A story about a boy and a new year. Bedtime story about New Year

In Dr. Strelkov's house there were always two Christmas trees at Christmas; one was called Big Christmas Tree. It was made on the first day of the holiday for children, Masha and Vasya, and their little friends and acquaintances were invited. The next day, Masha and Vasya themselves made a Christmas tree for the children of the janitor, the cook, the milkmaid, the water carrier; they also called the children of poor patients who were treated by their father. This Christmas tree was called small.

Preparations for this small Christmas tree began long before Christmas. Masha, who was already quite good at sewing, began to alter and mend her and her brother's dresses, which were worn or out of which they had already grown, and hemmed small scarves. Vasya repaired old toys, glued old books and pictures, made new boxes.

On the first day of the holiday, when mother and nanny began to clean up the big Christmas tree after mass, Masha asked to be allowed to go into the kitchen and cook something delicious for her guests herself.

Look, Masha, just don't get your dress dirty, - said my mother, - or better put on an old one for now.

I'd rather wear a big apron, Mom, and be careful. And the old dresses are all prepared for the small Christmas tree.

Masha went into the kitchen, tied up a large apron, and with the help of Avdotya, the cook, cooked chocolate, which she grated herself, then prepared the dough for the biscuits. A little more sugar was missing, and Masha ran after him into the rooms. Passing by the hall, she heard the old nanny grumbling something...

Oh he! How did he get in here? You won't catch it.

What is there? - asked Masha. - Who crawled where?

Yes, there is a cockroach or a Prussian on the Yolka. Must have climbed in while she was heating in the kitchen. Watch out that he doesn't go away, and I'll bring the brush and sweep him up.

Masha came up and looked.

Leave him, nanny, please, this is not a cockroach or a Prussian, but a squeaky beetle, with a big mustache, you know, there were a lot of them in the forest in summer!

All the same, you have to throw it away, - the nanny continued to grumble, - otherwise, is it easy, the Christmas tree is so smart, and suddenly such rubbish will crawl on it.

No, no, dear nanny, - Masha cried almost with tears, - leave it, please, leave it! Mom, tell the nanny to leave him. He is so good. And we will definitely have summer. There is snow in the yard, and we have a green tree and a live bug crawling on it.

It was decided to leave the squeaky beetle.

Masha calmed down, took the sugar and went back to the kitchen to continue her cooking.

In the evening, guests began to gather. Sonya and Liza came first, cousins Masha. While the Christmas tree was not yet lit, Masha invited them to her room, laid a clean napkin on a large armchair, put tea appliance and began to give her guests chocolate with pies and biscuits of her own preparation. Little Whiteleg also came to try Masha's pies.

When the Christmas tree was lit, everyone was called into the hall. There they danced, played hide-and-seek and forfeits, ring and rope. The evening went off without a hitch and a lot of fun.

When all the guests left, Masha did not want to sleep yet and asked to be allowed to stay in the hall in order to start preparations for the small Christmas tree in the evening.

Just stay a little longer, - said my mother, - and look, do not fall asleep. You must be tired today.

Left alone, Masha took laces, ribbons and scissors, brought prepared things and began to decorate her little Christmas tree.

One side was already almost ready; Masha examined her, saw that everything was fine. She wanted to continue cleaning, but it was late and she wanted to sleep. Leaning on the table, she thought about whether she should continue to clean the Christmas tree or postpone it until tomorrow. At the same time, she remembered the creaking beetle. Where is he, poor thing? He must have huddled in a corner somewhere, frightened by noise and light. And she remembered those squeaky beetles in the summer in the grove, when she, with the orat and the nanny, went for mushrooms and for berries. How good and fun it was in the grove, where there are many Christmas trees like the one that stands in front of her, many flowers, and birds, and insects! Will summer come again soon? she thought. Suddenly she heard that someone was calling her softly: "Masha, Masha!" She looked back. There was no one in the room. But the same quiet, thin voice continued to call her. Masha raised her head and saw on the last branch of the Yolka a creaking beetle, which moved its mustache and affectionately nodded its head to her.

Masha, - said the creaking beetle, - you are a kind girl, you did not let me throw it away. But I can't stay here. Come with me to the grove, I will make a feast for you.

How can you, - said Masha, - go to the grove at night and in such a frost! We won't find the way; moreover, I could put on my warm coat, and you will just freeze.

Do not be afraid, - answered the beetle, - we will have both warm and light. Let's go as soon as possible so we can get home in time.

Masha agreed, and they went. Dear beetle told her about his life, and she did not notice how they came. It seems as if she had just left the house, and now the grove. And strangely, there was no snow at all in the grove, but the grass was green, and although Masha came out in one dress, she was not at all cold. Only the grass was somewhat damp, as if from dew. The beetle walked ahead, felt with its antennae, where it was dry, and showed her the way.

Finally, they came to a beautiful clean clearing: young Christmas trees grew all around, and grass and moss were green below. The beetle stopped.

Here is our house, - he said, - bend down a little, and we will enter. The guests must be waiting for us.

Masha bent down and saw that under the big forest there was still a small forest of tiny Christmas trees, blades of grass, moss, grass and flowers. Bushes of wild strawberries towered above it, and in some places multi-colored mushrooms stood.

How, - Masha was surprised, - have your berries and mushrooms ripened already?

It's made for our friends, the barefoot kids. As soon as the sun rises, they will come running here in droves, and then they will have fun!

The creaking beetle gave her a paw, and Masha, arm in arm with him, continued to walk in a forest of moss and blades of grass.

Finally they came to an arch of two fir cones. Behind her one could see whole bushes of flowers: wild poppies, bluebells, pavilika, lilies of the valley, forget-me-nots; both in the grass and in the flowers a multitude of greenish lights shone, and there was noise and crackling and whistling and buzzing. Masha stopped in amazement.

Let's go in, - said the squeaky beetle, - this is our dance hall. The musicians had all already gathered, the fireflies lit their lanterns: the ball must have already begun.

They entered. Indeed, the ball was already in full swing. Grasshoppers sawed on their violins, flies and bees buzzed, bugs and ladybugs sang, butterflies flew, and all this crowded, circled, fluttered around the flowers and sang in different voices.

We will dance too, - said the creaking beetle and gave Masha its front paws. - I'll introduce you to our guests.

But Masha did not have to get acquainted with them. She knew and loved them all. She began to whirl with them, climbed the flowers, inhaled their fragrance, drank drops of sweet dew.

How good and fun you are! - said Masha, tired of dancing and sitting down to rest on a leaf of lily of the valley.

Stay with us, - the creaking beetle asked her, - you are so kind and good, we loved you so much. Stay! You will be our queen...

Saying this, the beetle knelt before her.

No, - said Masha, - I can't stay with you. I have to hurry home, take care of your friends, the barefoot kids. My Christmas tree is not ready for them yet. Take me quickly. When we move to the countryside in the summer, I will often come to you.

I can’t see you off,” said the creaking beetle, “I only know the way to the grove, but I don’t know how to get to you in the city. Stay better with us.

I can’t, I can’t,” Masha said. - Goodbye!

And she ran out of the grove at a run.

Masha, Masha! She heard a familiar voice, as if in the distance. - Masha, wake up!

She woke up. Her mother stood over her and woke her up.

And where is the squeaky beetle? she asked, rubbing her eyes.

We'll find the beetle tomorrow, - said my mother, - and now go to bed soon.

Waking up the next day, Masha, together with Vasya, began to carefully clean the Christmas tree. And when her little guests gathered in the evening, she tried to make them have as much fun as she had fun visiting the squeaky beetle.

V. Dal "Girl Snow Maiden"

Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman, they had neither children nor grandchildren. So they went out the gate on a holiday, to look at other people's children, how they roll lumps of snow, play snowballs. The old man raised the bundle and said:

And what, old woman, if we had a daughter, so white, so round!

The old woman looked at the lump, shook her head and said:

What are you going to do - no, there is nowhere to take it.

However, the old man brought a lump of snow into the hut, put it in a pot, covered it with a rag and put it on the window. The sun rose, warmed the pot, and the snow began to melt.

So the old people hear - something squeaks in a pot under a rag; they are to the window - look, and in the pot lies a girl, white as a snowball, and round, like a lump, and says to them:

I am a girl Snegurochka, rolled up from the spring snow, warmed and blushed by the spring sun.

So the old people were delighted, they took it out, but the old woman rather sew and cut, and the old man, wrapping the Snow Maiden in a towel, began to nurse and nurture:

Sleep, our Snow Maiden,

Sweet chicken,

Rolled up from the spring snow,

Warmed by the spring sun!

We will drink you

We will feed you

Row in a colorful dress,

Mind to teach!

So the Snow Maiden grows to the delight of the old people, but so and so smart, so and so reasonable that such people only live in fairy tales, but in reality they don’t exist.

Everything went like clockwork with the old people: it was good in the hut, and it was not bad in the yard, the cattle overwintered the winter, the bird was released into the yard. This is how the bird was transferred from the hut to the barn, and then the trouble happened: a fox came to the old Bug, pretended to be sick and belittled the Bug, begging in a thin voice:

Bug, Bug, little white legs, silk tail, let it get warm in the barn!

The bug, who had been running after the old man in the forest all day, did not know that the old woman had driven the bird into the barn, took pity on the sick fox and let it go there. And the fox of two chickens strangled and dragged home. As soon as the old man found out about this, he beat Zhuchka and drove him out of the yard.

Go, - he says, - wherever you want, but you are not fit for me as a watchman!

So the Beetle went, crying, from the old man's yard, and only the old woman and the girl Snegurochka regretted the Beetle.

Summer has come, the berries have begun to ripen, so the girlfriends of the Snow Maiden are calling into the forest by the berries. The old people don't even want to hear, they don't let them in. The girls began to promise that they would not let the Snow Maiden out of their hands, and the Snow Maiden herself asks to pick berries and look at the forest. The old people let her go, gave her a box and a piece of pie.

So the girls with the Snow Maiden ran under the arms, and when they came into the forest and saw the berries, everyone forgot about everything, scattered around, taking the berries and haunting, in the forest

A bear is walking, brushwood is crackling, bushes are bending:

What, girl, what, red?

Ay-ay! I am a girl Snegurochka, rolled up from the spring snow, toasted by the spring sun, my girlfriends begged me from my grandfather, grandmother, they took me into the forest and left!

Get off, - said the bear, - I will bring you home!

No, bear, - the girl Snegurochka answered, - I will not go with you, I am afraid of you - you will eat me!

The bear is gone.

Runs grey Wolf:

Get down, - said the wolf, - I will bring you home!

No, wolf, I will not go with you, I am afraid of you - you will eat me!

The wolf is gone.

Lisa Patrikeevna is coming:

What, girl, are you crying, what, red, are you crying?

Ay-ay! I am a girl Snegurochka, rolled up from the spring snow, toasty with the spring sun, my girlfriends begged me from my grandfather, my grandmother into the forest for berries, and they brought me into the forest and left!

Ah, beauty! Ah, clever! Ah, my miserable one! Get down quickly, I'll bring you home!

No, fox, flattering words, I'm afraid of you - you will lead me to the wolf, you will give me to the bear ... I will not go with you!

The fox began to walk around the tree, look at the girl Snegurochka, lure her from the tree, but the girl does not go.

Gum, gum, gum! barked the dog in the forest.

And the girl Snegurochka screamed:

Aww, bitch! Aww, honey! I am here - the girl Snegurochka, rolled up from the spring snow, toasty with the spring sun, my girlfriends begged me from my grandfather, my grandmother into the forest for berries, they brought me into the forest and left. The bear wanted to carry me away, I did not go with him; the wolf wanted to take away, I refused him; the fox wanted to lure, I did not give in to deception; and with you, Bug, I'll go!

That's how the fox heard the dog's barking, so she waved her fur and was like that!

The Snow Maiden climbed down from the tree. The bug ran up, kissed her, licked her whole face and took her home.

There is a bear behind a stump, a wolf in a clearing, a fox darting through the bushes.

The bug barks, floods, everyone is afraid of it, no one starts.

They came home; The old people wept with joy. They gave the Snow Maiden a drink, fed, put her to bed, covered her with a blanket:

Sleep, our Snow Maiden,

Sweet chicken,

Rolled up from the spring snow,

Warmed by the spring sun!

We will drink you

We will feed you

Row in a colorful dress,

Mind to teach!

They forgave the bug, gave it milk to drink, took it in mercy, put it in its old place, and forced it to guard the yard.

V. Stepanov "Silver Key"

Just before the New Year, the Hare wanted carrots. Where can I get it in winter? Winter is not summer.

The Hare descended into the ravine, and there, under the pine tree, the forest spring beats. The Hare leaned over to the spring, began to drink water and found a silver key at the very bottom.

The Hare galloped to Elk.

Come on, he says, change. I'll give you a silver key, and you give me a carrot.

I would love to, - sighed Elk, - only I have nothing but lingonberry berries, and they are running out. Better go to the Hamster.

You have a good key, - the Hamster praised the Hare. Just right for my closet. Only I have nothing but wheat grains, and even those are running out. You better run to the village, to the people.

The Hare threw a bag over his shoulder and galloped to the village: across the field, across the river, across the birch bridge.

The Hare stopped at the extreme hut. I just wanted to knock on the window, when, out of nowhere, the owner's dog jumped out. She barked, growled.

The Hare was frightened and took to his heels.

The Hare ran into the forest, caught his breath, and Santa Claus was walking towards him. Goes, looking for a silver key. The Hare showed him his find - he is the very key.

Well, Hare, - Santa Claus was delighted, - now ask me for everything you want.

I, grandfather, do not need anything other than carrots. But where can I get it in winter? Winter is not summer.

That's right, not summer, - Santa Claus smiled. What about the silver key?

Santa Claus clapped his hands - a trio of horses harnessed to a sleigh appeared. And on the sleigh - a chest.

Santa Claus opened it with a silver key and began to get gifts from the chest.

Cowberry - for Losenok. Grains - for the Hamster. Carrot - for the Hare.

And for us - a New Year's cake.

S. Kozlov "How the Donkey, the Hedgehog and the Bear cub celebrated the New Year"

A blizzard raged in the fields all the week before New Year's Eve. There was so much snow in the forest that neither the Hedgehog, nor the Donkey, nor the Bear Cub could leave the house all week.

Before the New Year, the blizzard subsided, and friends gathered at the Hedgehog's house.

That's what, - said the Little Bear, - we don't have a Christmas tree.

No, agreed Donkey.

I don’t see that we had it, - said the Hedgehog. He liked to express himself intricately on holidays.

We must go look, - said the Bear cub.

Where can we find it now? Donkey was surprised. It's dark in the forest...

And what snowdrifts! .. - the Hedgehog sighed.

And yet you have to go for the Christmas tree, - said the Bear cub. And all three left the house.

The blizzard subsided, but the clouds had not yet dispersed, and not a single star could be seen in the sky.

And there is no moon! Donkey said. - What kind of tree is here ?!

And to the touch? - said Little Bear. And crawled through the snowdrifts. But he couldn't find anything either. Only large Christmas trees came across, but they still wouldn’t fit into the Hedgehog’s house, and the small ones were covered with snow.

Returning to the Hedgehog, the Donkey and the Bear Cub were sad.

Well, what a New Year it is! .. - Bear cub sighed. "That if any autumn holiday, so the Christmas tree, maybe, is not obligatory, - Donkey thought. “And in winter it’s impossible without a Christmas tree.”

Meanwhile, the hedgehog boiled the samovar and poured tea into saucers. He put a jar of honey on the bear cub, and a plate of burdocks on the donkey.

The Hedgehog did not think about the Christmas tree, but he was saddened that for half a month now, as his watch-clock broke, and the watchmaker Woodpecker promised, but did not arrive.

How do we know when it's twelve o'clock? he asked Bear.

We will feel! Donkey said.

How are we going to feel? - Bear was surprised.

It's very simple, - said Donkey. - At twelve o'clock we will have exactly three hours to want to sleep!

Correctly! - the Hedgehog was delighted.

And don't worry about the tree. We will put a stool in the corner, I will stand on it, and you will hang toys on me.

Why not a Christmas tree! shouted Little Bear.

And so they did.

A stool was placed in the corner, the Hedgehog stood on the stool and fluffed the needles.

The toys are under the bed, he said.

The donkey and the Bear cub took out toys and hung a large dried dandelion on the upper paws of the Hedgehog, and a small spruce cone on each needle.

Don't forget the light bulbs! - said the Hedgehog.

And three chanterelle mushrooms were hung on his chest, and they lit up cheerfully - they were so red.

Are you tired, Yolka? - asked Little Bear, sitting down and taking a sip of tea from a saucer.

The hedgehog stood on a stool, like a real Christmas tree, and smiled.

No, said the Hedgehog. - What time is it now? The donkey was dozing.

Five minutes to twelve! - said Little Bear. - As the Donkey falls asleep, it will be exactly the New Year.

Then pour me and myself cranberry juice, - said the Hedgehog-Yolka.

Do you want cranberry juice? - asked the Little Bear from the Donkey.

The donkey was almost completely asleep.

Now the clock should strike, he muttered.

The hedgehog carefully, so as not to spoil the dried dandelion, took a cup of cranberry juice in his right paw, and began to beat the clock with his lower paw, stamping his feet.

bam! bam! bam! he said.

Three already, - said the Bear cub. - Now let me hit! He tapped his paw on the floor three times and also said:

bam! bam! bam!.. Now it's your turn, Donkey!

The donkey hit the floor three times with his hoof, but said nothing.

Now me again! - shouted the Hedgehog.

And everyone, holding their breath, listened to the last: “Bam! bam! bam!

Hooray! - shouted the Little Bear, and the Donkey fell asleep completely.

Soon the Little Bear fell asleep.

Only the Hedgehog stood in a corner on a stool and did not know what to do. And he began to sing songs and sang them until the morning, so as not to fall asleep and not break the toys.

There is very little left before the start of the long New Year holidays, and you have work, preparation for the holidays, the choice of gifts, and there is absolutely no time to relax, and maybe there is not even that “New Year mood” that everyone talks about so much.

Don't be sad! We have selected for you short stories and the stories of your favorite authors, which will improve your mood and will not take much time. Read on the run and enjoy the New Year and Christmas!

"Gifts of the Magi".

14 minutes

Readers know this story almost by heart, but still remember it year after year on Christmas Eve. The story of two "stupid kids" who donated the most expensive things for each other, has been inspiring us for more than a century. Its moral is this: no matter how poor you are, love makes you both rich and happy.

New Year's holiday of father and little daughter.

11 minutes

A very short and bright story about a man who spent the best years of his life on some work unknown to the reader and did not notice how his daughter grew up.

In the "New Year's Holiday ..." one feels the cold and hopelessness that the author himself experienced in an unheated St. Petersburg room in the terrible year 1922, but there is also that warmth that only close people can give. In the case of Green's hero, this is his daughter, Tavinia Drap, and in the case of the writer himself, his wife Nina Mironova.

"Angel".

25 minutes

Sasha is a thirteen-year-old teenager from a poor family, eccentric, embittered, used to enduring beatings and insults. On Christmas Eve, he is invited to a Christmas tree in a rich house, where the boy is surrounded by clean and happy children of the owners. In addition to this, he sees his father's first love. The woman he still remembers.

But on Christmas, as we remember, miracles happen, and Sasha's heart, which until now was squeezed by an iron vise, melts at the sight of a toy angel. In an instant, his usual rudeness, hostility and callousness disappear.

"Christmas tree". Tove Jansson

15 minutes

A charming story about unknown to science, but so beloved Moomin. This time, Tove Jansson described how a familiar family celebrated Christmas. Not knowing what it is and how it is celebrated, the Moomin family managed to arrange a real holiday with a Christmas tree and gifts for whips (even more mysterious animals).

The story, of course, is for children, but adults will also be pleased to re-read it on New Year's Eve.

"Anniversary". Narine Abgaryan

20 minutes

A realistic story, devoid of even a hint of magic, nevertheless leads to the most joyful New Year's thoughts. "Jubilee" is a story of friendship, old and newly acquired, a break with an unpleasant past and the hope of fulfilling all the promises made with the advent of the New Year.

"Not just around Christmas."

30 minutes

Fly in the ointment in our barrel of honey: satirical story about how Christmas suddenly became a daily unbearable torture. At the same time, the whole essence of the holiday, its religious and moral overtones came to naught because of people's love for "tinsel". Masterpiece from the winner Nobel Prize in the literature of Heinrich Böll.

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1 hour, 20 minutes

Both adults and children know that the blacksmith Vakula had to make a deal with the devil himself for the sake of Oksana's little boots. "The Night Before Christmas" is the brightest, funniest and most atmospheric thing in Gogol's cycle "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka", so do not take it for work, take an hour and a half for the pleasure of spending time with your favorite characters.

One day, all the inhabitants of the fairy forest quarreled greatly and decided never to communicate with each other again. No one remembered exactly how the conflict began, but everyone was very stubborn and proud. The accumulated grievances did not allow them to take the first step, and the animals were bored in solitude. But still, this is a fairy tale about the New Year, so let's not talk about the bad.
The holidays were approaching, the forest dwellers recalled last year's merry New Year's Eve and thought how to celebrate this significant event this year. After all, no one was going to reconcile. As a result, everyone decided to celebrate the New Year on their own.

Closer to the 31st, the first difficulties began. The squirrel decorated the Christmas tree with cones and nuts, but could not think of anything with the lighting. “Nothing, it’s also very beautiful,” she thought, and became sad.
Bunny had another problem - he found a beautiful garland and already imagined festive New Year's lights, but he just couldn’t get to the Christmas tree, because he was too short.
The fox prepared many festive dishes, decorated a small but neat pine tree and was about to celebrate, when she suddenly remembered that she could not sing at all. New Year without songs did not fit in her head, and this was the main reason for frustration.
The wolf did not understand aesthetics, and even more so did not know how to cook. The absence of a festive mood, food and a Christmas tree made him gloomy and angry. And the Little Bear, having realistically assessed the situation, decided that sleeping through the New Year was a pretty decent idea.
And a similar situation happened in every house of the fairy forest. The new year was sad and boring. This is where our fairy tale would have ended, if not for the New Year's Magic.

A fairy tale about the New Year for children: why there is strength in unity

The animals seem to have come to terms with their situation and did not expect anything good and interesting. But at the very new year's eve they wanted to feel the holiday magic. Everyone remembered how beautiful and wonderful it was last year to have fun together near the largest Christmas tree in the forest. For some reason, they decided that the New Year's magic was connected with this place and hurried there.
Quite a bit of time passed, and the whole forest company gathered near a large fluffy spruce. Seeing each other, they wanted to talk, ask about business, but remembered the quarrel. The animals suddenly became very ashamed. How can you be so stubborn and proud? How can you hold so much resentment in yourself? They understood each other without words and embraced tightly. The world no longer seemed so dull, but without New Year's lights, songs and fun, it was very sad.

“How stupid we were. After all, we ruined our own holiday. There is very little time left for the New Year, we won’t have time to really prepare,” the animals cried. At that moment, it seemed that no one could change the situation.
"Stop slacking off!" Suddenly, a loud, hoarse voice rang out. It was Little Bear, who was awakened by a noise near a large spruce. “We came together, and this is the main thing, because strength is in unity. Let's quickly decorate the Christmas tree as best we can, bring our own food and sing songs. Let the holiday not be so beautiful, but still we can make it fun. Is not it?" he continued.
The animals agreed, smiled and ran home. This time for toys, candies, nuts and garlands. No one else was sad, everyone was in a hurry to be in time for the New Year.

What was their surprise when they returned and saw a beautifully decorated Christmas tree, Christmas lights, a snowman, multi-colored light bulbs on other trees and a lot of sweets on the table, which appeared as suddenly as everything else. New Year's Magic came to the animals and gave them a real holiday, which they deserved. After all, they understood the main thing! Remember the moral of this fairy tale about the New Year - do not accumulate your grievances, learn to forgive others and do not be afraid to take the first step. Only together with friends can you find happiness and meet magic.

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A. N. Ostrovsky in 1873 interprets “The Snow Maiden” in his own spring fairy tale in a completely different way. Under the influence of different versions of the fairy tale, he writes the play “The Snow Maiden”. Now she is an adult - a beauty - the daughter of Frost and Spring, who dies in the summer. She has the appearance of a beautiful pale blonde girl. Dressed in white and blue clothes with fur trim (fur coat, fur hat, mittens). Initially, the play was not successful with the public. But the opera of the same name, which in 1882 N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov put on the play, was a huge success.

The book can be bought with illustrations by V. Vasnetsov (Meshcheryakov Publishing House)
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or cheaper - from the series " School library» artist Ionaitis Olga.
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And one more, much less known fairy tale about the Snow Maiden. Wrote it Veniamin Kaverin, and it is aimed, of course, at adults or teenagers who are already reading books for adults. The reviews write that this is "Monday begins on Saturday" in miniature.

But what are we all about the granddaughter! Time to talk about grandpa.

What kind of fairy tales about Frost were invented by the people (though not about Santa Claus, about Frost), as soon as they called him. And Frost the Red Nose, and Frost the Blue Nose, and Crack Frost. And how many storytellers were fascinated by this image! A. N. Afanasiev called him Morozko, V. F. Odoevsky called him Moroz Ivanovich, because each author has his own idea of ​​\u200b\u200bthis image.

So such fairy tales appeared: “Moroz Ivanovich” (there is a shorter Russian folk tale and in the retelling of V.F. Odoevsky - a little more authentic (about the Needlewoman and Sloth). In the proposed edition - illustrations by the artist Konashevich V.M., publishing house Melik-Pashaev, 2013
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According to researchers who studied the records of the fairy tale "Morozko" in different regions, there are at least forty Russian varieties of it alone.

"Frost" - about the stepdaughter and his own daughter - we will give several options:
Russian folk in the retelling of M. Bulatov, in the proposed edition of the illustration by Nina Noskovich, Series: Mom's favorite book
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in the book Russian folk tales with illustrations by Yu. Korovin, a variant is given in retelling of Tolstoy Alexei Nikolaevich,
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In the processing of A. Afanasiev (in a large collection of his fairy tales there are 2 versions of a fairy tale at once), in the proposed edition - the most common version.
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"Two frosts" (about frost Blue-nose and frost Red-nose):
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in the retelling of Mikhailov Mikhail Larionovich:
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And a few more fairy tales, where the action takes place in winter, are also usually included in New Year's collections:

Folk
- "By pike command"(proposed edition - illustrator: Rafail Volsky, Publishing House Meshcheryakov)
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- "Sister Chanterelle and the Gray Wolf" - there are many publications, which illustrations you like best - choose for yourself.

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for example, P. P. Bazhov “Silver Hoof”, in 2015 a new edition of this wonderful tale of the Ural storyteller was published - one of the lightest, most elegant and at the same time capacious in meaning magic stories. In this unique book, the talents of the author and artist miraculously combined and greatly increased each other's merits. What P. P. Bazhov said simply and succinctly, the St. Petersburg artist Mikhail Bychkov turned into picturesque canvases with his magic brush.

Book of publishing house Akvarel, a series "Wizards of the brush".
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Brothers Grimm "Lady Snowstorm" (there are translations of the name "Grandma Snowstorm", "Grandmother Blizzard").
We offer this tale in the collection "The Brothers Grimm. Tales”, published by the publishing house “Seraphim and Sofia” in the series: “Tales of the Wise Cricket” in 2011 with illustrations by a talented artist - graphic artist - illustrator Ksenia Kareva. She graduated with honors from MGHPA them. S. G. Stroganova with a degree in book illustration, a student of the Honored Artist of Russia Alexander Koshkin.
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For many years it has been our "New Year's classic" "Twelve Months" - a Slovak folk tale in the retelling of S.Ya. Marshak, (although sometimes it is called spring). Marshak wrote the New Year's fairy tale-play "Twelve Months" in 1943, at the height of the war. In the 2014 edition of AST, S. Marshak's New Year's play is printed without abbreviations - all 4 acts. A. Sazonov's illustrations are original, similar to pencil sketches for the animated film of the same name.
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Evgeny Permyak " magic colors". In the cited collection of the Eksmo publishing house in the series “Books are my friends”, in addition to this tale, there are many beautiful fairy tales Russian children's classic.
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Many winter tales were written by G.Kh. Andersen. First of all, it is, of course, the Snow Queen, beloved by children. For many years, one of the best editions of this book was the one with illustrations by Nicky Goltz.
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In 2015, the Snow Queen with illustrations was published by the Good Book publishing house Christian Birmingham, contains 35 illustrations, including 7 large canvases for a full spread each. This edition has been called the most beautiful illustrated version of Andersen's classic fairy tale to date.
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There were publications in the series “Masterpieces of book illustration for children” (with illustrations by Pavel Tatarnikov in one and P.J. Lynch in the other).

Andersen also has The Snowman, and The Story of the Year, and The Little Match Girl. If it seems to you that Andersen's winter tales are rather sad, then this is true - Andersen is generally a very sad author (and a sad person - remember the film by E. Ryazanov?).
In the cited collection of Andersen's fairy tales there is "The Snowman" and "The Little Match Girl" and, by the way, "The Snow Queen". Artist: Fuchikova Renata, Publisher: Eksmo, 2014 Series: Golden Tales.
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Let's call some fairy tale books "truly New Year's" - the thing in them takes place precisely on the New Year.

A few tales about the main guest of the New Year - Yolka.

Probably, the story “Yolka”, written by V.G. Suteev back in 1955, can already be considered a classic (there is also a cartoon based on this tale - “The Snowman-Mailman”).
There is in the new collection of the AST publishing house in 2015 "Soon, soon the New Year!".
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Another New Year's story by V. G. Suteev "Gift" - in 2015 again came out in a separate edition,
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is together with "Yolka" in the collection: "Fairytale stories for the New Year."

And another Russian classic has a New Year's story called "Yolka" - M. M. Zoshchenko. The case takes place in New Year at the tree

A variety of New Year's stories

V. Golyavkin "How I celebrated the New Year" (we offer a scan with the author's pictures).

N. Nosov's story "Sparklers" was first published in Murzilka in the winter of 1945. This is from a cycle of stories about Misha and Kolya, when Misha made sparklers, and then they went together to the forest for a Christmas tree ... In the text of N. Nosov, quite realistic , the difficulties experienced by the country are somehow felt: the children make sparklers themselves, they also went to cut the Christmas tree in the forest on their own, without a dad, the main and, apparently, the only treat at the table is a pie baked by Mishka Kozlov’s mother.

Around the same time, the fairy tale "Two Brothers" by Yevgeny Schwartz was written. A story about responsibility. New Year's Eve younger brother, offended by the elder, left the house. The father sent the elder to look for the younger, he met Great-Grandfather Frost in the forest ...

In this edition of the book, more than just illustrations wonderful artist Nikolai Mikhailovich Kochergin, it was published by the Nigma publishing house in the series "Heritage of N. Kochergin"
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Many people remember and love the cartoon "Hedgehog in the Fog". The author of the fairy tale itself is Sergey Kozlov. He wrote quite a few more fairy tales - episodes from the life of the Hedgehog and the Bear cub. S. Kozlov composed a special fairy tale: "How a hedgehog, a bear cub and a donkey celebrated the New Year." She gave the name to one of the collections of S. Kozlov.
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There is a book where most of S. Kozlov's Winter Tales are combined.
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At Edward Uspensky there is a whole epic in 7 books about Prostokvashino. In the third part "Winter in Prostokvashino" final chapter- New Year in Prostokvashino. You can read it in the new collection of the AST 2015 publishing house “Soon, soon the New Year!” (in the same place where V. Suteev's "Christmas Tree"), or in individual publications:
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Book V. S. Vitkovich and G. B. Yagfeld"Tale in broad daylight". In this fabulous story, the action takes place on December 31, come to life, find a soul ... snowmen. And these souls turn out to be different, as are the desires and actions of the former snowmen. There are two more fairy tales in the collection, all three were written a long time ago, now these fairy tales would be attributed to the genre of “children's thrillers”.
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Nikolai Glagolev"The Tale of Tweekly the Mouse and Santa Claus",
Natalia Loseva "New Year's story"
N. P. Wagner (Cat-Purr)"New Year ".

J. Rodari "Planet of Christmas Trees", where " A year is only six months long. Each month has no more than fifteen days. And every day is New Year's».
This book was not republished for quite a long time, but in 2014 it was published by the Rosmen publishing house with illustrations Victoria Fomina.
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The fairy tale "Journey of the Blue Arrow" by Gianni Rodari, written in a fascinating and light manner, tells about Christmas magical journey the Blue Arrow toy train and its puppet passengers.
This fairy tale is constantly reprinted, many different editions are on sale.
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Recently, we learned three more prose tales by Gianni Rodari for the age of readers somewhere from 6-7 years old: “The New Toy” is a kind of techno-tale, “Under the Canopy of the New Year Tree” - it was written by a literate cat and sent to the newspaper editor. About the amazing incidents before Christmas in the family where he lives, “Colorful Snow” is a small philosophical parable. Together with the author's poems, they are published in the book " amazing book fairy tales and poems by Gianni Rodari.
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Tove Jansson "Magic Winter" Drawings by the author. Publisher: Azbuka, 2015
Series: Moomintroll and all-all-all
As you know, in winter the inhabitants of the valley sleep. But Moomintroll suddenly woke up and found that he had slept. He sought out Little Myu, and they eagerly waited for the Ice Maiden. During the long winter, they will have to endure a lot: dangerous adventures, amazing meetings and fun party. But on the other hand, in the spring, Moomin can proudly say that he is the first Moomin in the world who did not sleep for a whole year.
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- one of the most famous writers of magical stories from Finland, was a younger contemporary of Hans Christian Andersen and, according to the famous Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, "retained the fabulous style in all its beautiful simplicity, adding to it only a special warmth and cordiality." His fairy tales, in which trolls, giants and forest spirits live, have been read by children and adults all over the world for many, many years. His winter tales are published with illustrations by one of the best Soviet illustrators children's book - Alexandra Nikolaevna Yakobson thanks to which they acquired a special expressiveness and visibility of images.

In 2015, fairy tales were republished in separate books: “ winter fairy tale» publishing house Rech, series: Mom's favorite book
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and "Sampo-loparenok" by the publishing house of the Cloud,
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Let's recall here Gaidar A.P. The story "Chuk and Gek", where the action takes place in winter and ends on New Year's Day, is not at all politicized, but on the contrary - bright, homely. Published frequently, in the proposed edition - illustrations by the artist Anatoly Slepkov, Publisher: Melik Pashaev, 2013
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It is impossible not to mention D. N. Mamin-Sibiryaka. His "Gray Neck" - a surprisingly kind and touching story with a happy ending - was written in 1893 and has since become a classic of world literature for children, a story about a duck that damaged its wing and was left alone for the winter. In both proposed editions, illustrations Lyudmila Karpenko- tender, pastel colors, realistic, surprisingly accurately conveying the mood and atmosphere of the story.
In the Labyrinth edition from Ripol-Classic, 2012 in the series "Masterpieces of book illustration for children",
Another edition - TriMag Publishing House, 2008
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Tales of New Year and Christmas

Often fairy tales, and other texts that were written a long time ago (and not only) refer not so much to the New Year as to Christmas.

Charles Dickens is considered the father of Christmas books. AT mid-nineteenth century, he composed several Christmas stories and began to publish them in the December issues of his magazines. Home reading' and 'All year round'. Dickens combined the stories with the title "Christmas Books": "Christmas Carol in Prose", "Christmas Ghost Story", "The Bells", "The Story of the Spirits of the Church Clock", "The Cricket Behind the Hearth", "The Tale of family happiness”,“ The Battle of Life ”,“ A Tale of Love ”,“ Possessed, or a Deal with a Ghost ”- all these works are densely populated with supernatural creatures: both angels and various evil spirits. Since ancient times, the time of the shortest days and the longest nights has been perceived as a confrontation between light and darkness. If Dickens and his followers did not believe that the outcome of the struggle between Good and Evil depends on the will of people, there would simply be no Christmas stories. " Christmas, writes Dickens, this is the time when, louder than at any other time of the year, the memory of all sorrows, insults and suffering in the world around us speaks in us<…>and, just like everything that we ourselves have experienced in our lifetime, it encourages us to do good. Miraculous salvation, the rebirth of evil into good, reconciliation of enemies, forgetfulness of insults are popular motives for Christmas and Christmas stories.

Now stores offer a paperback edition of this book from the Classics series (Azbuka Publishing House), in which there are 2 stories: A Christmas Carol in Prose (1843) and Bells (1844).
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The tradition took root well in Russian literature. Until 1917, almanacs, special issues of illustrated magazines, annual newspapers were published for the holidays - according to A.P. Chekhov, with "all sorts of Christmas stuff."

Even before the named stories of Dickens, the now well-known "The Night Before Christmas" by N.V. Gogol appeared to everyone. Proposed book from Eksmo publishing house 2012 with illustrations by the artist Anatoly Slepkov, which are called original. In most reviews, these illustrations are praised, but some of them seemed insufficiently bright and expressive.

“... they are “alive”, give the book a certain mystery. A good font for reading, despite the monotony of color, colorfully designed pages .... The book turned out to be simply magical ... the artist managed to convey this spirit of magic, a miracle, a wonderful holiday. Magic that at least once a year allows not only witches and devils to fly. You look at these illustrations in snowy, white-and-blue tones, and you hear the crunch of snow under your feet, you feel how a light frost stings your cheeks, you inhale the fresh, invigorating night air ... before your eyes - wonderful pictures: Solokha with her unlucky admirers, beautiful Oksana, admiring her reflection, and admiring her blacksmith Vakula.
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And the almost forgotten "Night of Christmas" by K. Baranov.

Indeed, Christmas books were ubiquitous and far from monotonous. They amazingly combined the heritage of ancient bylichka and Christian morality.

Wonderful Christmas stories were created by: N. S. Leskov: “The Unchangeable Ruble”, “The Beast”, “The Sealed Angel”, “Christ Visiting the Man”.
There is a collection of the best works by N. S. Leskov "Lefty", published back in 2006 by the AST publishing house in the series "World Children's Library" Artist: Tyurin A. "Great art direction (color illustrations and cloth cover) make this book even more attractive."
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A. P. Chekhov "Vanka", "Boys", "At Christmas time", etc.

A. I. Kuprin A real Christmas story, almost like a fairy tale "The Wonderful Doctor" and another Christmas fairy tale: "Taper".

F. M. Dostoevsky"Christ's boy on the Christmas tree",

and all this, and some more works from Russian classics on the Christmas theme, are in the wonderful book “The Christmas Miracle. Stories of Russian writers. Publisher: OlmaMediaGrupp, 2014, series: Gift editions. Classic illustrations.
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Shmelev I. . “Christmas, Christmas time” (From the story “Summer of the Lord”).
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From fairy tales D. N. Mamin-Sibiryaka The Christmas theme is related to the fairy tale “It's time to sleep” - the last from the cycle “Alyonushka's Tales” and “Wintering on Studenaya”.

Of Christmas stories in their classic form, perhaps the most festive of Christmas tales is E. T. A. Hoffmann's The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. Gift story. Fairy tale gift. The events of The Nutcracker begin on Christmas Eve (December 24), at that very solemn moment when Christians expect the first star to appear in the evening sky.. Of course, many "Soviet" and even current publications emasculate the Christmas theme, but let's keep in mind that Hoffmann once composed the most Christmas fairy tale.

There were a lot of editions of this book by Hoffmann. A very famous illustrator of the Nutcracker - Nika Goltz, Makhaon Publishing House, 2015 offered publication in the series "Masterpieces of Children's Literature"

Back in 2011, the publishing house Rosmen-Press published a publication with illustrations by the artist Maxim Mitrofanov: « Everyone knows, wonderful, romantic story presented in excellent illustrations that can bring even such a gloomy tale as the Nutcracker to life«.
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Eksmo publishing house in 2015 in the series "Golden Tales for Children" published the fairy tale "The Nutcracker and mouse king» illustrated by Artush Shiner. Artush Scheiner (1863-1938) is an excellent Czech artist who created illustrations for the works of G.-H. Andersen, W. Shakespeare, E. T. A. Hoffmann, to the fairy tales of Czech writers. His drawings are truly magical, detailed and light.
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Publishing house "Rech" in 2015 released Hoffmann's fairy tale with illustrations of the work Valery Alferovsky that give the story a special magic. This book has become last book, which was illustrated by the artist, she came out only once - in 1978. There are a lot of drawings in this edition, out of 64 spreads, only 12 remained with bare text. The drawings are here different size: full page, half, third. All of them are in an unusual technique, drawn with goose feathers and watercolors. “The works are simply amazing: so delicate, bright, beautiful, like pictures from vintage European postcards". The translation here is classic and most complete - Irina Tatarinova.
On the Internet you can see several illustrations, as well as unique illustrations by Dagmar Berkove for the Nutcracker. There were also excellent illustrations by G. Spirin.
There is a wonderful audio performance based on The Nutcracker with music by Tchaikovsky, there are already more than one cartoon.

The same thing happened to G. H. Andersen. We knew the Snow Queen, not tied to Christmas. But the author "... the children sang a Christmas carol: “Roses are blooming… Beauty, beauty! Soon we will see the baby Christ» (Translated by A. Ganzen). Sometimes, in edited editions, formidable angels turned into "little men."

Already in the 2000s, a fairy tale was translated into Russian Lyman Frank Baum"The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus". Baum wrote it in 1902, right after The Wizard of Oz. The biography of Santa Claus invented by the storyteller has little in common with the biography of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Baum, in his own way, explains to the kids where Christmas presents come from. " When the world was still young, one forest nymph adopted an abandoned baby - Klaus. He grew up and, living in the Laughing Valley, began to make toys to give them to children. In the end, people recognized him as a saint, and the immortals gave him their mantle. The storyteller has it all figured out. Over time, “old Klaus not only delivered gifts, but also sent toys to stores so that parents, if they wanted to give their children more toys, would easily find them there. And if, for whatever reason, Klaus can't bring a gift to a child, he can go to the store himself and get as many toys as he wants. For the friend of the little ones decided that not a single child should be left without a gift that he dreams of.
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Lagerlöf Selma Ottilius Luvis. "The Legend of the Christmas Rose". This is an amazing tale about the miracles that took place in the Geingen Forest. And the only surviving evidence of those events is a fragile flower that grew from roots collected by Abbot John. Despite the cold, it blooms in the middle of winter, and for this it was called the Christmas rose - as a reminder of that wonderful garden that once bloomed in the wilderness on the holy night. A fairy tale in which even the most cruel and callous hearts are filled with the expectation of a miracle.
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When translating books from foreign languages ​​into Soviet times often tried to replace Christmas with the New Year, and Santa Claus and Pierre Noel with Santa Claus.
Not all Christmas tales are overtly religious in nature, and even some contemporary author's tales and stories are simply light and joyful.

Elena Karling "The night before Christmas ... or the fairy tale came true" ...

Elena Maslo "Christmas at the godmother. True stories and a little bit of magic." The book is written from the perspective of a girl whose parents have no time to deal with it. And she spends the New Year holidays with her godmother. And what miracles they work together, come up with various entertainments! Little Vika and her beloved godmother - inventors and kind souls - either set up a snowflake factory, or invite everyone to go skiing right from the window of their apartment, then, together with all the surrounding children, they sculpt a snow horse, which, wearing a magic scarf, turns into a real Pegasus. New Year's gifts for children and adults are falling from the sky, all-all-all dreams come true - even the most cherished and unspoken, and there is more magic and kindness in the world! The book is filled with magic, peace and kindness! Rech Publishing House - 2014 and 2013, drawings Belarusian artist Vladimir Dovgyalo snow-air - very suitable for the text of this book.
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Nancy Walker Guy « Best gift At Christmas". A Christmas story about the adventures of a teddy bear, a hare and a raccoon on their way to visit a badger. The Christmas gifts are a hit! However, on the way they get into a snowstorm, and the wind blows away beautiful garlands, multi-colored Christmas decorations and the sparkling Star of Bethlehem. There is nothing to do, they have to go to visit with empty paws. But Christmas wouldn't be Christmas if miracles didn't happen that night...

This story, absolutely Christmas in spirit, wonderfully told with the help of illustrations (artist Briswalter Maren), one can even consider little child. The book very well conveys the feeling of a Christmas miracle in life - the child, holding his breath, is waiting for how the fearless journey through the winter forest will end.
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Fairy tales are modern

The above tales have become, relatively speaking, New Year and Christmas classics, but in recent years many good books, written by Russian authors, and fairy tales translated into Russian by authors from various countries.

fairy tale Andrei Zhvalevsky and Evgenia Pasternak"The True Story of Santa Claus" The action of the story spans a whole century. By chance, engineer-traveler Sergei Ivanovich Morozov once a year turns into Santa Claus. Together with him, we live the 20th century and step into the 21st century, and the history of our country passes before our eyes, bright and gloomy, victorious and tragic, familiar and unfamiliar. Comments in the margins talk about important historical events and about Everyday life in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century, about the reforms of the calendar and spelling, about what, after all, Santa Claus was guilty of Soviet power and much, much more.

The book was written in 2007 and is addressed to children aged 8-12, those who have not yet parted completely with faith in the New Year's miracle, but are already ready to learn the truth about the life and history of their country. There are already three editions of this book - standard, gift and collection, in all illustrations by artists: Britvin Victor, Muratova Olga Valerievna.
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One of the most popular modern children's writers, Andrey Usachev, has great respect for winter and new year theme. He writes stories, poems, fairy tales and makes many audiobooks and plays. Then the available works are combined into collections. First, “From the Life of Snowmen” and “Snowmen School” appeared: once before the new year, Santa Claus decided that he did not have enough helper grandchildren. And she and the Snow Maiden made 11 snowmen and 9 snowmen. And then his quiet life ended ... Funny, exciting and cautionary tales about the adventures of little snowmen in the magical village of Dedmorozovka.

Then the collections "Santa Claus from Dedmorozovka" and "Miracles in Dedmorozovka" appeared. In 2008, the book was published in two parts and in a New Year's design. It turned out very festive. A. Usachev came up with the wonderful village of Dedmorozovka, settled Ded Moroz, Snegurochka and their snowman helpers (girls and boys) there and not only told how they give gifts for the New Year, but also about what they do the rest season: snowmen study at the school of snowmen and generally behave like all other children: they are upset because of grades, hooligans, enjoy life. There are quite a few stories in each book. Usually, the design of books is not inferior to the content: hardcover, thick white paper, chic New Year's frames covered with winter patterns and colorful expressive illustrations Alexandra Alira,Ekaterina Zdornova, Viktor Chizhikov.

Now stores offer 4 collections from this series: School of Snowmen, Olympic Village Dedmorozovka, Santa Claus Post Office.
"Miracles in Dedmorozovka" Publisher: Rosmen 2013
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"School of snowmen" Publisher: Rosmen-Press 2012
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"Olympic Village Dedmorozovka" Publisher: Rosmen 2013
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"Mail of Santa Claus" Publisher: Rosmen 2013
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There is also a publication that combines all the fabulous stories about Dedmorozovka and its inhabitants from these 4 books. "All about Dedmorozovka". Author's collection. Andrey Usachov. Illustrators: Ekaterina Zdornova, Elena Zdornova, Victor Chizhikov. Publisher: Rosmen 2014
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Especially for young readers, Andrey Usachev prepared a collection of poems "The Alphabet of Santa Claus". To memorize most of the letters, he came up with two poems. The entire primer deals with the winter theme and the New Year holidays, a colorful large picture is drawn for each poem. With this alphabet, you will not only repeat all the letters of the Russian alphabet with your children, but also find out where the New Year comes from, where Santa Claus lives and where crayfish spend the winter, and you will also reveal many, many other New Year's secrets.

There are several editions of this book (in different publishing houses, framed different artists).
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In the Labyrinth - Onyx Publishing House 2010 (there are other publications).

In 2015, Andrey Usachev's New Year's book of poems "It was in the New Year" was published. Painter: Avgustinovich Irina. Publisher: Ripol-Klassik,
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Winter comes once a year.
Let's light a star on the Christmas tree
To the delight of the little ones and adults.
And it's time for
To see the magic
And meet Santa Claus.

A short story by V. Stepanov "The Silver Key" is just about Santa Claus - it is often included in various collections.
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A. Kostinsky's story "The Day of the First Snow" (can be read in the collection The Invisible Tree, published in 1989) “There is an Ice House and an Ice Garden at the North Pole, where all the world's Father Frost, Pere Noel, Santa Claus and others are grown in glass balls at a temperature of -33C. But they are in danger: due to the general warming of the climate, they may not grow. Snowman Ledenets goes to the city of Tutaktamsk to the world's best refrigeration specialist Leopold Agregatov. But, unfortunately, Agregatov categorically does not believe in fairy tales and simply hates storytellers ... ".

Elena Rakitina "The Adventures of New Year's Toys". Each chapter is dedicated to the story of one of the toys. This is a truly New Year's book, because it is a fairy tale about the adventures of New Year's toys. After all, children so want to believe that Christmas decorations really come to life! And in the New Year there must be a place for miracles. Illustrator: Ludmila Pipchenko. Publisher: Speech 2014

"The Land of New Year's Toys" is a continuation of the book "The Adventures of New Year's Toys" by Elena Rakitina. But here are no longer separate stories, but a whole journey of the same heroes of the first book to the Land of New Year's Toys. Many common human problems are touched upon. The book makes you think about eternal values, experience a lot of emotions together with the characters of the book, instill feelings of empathy, responsibility, and care. The book is made in the same format as the previous one, the same excellent quality of offset paper, color ratio of illustrations. Both of these books for both children and adults, they create a New Year's mood, return to childhood, make you believe in miracles and wait for the magic of the New Year! Illustrator: Ludmila Pipchenko. Publisher: Speech 2014
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Sofia Prokofieva, Irina Tokmakova"Gift for the Snow Maiden." Fairy tale Christmas book The Wolf and the Fox kidnapped the Snow Maiden, and Mitroshka the Hare, the Christmas Bell and the Fir Cone, with the help of the Wise Raven, the wind Athanasius and the Casket with magic songs, boldly rushed to save her. A fairy tale is written beautiful language, in the text there are short songs and spells that can be learned and read with children. Artist: Fadeeva Olga Publisher: Rech, 2015 Series: Tales for children.
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Akim, Dragunsky, Zolotov"New Year. Terribly confusing." This book is interesting not only for beautiful illustrations and text, but for the form of narration itself. The history of the New Year is presented in the form of investigation materials. The entire volume of the book is divided into eight "cases", each of which will tell the child about when and why this or that tradition associated with the celebration of the New Year arose. Artist: Elena Borisova Publisher: Labyrinth, 2014 Series: New Year.
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Elena Lipatova "Yolka Alyonka" Children's fairy tale in verse about a small Christmas tree named Alyonka, which was bought for Christmas. But she missed her mother so much that she decided to go to the forest in search of her ... And then the adventures of Alyonka's Christmas tree began!
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Translations of foreign authors

Sven Nordqvist, a Swedish writer and artist, is already well known in Russia to children and parents. Sven Nordqvist himself illustrates his books. “I like to do everything myself,” he says. And he writes and draws about Petson, whose whole house and yard is inhabited by small funny creatures. Sven Nordqvist calls them myukles. Petson always has a couple of mues in his pocket. On occasion, they can give the right advice or sing something funny. The most ordinary items in Petson's house look completely unusual: in his kitchen he has a lot of little things and gizmos lying around, multi-colored socks are drying on a rope, all sorts of pots and mugs are on the stove, and funny pictures with cows hang on the walls.

Among the favorite books are several stories about Pettson and his kitten Findus and Christmas.

"Christmas at Pettson's House". Petson and his kitten Findus are in a hurry to put things in order in the house, because Christmas is coming soon, they have almost done everything, it remains only to decorate the Christmas tree and prepare a festive dinner. And suddenly something bad happened. Petson slipped and injured his leg. Now he will not be able to go to the forest for a Christmas tree and to the store to buy treats. Petson and Findus no longer hoped to celebrate Christmas merrily, but unexpectedly wonderful guests came to their house ...

In continuation - the New Year's book by S. Nurdqvist "Mechanical Santa Claus". This story is a little different from the rest of the stories about these heroes - both in volume and in the slowness of the narrative, but this story is the most magical, the most New Year's Eve - Old man Petson and Kitten Findus are preparing to celebrate Christmas. “But what is Christmas without Santa Claus?” Thinks Findus. In order not to upset him, Petson decides to design Santa Claus himself. Yes, even such that he talked and moved. But how to make sure that Findus does not notice the substitution?
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And also Sven Nurdqvist: "Christmas porridge". This book tells about Christmas in a family of dwarves, where their traditions reign. On New Year's Eve, the hosts must bring them a plate of porridge, otherwise misfortunes will happen. But this year, people have forgotten the ancient customs, and the dwarves must save the day. Funny adventures of a family of tiny men and their incomparable mouse.

"It's Christmas Eve outside. Fluffy white snow lies motionless on the fir trees and rooftops. And the local gnomes are waiting for the owners of the house to present them with a plate of delicious Christmas porridge! But then the unexpected happens…” Publisher: Albus Corvus. White Crow, 2015
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Anu Shtoner "Little Santa Claus" A whole series of 4 books by a Finnish writer, all of them are serialized, in addition, they were illustrated by one artist and translated by one translator. But each story stands on its own. Artist Henrika Wilson and illustrations are perhaps the most valuable thing in books about Little Santa Claus. They very "eloquently" complement and reinforce verbal images. It turns out that there are many Santa Clauses in the world. And among them there is a small one. That is, Santa Claus is a child. Or, more precisely, Santa Claus is like a child - with all the feelings and resentments inherent in a child, although outwardly he differs from adults only in size. In all other respects, he is their exact copy - he has the same clothes, boots, and even a beard. But the beard is not as a sign of old age, but as a “mandatory attribute” associated with “snowiness” and symbolizing involvement in winter.

A book that tells that even the smallest (and not only Santa Claus) can do a lot. The main thing is kindness, to believe in yourself and not despair, then you will find your place in life and bring a lot of goodness and happiness.
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2. "Little Santa Claus is going to the city." In this book, Little Santa Claus, who is in charge of gifts for forest animals, receives many letters from the animals of the city, who also want to receive New Year's gifts. Big Santa Clauses refuse to take gifts for the animals to the city, because they can hardly cope with the kids. The way to the city is not close and difficult, but the forest animals help Little Santa Claus. And, of course, the animals from the city will receive their gifts!
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3. "Little Santa Claus travels around the world." it fairy tale about how Little Santa Claus, together with his friends, forest animals, gave all the children New Year's gifts in one night. And all because Big Santa Clauses fell ill on the eve of the new year because they did not get vaccinated on time. Traveling around the world lasted all night, and Little Santa Claus visited small villages and big cities.
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4. "Little Santa Claus is growing up." In the pre-New Year's fuss, Little Santa Claus found that he had run out of powdered sugar. And he decided to ask Santa Claus, who lives nearby, for her. Going out into the street, Little Santa Claus saw that the whole village was empty and only the lights were on in the windows of the house of the Chief Santa Claus. Everyone gathered there and did not call only him. And Little Santa Claus, forgetting about the cookies, sadly walked out of the village and did not notice how he ended up at the edge of the forest. His forest friends decided to stand up for Little Santa Claus. Arriving in the village, they will find out why they did not call Little Santa Claus. It turns out that the main Santa Claus goes on vacation and leaves Little Santa Claus in his place.
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Deutsch author and artist Valko. "New Year's Eve". The story of how unexpectedly, on the eve of the New Year, a snow landslide occurred, which destroyed the house of Jacob the hare. And all the animals had to build a needle for him! And then adventures began, just before the New Year, the animals saved the real Santa Claus, and, of course, various miracles followed this. The fact that Santa Claus himself was a guest on New Year's Eve, the animals guessed at the very end of the story. But the attentive reader will understand this much earlier. Publisher: Makhaon Series: New Year
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Another illustrated New Year's fairy tale by Valko "The Lost Christmas Letter". The Hare and the Bear saw a letter to Santa Claus from a sick groundhog, he asked Santa Claus to visit him. They felt sorry for him and went to catch up with Santa Claus in order to give the letter that was lost by accident. We walked and walked ... and saw Santa Claus, who left, having previously visited someone's house. The house turned out to be the groundhog's house, and Santa Claus knew about the letter, he just wanted his friends to come to visit the groundhog and celebrate the holiday together.
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Author and illustrator Luke Koopmans(Netherlands). "Winter Tales". Set of 3 books:
"Little Christmas Tree": a story about how a little Christmas tree was unhappy with her needles, she kept dreaming, now of gold, then of crystal, then of soft green leaves. And each time her wishes were fulfilled, but the result was disastrous: the golden leaves were stolen, the crystal ones were broken, and the soft and green ones were eaten by goats. And in the end, the Christmas tree became itself and realized that this is the best thing that can be!

"Snail, bee and frog looking for snow": in the spring, the snail learns from the bird about the past winter, how cold and snowy it was. But the bird flew away, and the snail remained at a loss, she had never seen either winter or snow. The snail tried to find out about this from her friends - bees and frogs, but they also did not know anything. And then they went in search of snow!

The Mitten is a classic folk tale. Wonderful and kind books for the soul, which are pleasant to hold in hands, pleasant to look at, and also to read such kind gentle tales. Publisher: Dobraya kniga 2013
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You can also buy each book separately.

Kate Westerlund is a famous American children's writer, doctor of education and humanities."My dear snowman." Co-author and illustrator: Eva Tarle- very gentle watercolor drawings. Another story about how real miracles happen on Christmas and wishes come true. In the new year, we always expect miracles. And even falling snow seems magical to us. And if the snowman takes off his hat, then something extraordinary will definitely happen! And it is not surprising that a miracle happened to a little girl who did not expect this at all and who dreamed that the snow cat would become real. Publisher: Klever-Media-Group, 2011

Another winter fairy tale by the same pair of authors - "The Winter Tale of a Deer" - is a very kind, warm and tender story about forest animals who wanted a holiday in a hungry and cold time for them. On New Year's Eve, we all believe in miracles! So the little animals were waiting that even in such a cold and snowy winter they would be able to celebrate the New Year cheerfully. by the most high hopes the heart of the little deer Alice burned, and it was she who awakened in other animals faith in a miracle and a holiday. This story creates in the soul of everyone the feeling of an approaching holiday, makes you believe in a fairy tale and never lose hope for a miracle. Publisher: Klever-Media-Group, 2011
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Genevieve Yurier "New Year's Book of Rabbit Stories". One of the stories from the series “Once upon a time there were rabbits”, in which restless rabbits ride a sled down a hill, Rosemary the rabbit danced in the snow, and Russula went to the ball. This book is a wonderful Christmas gift for kids. Illustrator: Loic Joannigo. Publisher: Machaon, Azbuka-Attikus Series: Once upon a time there were rabbits.. 2014
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Written and Illustrated by Rob Scotton. "Happy New Year, Shmyak!" Continuation funny stories(fourth) about the kitten Shmyak. This is a fabulous story about the approach of the New Year. Kitten Shmyak is really looking forward to a gift from Santa Claus and is terribly worried. What if he didn't behave well enough during the year and didn't deserve a gift? And Shmyak decides from now on to be very, very good ... Stories about Shmyak's kitten are suitable for reading to children from three years old. Publisher: Klever-Media-Group Series: Picture book 2014
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Daniel Piculi - famous French writer, an economist by education, wrote a series of stories about a cheerful and courageous turtle named Lulu Toropyzhka, who often commits rash acts and never refuses to help others and always tries to correct her mistakes. The illustrator and co-author of the series, Frédéric Piyo, is a well-known French illustrator of literature for children and adolescents, as well as comics. Publisher: Polyandria Print, Serie: Lulu Toropyzhka

"Lulu and Christmas tree» . In this book, we find our heroes in sorrow. The New Year is approaching, and this is bad news: a woodcutter armed with a long saw comes into the forest and begins to cut down fir trees one by one until there is only one left ... Lulu decides to save her!
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Ian Falconer Olivia Celebrates the New Year. A book from a series about pig Olivia, in which there are beautiful illustrations by the author, for little inventors and their parents. Absolutely unique design characters and recognizable situations have made the books about Olivia's adventures a successful project in the book market recent years. Neither adults nor children can resist the charm of this mischievous girl. In the stories about Olivia, you can find everything that is inherent in children - the desire to be older and childish spontaneity, a cheerful character and unwillingness to obey elders. Olivia is developing a flurry of activity in preparation for the New Year. She is really looking forward to Santa Claus, and tries to take part in everything - decorate the Christmas tree, help her mother set the festive table. As always, she has a lot of interesting things to do - learn and sing a song about a Christmas tree, go skiing, make a snowman.
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Author and artist Judith Kerr. "Happy New Year, Meowli!" Thanks to the illustrations, this Christmas book is suitable for both the youngest and older children. Usually children are very partial to cats, many have real pets at home. The story is just about a pet, how a cat perceives ordinary phenomena for us, how it reacts to preparations for the holiday, getting on the roof at the same time, and how the situation is resolved. There is a whole series of Kerr books about Meowli.
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Markus Mayaluoma "Dad, when will Santa Claus come?" Who said there is only one Santa Claus? No, the real one, of course, is one - the only one, but he can be delayed due to a snowstorm on the road, then .... Then dad Pentti Rozoholmainen and neighbor Trubkel are simply obliged to take everything into their own hands, because Ossi, Veino and Anna-Marie are waiting for Christmas and gifts, and what is Christmas without Santa Claus ?!
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M. Mokienko "How Baba Yagi Celebrated the New Year." There are a lot of characters in the book. Firstly - 3 Baba Yaga - Senior, Middle and Younger. it positive heroines who only do good. Secondly, Koschei and famously one-eyed. It's drastic negative characters. Then there is Grandmother in the book - Zabavushka, who twisted this story in order to write a book about her. Of course, in the book there is Santa Claus, who suffered from Koshchei. Then there is a family - dad, mom and their son Timosha, who really wants the real Santa Claus to come to him for the New Year and bring an airplane.
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Collection "In the footsteps of Santa Claus" - translations. Fairy tales in the book foreign writers on the New Year theme, twelve wonderful New Year's stories one for each month of the year. The kid will get acquainted with the sorceress Rata Mosh, a funny white donkey and Father Frost's gnomes. Here is another story about a small Christmas tree that was uprooted and thrown away as useless, and the boy picked it up and planted it in the ground. And by the next New Year, a real winter beauty grew up next to his house - a Christmas tree! There is a story about a little sparrow that lost all its feathers. He was very worried, but his friends asked Santa Claus for help, and the sparrow received a gift - a fur coat made of white feathers. And about the mother bear, who wanted to make a New Year's holiday for her cubs!
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Mauri Kunnas, Tarja Kunnas"Visiting Santa Claus" " Here comes the real autumn. Somewhere the first snow is already falling. And that means Christmas is just around the corner! Maybe you think it's too early to think about it? Good for you! For you, Christmas is just a joyful holiday, but for someone it is not only joy, but also a long, responsible job. That "someone" is, of course, Santa Claus. He lives far to the north, in Lapland, in a small village near Mount Korvatunturi. There is everything that the main organizer of the holiday needs: comfortable housing, workshops, saunas, and even an airfield. Hundreds of Christmas gnomes live here - faithful helpers of Santa Claus. They run the household, herd reindeer, sort mail, make Christmas presents, and free time they fish, go on mountain hikes, sing songs and have fun in all sorts of ways. Dwarf children go to school. Their favorite subject is zoology, and the most important are geography and labor. A real Christmas gnome should know perfectly well where is which country and where is which city. After all, on the eve of Christmas, gnomes help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children around the world!”
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A lot of New Year's fairy tales are written by modern Internet authors, for example, on the Lib.ru website, the Samizdat magazine can be read:
Antonina Lukyanova "Why the snow is white".
fairy tale Kozhushner Tatiana"The Tale of Santa Claus and His Friends",
a few tales Usacheva Svetlana Tales told on New Year's Eve (Rug, New Year for Ladybug, As the Little Mouse was looking for the New Year, the Most Expensive). You can probably find others here.

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Every year, many different collections are published for the New Year (including in audio format). But they mainly include those fairy tales (stories, novels) that are collected in this review. Collections are supplemented with poems, songs, riddles, sometimes even crafts and coloring books. These books are illustrated by all the new artists. So no matter how many New Year's books there are in your library, every year you can find a new one. And if something is not in your library, then you can find it on the net, in the public library or from friends and acquaintances. There are many variants of lists of New Year and Christmas books on the net, a significant part of the books from these lists are given in this review, without, of course, claiming to be comprehensive. We have not specified for which childhood one book or another. different kids, different training, different perception. But, of course, if the fairy tale is new to you too, you will first read it yourself to decide if it is suitable for your child. Happy New Year's Reading!

Interesting New Year's stories stories about any holiday itself - about the New Year holiday. Stories about Grandfather Frost, about New Year's chores and dreams.

Traveling with Santa Claus

Misha was walking through the snow-covered forest and suddenly saw fresh footprints. They interested him extremely: someone just recently passed here in huge, enormous boots.

- Who could it be? Is it Santa Claus!

And indeed, soon the boy saw Santa Claus in the distance.

Are you surprised, baby, that I'm here? - Santa Claus asked Misha who ran up. “But I have a magic high-speed cloud that takes you to any place in an instant. Would you like to fly it with me?

Blimey!!! Who would turn down such a tempting offer?! Santa Claus sat the boy next to him on a cloud, and they flew in the blue of the night over snow-capped mountains and valleys. The cloud either soared up to the bright stars, then descended, touching the tops of fluffy Christmas trees. What an extraordinary journey it was!

Soon there were lights below big city. All the children have long dressed up Christmas trees and now they were sitting at home and waiting for gifts from Santa Claus. Only now all the chimneys, unfortunately, were closed. “How to get into houses to leave gifts? Do the kids never wait for them? Misha got nervous.

“Don’t worry, it’s better to watch carefully how I’ll do everything deftly,” said Santa Claus, as if reading the boy’s thoughts, and scattered many small multi-colored parachutes with gifts from the cloud. To each of them was attached a piece of paper with the name of a girl or a boy. Parachutes slowly descended on the city ...

“Don’t worry,” Father Frost reassured Misha again, “downstairs, all the parachutes will meet the brownies and deliver gifts to the children.

Misha really wanted to continue this wonderful journey with Santa Claus ... but then he suddenly ... woke up and realized that, unfortunately, he only dreamed of all this.

"Where's my present?" Did the brownie manage to bring it? Misha exclaimed, remembering his unforgettable dream.

Jumping out of bed, the baby ran to the Christmas tree: what happiness! The gift in shiny paper was already in its place.

“But who knows,” thought a satisfied Misha, “maybe what I saw at night was not a dream at all ?!”

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One winter day, little Pavlik and his girlfriend Katya were skiing in the forest. It was already beginning to get dark, and they hurried home, when suddenly, among the pines, the kids noticed a large and illuminated beautiful house. “What if Santa Claus himself lives here?” An unexpected thought flashed through Katya, and the girl immediately shared it with Pavlik.

“Let’s check, it won’t take long,” the boy continued, and the children immediately moved towards the big house.

Pavlik did not know if Santa Claus was at home, so he decided to look through the window first.

- Let's go see! he suggested to Katya.

The children crept quietly to the window and saw: an old man was sitting in the room, all in red and with a thick white beard, and packing gifts. Real Grandfather Freezing! Pavlik wiped the frosted glass better, and friends saw as many toys as they had never seen in any store.

The children quietly moved away from the window so as not to interfere with Santa Claus, and hurried home to write letters to him: after all, you need to help an old grandfather, otherwise he does not know who wants to receive what gift for the New Year.