The most popular tourist attractions in Russia during the Christmas season

In the midst of the increasingly irregular home climate with a tendency to warm up, people sometimes long for a cold winter to cut meat, to be happy with the hot dishes and to feel the warmth. sit together when it's cold outside.

On every occasion at the end of spring from December to March, the demand for trips to Russia increased, as this time the snow was covered all over Russia. Traveling to discover Russia in the winter days at the end of the year is a unique experience, watching snow in the atmosphere of the New Year festival and discovering the interesting things about Christmas.

Christmas fairy on the streets of Russia

Christmas and New Year are the occasions when the pines in Russia are richly decorated and ubiquitous. In the central streets, especially in Red Square, the huge pines are extremely impressive and attract a large number of people and tourists.

Pine is an essential part of traditional Christmas. The Russians call the New Year's pine - Yolka - New Year's pine - instead of Christmas trees as in many other countries

In the capital, Moscow, a large pine tree is placed on Red Square after it has been carefully selected by experts and evaluated for height, diameter and standards to meet the aesthetic criteria. With an extremely impressive decorative theme every year, the pine tree on Red Square has since become the city's leading tourist attraction. Anyone who comes to Russia at Christmas time must visit this place to check in.

In addition, this time in Russia you will not be able to resist indispensable Christmas fairs with countless beautiful stalls selling all kinds of extremely unique and strange souvenirs or hot street food.

Santa and Snow Princess

Every child around the world looks forward to Christmas all year round to receive gifts from the old man with the red reindeer. In Russia, this legendary figure is Santa Claus named Ded Moroz, unlike Santa Claus as in many other countries. Even according to Russian tradition, Santa Claus does not give children gifts at Christmas, but on New Year's Eve.

Santa Claus in Russia in particular always has the Snow Princess' companion - a beautiful and extremely beautiful niece. For a long time, the Russians told us orally that Santa Claus lives in the city of Veliky Uctyug - one of the oldest cities in Northern Russia - where there are many souvenir shops and post offices. Every year hundreds of thousands of children's letters from all over the country are sent to this city and all letters are answered in full.

Santa Claus in Russia is said to not only deliver New Year's gifts to children, but also have a noble duty to patrol the woods in winter and help plants and animals adapt to the icy weather.

Today, from the beginning of December, Santa Claus and the Snow Princess will take part in New Year celebrations in kindergartens, schools and cultural centers. Children danced traditional dances around the colorfully decorated New Year's pines and received wonderful gifts from Santa Claus as a reminder of each child's childhood.

The New Year festival in Russia usually takes place within 7 days with many interesting activities. The parade of thousands of people in Santa's costume is the most anticipated event. During the festival, cannons are fired near the Kremlin in the afternoon, signaling the arrival of a new year.

The most popular tourist attractions in Russia during the Christmas season

# 1 Red Square

On the occasion of the New Year, Red Square is open to welcome everyone who wants to take part in exciting events on the topic of Christmas and New Year. The huge New Year's pine has created a brand for this place and attracts many visitors

# 2 Tsum mall

The largest shopping center in Europe in Russia, with beautiful European architecture and large shopping areas that are extremely busy and crowded in winter with a variety of items, especially clothing and cosmetics with well-known global brands such as Gucci, Prada, Bottega Veneta and Lanvin, Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Valentino ...

# 3 Kamchatka Peninsula

This place is famous for its volcanoes and geysers, which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is an almost primitive, beautiful region with crystal clear rivers and lakes. especially the geysers gushing into extremely strange hot water.

# 4 See figure skating in the Novopushkinsky Public Garden

Does anyone visit Russia without sitting on the bleachers and seeing attractive figure skating shows? Moscow is the cradle of talented artists in this field, particularly "ice theater" - an industry of figure skating based on a combination of music, dance movements and integrated action. in performance.

Classic ballet like The Nutcracker, Swan Lake or Cipollino with figure skating "Ice Theater" is a special Christmas gift from Russia for tourists who love art. The combination of extremely hard music, ice skating and well-known storylines is the most anticipated achievement in Russia during the holiday season.

# 5 "Journey in Christmas" festival

From December 22nd of every year, the capital of Moscow is always overcrowded with the "Journey to Christmas" event, which during the holiday season opens a series of special events such as electricity. The Kremlin and famous places are Tverskaya Ulitsa and Tverskoy Bulvar. There are many music shows, plays, art classes under thousands of lights and shimmering decorations.