby not to be afraid of a stranger, and even more so such a bright one in a red robe, he needs time to take a closer look, get used to the presence of a stranger in the room and get used to his unusual appearance.

• The quieter and more chamber - the better:

Parents, especially those who love colorful and massive spectacles, should not forget that "each vegetable has its own time." That is, what is interesting and attractive for an adult may not be suitable at all. For example, adults are often lovers of spicy and smoked, spicy cuisine, which is definitely not suitable for a small child.

So, the regimen of impressions during the New Year holidays for the baby should also be “dietary”, otherwise various kinds of “allergies” are possible. For example, little children can be so frightened by the noisy, loud, huge Santa Claus that then for a long time any figure in a red caftan will cause panic attacks in the child.

When choosing a candidate for Santa Claus and planning a scenario for a home holiday, you must, first of all, give Santa Claus clear instructions.

Should I call Grandpa home?

• "And daddy's eyes":

Even the smallest children, even in the most best suit and make-up easily recognize their own dad, grandfather, godfather, or just good friend families.

Before the time to destroy the beautiful legend of Santa Claus, I would not advise. Moreover, after such a revealed untruth, a child may stop believing his parents in something else. And that in and of itself is not good for a relationship.

• Where is the real Santa Claus?

Older children are already well aware that there are many Santa Clauses, and they are all different and the costumes are also different. In the garden at the holiday - one Santa Claus, in kids club- the other, and the theater - the third, and they are all different, and even in every supermarket there is Santa Claus.

It is quite possible to explain to such children that the real Santa Claus is alone, he is invisible simple eye and it is he who puts gifts under the Christmas tree, and all these Santa Clauses are his assistants, because he alone cannot be in time everywhere, for a holiday in every kindergarten.

So we have to send assistants - the younger Santa Clauses. The mind of a child is quite ready for just such a version of events - remember the Russian fairy tale "Two Frosts".

• Should I invite Santa Claus home?

If a we are talking about a child between the ages of 3 and 6, then the answer to this question is likely to be yes.

At this age, children are already big enough not to be too afraid of Santa Claus, but still small enough and therefore they believe that this is really Santa Claus, and not uncle in disguise.

For older children, whose milk teeth have already begun to change, and, accordingly, magical thinking begins to give way to logical thinking, such close, actually individual contact with Santa Claus can cast doubt in the child’s soul ahead of time.

Choosing Santa Claus

The ideal Santa Claus for a small child should be:

• Sober. It seems that this condition is obvious to everyone, but the reality is that not all parents, who themselves are waiting for Santa Claus in their hearts, will have the determination not to let the long-awaited guest on the threshold, smelling the smell of alcohol.
  Nevertheless, the adequacy and sobriety of Santa Claus is the main condition for you and your child.
• He should not have a very loud voice and not too noisy behavior.
• He will not interfere with the ability to take into account age characteristics and change the scenario of the visit in accordance with the reactions of the child.

Instructing Santa Claus

First and the main condition for a child who is not yet four years old is not to touch him with his hands, especially with his hands in “frosty” mittens, until he himself wants to. Children are generally sensitive to tactile contacts with strangers, and even such an exotic figure as Santa Claus can cause horror mixed with delight.

Second: do not expect activity from the child. For young children, it is not at all necessary to have an ardent desire to tell Santa Claus a rhyme, sing a song, or even just give your name.

The child may not utter a single word, but at the same time he will be completely delighted.
The main thing is not to try to break through his silence - this can turn into tears and a complete rejection of contacts.

If the baby is suddenly ready to talk with Santa Claus, and he wants it himself - very well, rejoice and shoot on a video camera. If he is silent and only looks attentively, tell yourself that this is the first, and not the last, New Year in his life, and there will still be.

From 5-6 year old children, Santa Claus sometimes simply does not know how to get rid of, these grown-up children have such a strong desire to show their achievements - to sing a song or tell a rhyme.

Set yourself up for the fact that in a year, well, in a maximum of two, you will be able to proudly capture in the photo and video the joy of your dear child at the sight of Santa Claus.

Try to remember your childhood feelings from the holiday, impressions from kindergarten matinees and mass Christmas trees in the Kremlin or Luzhniki. Remember how huge Santa Claus seemed to you then and how exciting your worries and doubts were.

Childhood memories will help you understand your baby's behavior, shyness or overexcitation much better.

Waiting for a holiday

Very significant, and actually lost in Soviet years Due to the constant rush of working mothers, the process of preparing the holiday itself, “the holiday of waiting for the holiday,” is a factor in preparing for the New Year and Christmas.

What can be done with the child together and for the child:

• First of all, for a baby who is already 3 years old, I would recommend the last 10 days - a week "waiting calendar" holiday. It is necessary either at a certain time of the day, for example, before going to bed, to tear off a piece of paper from the tear-off calendar with the child, drawing his attention to how few leaves are left, and hence the days until the end of the old year, and hence the beginning of the New.

True, there is one difficulty here: the thinking of a small child is in many ways magical. And your baby may well think that the sooner he tears off all the leaves, the sooner the holiday will come.

Preschool children are not fully aware of the passage of time and its duration. And your "waiting calendar" can help them with this.

Homemade calendars are also good, in which you can paint circles in the evenings, or cut through windows. AT last years in Moscow you can find factory new year calendars, in which every day - a small chocolate bar lies by the window.

• From children who are over 4-5 years old, you can expect many times repeated questions: “Mom, when will the holiday come?”

You should not get annoyed with these questions, but you need to fill the last New Year's days with calm pre-holiday preparations. For example, you can prepare gifts for relatives and friends together with your baby and be sure to pack them together in fancy paper.

Older children can enjoy writing gifts and making New Year and Christmas cards.

• A good pre-holiday activity is baking special spicy cookies, which can be hung on the Christmas tree on elegant ribbons. The smell of cinnamon and ginger in this case, the child will directly become associated with something magical. Young children are very sensitive to smells.
• You should definitely read New Year's, Christmas, Christmas stories and fairy tales that will prepare your child's mind for the upcoming holidays.
• You can also gradually, during the last two weeks before the holiday, decorate the house with homemade and purchased toys, Christmas lights and lanterns. Draw pictures on the window with stained glass paints. And by the New Year, the house should gradually change, preferably with the direct participation of the child.
• Another good idea is letters and postcards to Santa Claus, which are put in the freezer, from where the grandfather himself takes them. Even younger students believe in it. And writing a letter good way find out the most cherished desires child. Just do not pretend that you have read this letter.

Scenario, design, logistics of holidays

• A lot of "good" is no longer good

The more holidays, the worse each of them is perceived, especially if they are of the same type, with a similar scenario of stealing some attributes new year holiday, such as a bag with gifts or snow maiden.

Choose from a variety of activities. General rule this: there should be no more Christmas trees than the age of the child minus one, including home, kindergarten holidays.

• And how many "trees" are normal?

In a good way, the real New Year's holiday should be one. But if a child has a Christmas tree every day, to which Santa Claus comes, and even the scenarios of the holidays are in many ways similar, then the feeling of magic can begin to give way to just fatigue.

• What holidays to choose?

How younger child, the more intimate should be the holidays. Young children do not like noise, new faces, new smells, various unforeseen effects such as fireworks and special effects. This does not please them, but rather scares them.

Also, holidays are not suitable for them, where the presence of parents is not expected. Children under 6-7 years old are unlikely to be able to enjoy the holiday if there is no mother nearby. And they can get scared not at the first moment when you need to let your mother go, but at the most emotionally intense moment of the performance, and raise a cry, and your mother will no longer be around.

The preschool child quite often takes theatrical performances too seriously and does not feel the difference between the stage and the auditorium.

But if your child is already going to school, then the scarier and more unexpected, the more interesting. That is, the preferences are directly opposite.

• Can parents celebrate the New Year separately?

This is the question that each family decides individually. Raising children in general is free creativity, and everyone does what he sees fit.

Kingdom of New Year's gifts

• How much, when and how to donate: in my opinion, it is important that by the end of the Christmas holidays the child does not cringe at the sight of the next package with gifts, but could show joy and keen interest.

Children who are not yet three years old do not always understand at all that they have been given something, or they are so gifted that their reaction is very blurred.

• Don't expect the instant joy of gratitude: often a child will not be able to appreciate a good and really right gift right away. Bright and catchy gifts are instantly appreciated, which are just as quickly forgotten.

Moreover, the bright events, noise, bustle and abundance of impressions of the New Year holiday are such that it is difficult for a child to maintain a lively reaction. Do not judge the success or failure of a gift by the first reaction.

• Sweet gifts: This is a problem for many parents, especially those with allergic children. The tradition of giving sweets at Christmas is ancient and comes from the time when sweets were a symbol of abundance, sweet life.

However, every year great amount children by the end of the New Year holidays are covered with an allergic rash from sweet and citrus fruits. Yes, and the behavior of a child who has eaten too much chocolate is characterized by an increased level of arousal.
In these times, it is better to replace sweets with any other pleasant little things if possible.

For example, small children appreciate small toys, beads, semi-precious stones. Schoolchildren love miniature stationery and children's perfumes. And sweet gifts from mass Christmas trees can be collected, so that later they can be transferred, for example, to some Orphanage. There, indeed, they will be very happy with such gifts, and your baby will learn to think about other children.

• Gifts for others: in general, they existed before the revolution and are now being revived by the wonderful Russian traditions of helping poor families and arranging Christmas trees for poor children.

If your child is already a schoolboy, then after reading Christmas stories, where the plot of miraculous help to the poor is always present, it would be very good to do something real, in which the child could also take part.

Then the New Year holidays from the time of endless consumption of gifts and pleasures will turn into a time when your child can learn to do something for others.
But, of course, such things depend on the worldview of the family.

• who gives gifts: does the myth of Santa Claus harm the child? It is easy and natural for a child who has not yet celebrated his seventh birthday to think that gifts under the Christmas tree appear by magic, with the direct participation of Santa Claus. If the adults themselves do not debunk this myth, then it can persist for quite a long time, which is not at all harmful to the child.

There is such an anecdote: a mother and a father are escorting their son to the army, the train is moving, the father is running along the platform and shouting: “Son, son, I have long wanted to tell you but did not dare ... - What is dad, what? - son, you understand, Santa Claus does not exist!

Maybe you don’t have to wait so long, but it’s not recommended to rush either. How longer baby believes in good miracles, the safer his psyche.

How to make sure that Christmas is not a minor holiday

The child perceives the world honestly.

If a Christmas tree is put up for the New Year, and all gifts are given for the New Year, then this holiday is the main one. It all depends on the priorities of the family. Indeed, for us, current parents, the New Year was the main and only holiday. And often we are simply not familiar with the wonderful Russian traditions of celebrating Christmas and holding Christmas time - that is, two weeks following Christmas.

And this is very disappointing - as a result, our children do not get the best, created for centuries by folk tradition.

If it is important for you that the child perceives Christmas as the main holiday, or at least not inferior in importance to the New Year, you need to schedule festive events and activities accordingly.

It so happened that after the transition to the Julian calendar, made after the revolution, the New Year is celebrated first, and Christmas - then. According to the old style, everything is exactly the opposite - and this is very consonant with children's perception. Children consider the holiday that comes first to be the main one.

Therefore, wanting to highlight the significance of Christmas, you need to “muffle” the New Year's riot in every possible way.

We put up a Christmas tree for the New Year - it's so common that rare families dare to change something here. But after all, before Christmas, in addition to the balls, decorate the Christmas tree with sweets, fruits, cookies, nuts in gold and silver paper. It will be so magical that the child will surely remember the Christmas transformation of the Christmas tree.

And the main gifts can also be given at Christmas.

In some families, children are told that on New Year's Eve Santa Claus brings gifts under the Christmas tree, and on Christmas - angels. Kids believe everything, and who would not be delighted with another gift.

The main mistakes of active parents

• The desire to do everything. Remember that even for a schoolchild, more than one event during the New Year holidays is already too much.

As for preschoolers, overloading with impressions during the holidays for them can turn into serious disruptions in behavior. After all, if you ate too much, then instead of pleasant satiety, heaviness and irritation are felt.

In addition, a large number of activities are almost always associated with the rush of parents. And that means with a restless emotional background.

• What is "overstimulation": overstimulation is when there are too many impressions and events per unit of time. Just as hypervitaminosis (excess of vitamins) is more dangerous than beriberi (lack of vitamins), overstimulation also affects the child much worse than lack of impressions.

The first adverse consequence may be the general background of overexcitation in the child, a tendency to tears and whims.

The second negative consequence is a decrease in susceptibility. If a child is systematically subjected to overstimulation, in order not to get too tired, he simply begins to perceive stimuli coming from outside worse.

This is entirely protective behavior, in a child, in everyday language, “bananas” simply grow in their ears. And it becomes difficult to reach him, even when it is very necessary. Children who are systematically overloaded with impressions are less receptive.

• Inattention to signs of overwork in a child. If you want to avoid a scandal, and even more so an unwanted outburst of emotions in a crowded place, be extremely attentive to those behavioral manifestations that precede the screaming and crying of your child. When children are very tired or overexcited, their behavior changes.
• The choice of activities is not according to the age of the child. The general rule is that the younger the child, the smaller the scale of the event. Special attention should be given to children who have stuttering or stuttering in speech, or other neurological symptoms. You also need to take care of children who have recently experienced severe stress, or are simply naturally impressionable, or have a large number of fears.

Let's remember the holidays

New Year's Eve is so busy and goes by so fast. There are photos, videos, and they must be watched throughout the year.

I would recommend making a special New Year's album for the baby - you can put in it not only photos from the holidays, but also his drawings, as well as stories about the holidays written by the mother from the words of the child. Then the real chronicle can turn out. And your child will learn to "artistically" relate to the events of his life and memories.

After the holidays, many children like to dress up in fancy dresses and consider Christmas decorations packed in boxes. On all these things lies the reflection of the most magical holiday of childhood.

You can also write a thank you card to Santa Claus.

But remember that a child who has received too many vivid impressions may not be easy to fit into everyday life. And it will take at least two weeks for this - the “post-holiday” tail often lasts no less than the holidays themselves.

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New Year's holidays are filled with special magic. It is felt by everyone who likes to decorate a Christmas tree, decorate apartments and house facades with garlands, buy gifts for loved ones. But how to tell children about New Year ? How to explain to them what kind of holiday this is? How to give a child exhaustive answers to those questions that will arise in his little head? Here, parents or senior mentors just need to look at the surrounding action through the eyes of a small person, and everything will be immediately clear.

holiday tradition

You can tell the baby that the rite to bring the Christmas tree into the house, decorate it with toys and garlands came from other countries. Previously, only branches of coniferous trees were decorated, beautiful wreaths were woven from them, which were hung on the door of the house. Then they began to install a Christmas tree in the house. The Slavs also liked the tradition, because the aroma of pine needles filled all the rooms, immediately gave some unusual and pleasant feeling.

Beautiful, elegant and gleaming with lights lush beauty attracted attention with its luxury. She always stood in the halls for matinees or in apartments, like a real queen of the holiday. That is why they began to dance round dances around it, put a sea of ​​\u200b\u200bgifts under its thick branches, and install traditional figures near a pine or Christmas tree. There is also such an interesting ceremony as the joint lighting of lights on a Christmas tree. To do this, the children need to join hands and together, loudly and cheerfully ask the Christmas tree to light colorful lanterns. parents or fairy tale characters the tree can be sung New Year's song for children , which will help create a fabulous festive atmosphere.

New year concept

Now the arrival of the New Year is celebrated on January 1st. For all supporters of traditions, even the first second of the onset of, one might say, a new period in history is considered very important. Therefore, people decorate their dwellings and prepare rich festive table to greet the New Year at exactly 12 at night.

The next phase marks renewal. It brings with it new emotions, dreams and desires, gives people faith in happiness and success. Before January 1, you need to mentally leave everything unpleasant in the old year, with the departure of which resentment and disappointment will disappear.

Who invented this holiday first, no one knows. But the tradition was too much to the liking of all peoples. Different countries celebrate it differently. Our ancestors, the Slavs, for a long time celebrated the arrival of the year on March 1, when winter ended and the period of “waking up” of nature began. It was then that the tradition appeared to light fires on the Christmas tree, which meant attracting a good harvest. Then the celebration moved to September 1st. And for about 300 years, we have been celebrating the arrival of the New Year on January 1, and with it the custom of launching fireworks, clapping firecrackers and arranging matinees and carnivals with dressing up in interesting costumes.

Who is Santa Claus and where does he live?

Of course, Grandfather Frost is considered the main guest at the holiday! This mighty lord of winter, an old man with kind eyes comes to the children to give them gifts on New Year's Eve. He spends the whole year watching how the child behaved. Did the kid obey his parents, educators and teachers, did he help around the house, did he try to perform different tasks. For obedience, Santa Claus rewards with a gift. He knows what the child would like to receive for the New Year (after all, he is a wizard!), And therefore leaves the most desired under the tree.

Parents can not only tell their child about this. They can order from Redmark TV. It will be very pleasant and interesting for the child to see Grandfather Frost from the screen and hear personal congratulations from the wizard.

Santa Claus always walks in a long fur coat of red, blue or even white color. He has a staff in his hand, with which he dresses trees in frost, freezes rivers and sweeps snowdrifts. He has a large white mustache and beard. Grandfather wears a beautiful hat on his head, and a bag with gifts over his shoulder.

Since too many children are waiting for Santa Claus to visit, few people manage to see him on New Year's Eve. He literally flies into the house for a second to leave a gift under the tree. His granddaughter Snegurochka, Snowman and bunnies help him. Leave a surprise, and Santa Claus rushes on, on a sleigh with three horses or on skis. The kid will wake up in the morning and see such a long-awaited gift under the Christmas tree, and immediately feel the New Year's magic!

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Celebrating the new year is a fabulous event not only for children, but also for adults. Therefore, in our school for children with disabilities, much attention is paid to the development of students in the direction of socialization in society.

- This is the most magical holiday for children. Not only children, but also adults are waiting for him. They say that if you make a wish on New Year's Eve, it will surely come true. All people on the planet believe in New Year's miracles. Therefore, the celebration of the New Year is mysterious and unforgettable for each of us. In our school for children with disabilities, much attention is paid to the development of students in the direction of socialization in society. Therefore, enriching children's knowledge about folk traditions celebrating the New Year is very relevant in working with children with disabilities. Involving parents in joint leisure activities, we thereby realize the main task in education - instilling the spirit of family traditions. Family traditions in every house and every family is different: some make dumplings, others do general cleaning in the house, others decorate their house, etc. It all came to us from antiquity and was passed down from generation to generation. Therefore, we honor and observe these traditions. In our class, we have a tradition of celebrating the New Year together with our parents. The preliminary work consists in issuing a New Year's newspaper, learning poems and songs, the work of Santa Claus's workshop, conversations and stories about the New Year's holiday, an exhibition of children's works, and exchanging gifts. This is followed by the holding of the New Year's holiday itself, which ends with a family tea party.

Target: Instilling interest and need for the traditions of preparing and celebrating the New Year.

Tasks:

• To acquaint with the folk traditions of celebrating the New Year.
• Develop coherent speech, curiosity, observation.
• To form in students an emotionally joyful feeling from active participation in a joint collective leisure;
• Cultivate an emotional response to ongoing New Year events.

Members: 3rd year students of the "Special Child" class in a correctional institution and their parents .

Expected result:

• Expansion of knowledge about the folk traditions of celebrating the New Year.
• Enrichment of the thematic vocabulary, activation of the processes of curiosity and observation.
• Instilling an adequate emotional response with active participation in joint collective leisure.

Scenario of the New Year's event

Roles:

• Leader - teacher
• Wizard and Santa Claus - parents

Children in carnival costumes enter the class to cheerful music, consider how the class is decorated, lights are already burning on the Christmas tree.

Teacher:

In the classroom we see everything
That the tree is in New Year's beauty:
All silver, lush and slender
She came to visit us from the forest.
Christmas tree-beauty do the kids like it?

Students: Yes!

Teacher : Let's have fun near our Christmas tree.

(Invites the children to recite poems about the Christmas tree.)

1 student:

Hello, forest tree,
Silvery, thick
You grew up under the sun
And she came to us for the holiday

2 student:

Christmas tree, Christmas tree, Christmas tree
prickly needle,
You have snow on the branches,
You are slim and taller than everyone.

Round dance: "Christmas tree"

(After the song, students sit on chairs.)

Teacher:

New Year is coming
He is with him leads guests,
We will sit quietly
Let's take a look at the guest.

(Wizard exits.)

Wizard:

Hello my dear!
Small and big!
I am a magician, a good magician,
I didn't just come.
I'll tell you honestly, friends,
I can't live without miracles! (Miracle.)

Teacher:

We are all very happy that you came to our class.
After all, today is the most the best holiday we have!

Wizard: I wonder what the name of this holiday is?

Students: New Year!

(The teacher invites the children to sing a song.)

Song: New Year.

Wizard:

New Year?
Where does he come from?
And where does it go then?
I really want to know
What is New Year?

Teacher:

Well, now our guys
They will tell you about everything.

1 student:

What is New Year?
It's the other way around!

2 student:

Christmas trees grow in the room
Squirrels do not gnaw cones,
Hares next to the wolf
At the thorny tree.

3 student:

What is New Year?
This is a friendly dance!

Teacher: Guys! Can you clap your hands?

Students: Yes!

Teacher: And stomp your feet?

Students: Yes!

Teacher: How about waving your arms?

Students: Yes!

Teacher: And dance with your feet?

Students: Yes!

Teacher: Well, let's check it out now.

(Teacherinvites the children to dance.)

Dance near the Christmas tree.

(After the dance, the students sit on the chairs.)

Teacher:

Help us, wizard,
Call Santa Claus.

Wizard:

With pleasure, friends!
But I don't know him.
describe Santa Claus
Tell me about him.

Song - game: "Like Grandfather Frost."

Wizard: Well, now, my friends, I recognize my grandfather!

(Pulls out a bell.)

Here is the magic bell
Bell, my ring,
Call Santa Claus!

(Rings, no one is there.)

Wizard:

Well, now I know.
It's very hot in our hall,
I'm afraid that Santa Claus will melt.

(Teacherinvites the girls to dance, blow in the breeze.)

The dance of the snowflakes.

Wizard:

Bell, my ring,
Call Santa Claus!

(Santa Claus enters.)

Father Frost:

Hello children! Hello dears!
How elegant you are, how beautiful you are!
Happy New Year! Happy New Year!
Congratulations to all children!
Congratulations to all guests!

Father Frost:

Ay-yes, Christmas tree-soul!
How beautiful, how beautiful!
Santa Claus is calling you all
In the New Year's round dance!

Round dance: "Little Christmas tree"

1 student:

Oh frost, frost, frost
You froze our nose
Ears, ears, cheeks
Handles, arms, legs.

Game: Freeze

(After the game, the children sit down, Santa Claus sits down.)

Father Frost:

I'll get some rest
Let me sit under the tree.
And you guys, tell me poems.

Poems are read by students.

Father Frost:

Thank you, friends!
They amused me.
But it's time for me to pack up
On the road - the road to go.
It's a pity to leave you...

Wizard: Santa Claus, where are the gifts?

Father Frost:

Didn't I give them?
How did I forget about them?
Where is my bag?
Can not see…

Wizard:

What to do?
How embarrassing...
We can't live without gifts
Let's go look for them, friends!

Father Frost:

Where is my bag?
Here's the secret!
No right and no left.
And on the tree, no? - Not!
And under the tree, no? - There is!

(The wizard pulls out a bag.)

Father Frost:

Yes, the bag is mine!
It has a difficult knot.
Oh oh oh! Whoo-hoo!
I can't untie!

Wizard:

Come on, blow harder! (blowing with children)
Knot, untie it quickly! (unties)
ok we tried
We got all the gifts!

(Show or hand out.)

Father Frost:

Here is the New Year's Eve
It's time for us to finish
Lots of joy and happiness
I wish you kids!

Wizard:

To us for a holiday in a year
Santa Claus is coming again!