[ New Year ]

1. There is a tree, this tree has twelve branches,
   Twelve branches have four rods,
   The rod has six brushes, the seventh is gold.

[year, months, weeks, days of the week]

1. A Christmas tree was born in the forest, it is in front of you. We decorated the top with ruby \u200b\u200b...

[star]

1. Took a plane ticket. Let's meet together ...

[ new Year ]

1. In winter I walk a long road, mountains, forest and valley,
   And I, making a detour, brought you to the tree ...

[ new Year ]

1. He comes on a winter evening to light candles on the tree.
   He starts a round dance - it's a holiday.

[ new Year ]

1. In winter, during the hours of fun, I sit on a bright spruce.
   I shoot like a cannon, they call me ...

[cracker]

1. He tells everyone to dance, make them sing songs,
   He cheers everyone in a row, does not know tired.
   All the centuries we have lived, friendly, noisy ...

[round dance]

9 On what mountain did Elijah die?

[God took Elijah alive]

10. I was at a feast, but I didn't drink wine, what is it?

[head of John the Christite]

1. How many animals of each type did Moses take with him into the ark?

[ no one. It was not Moses who built the ark, but Noah]

1. Who in the Bible died because they cut their hair at the wrong time?

[Samson]

1. A housewife's military weapon, a “symbol” of warmth and comfort?

[trick]

1. A hippo was flying across the sky, and a hunter with a gun ran after him on the ground. The hunter fired, and the hippo fell on him. Who is still alive?

[elephant because he flew out later]

1. What biblical hero died because he didn't get his hair cut on time?

[Absalom]

1. What question cannot be answered honestly “yes”?

[ Are you sleeping? ]

1. Two nails fell into the water. What does the corresponding Georgian surname sound like?

[Rusted]

1. You are sitting in an airplane, a horse in front of you, a car behind you. Where are you?

[Carousel]

1. On the table are a ruler, pencil, compasses and an elastic band. You need to draw a circle on a piece of paper. Where do you start?

[I need to get a sheet of paper]

1. A train departed from point A to point B. At the same time, another train departed to meet him from point B to point A. The road is single-track, but they did not meet. Why?

[ It's not meant to be ]

1. Who is the founder of shipbuilding?

[Noah]

1. What word always sounds wrong?

[The word “is wrong”]

1. What is the most predatory river?

[Tiger]

1. Without what not to bake bread?

[no crust]

1. Big, green. Eats stones.

[large, green stone-eater]

1. What is it: flying, rustling, and not a rustle?

[Rustle's brother]

1. What is it: there is in the sky, not on earth; the woman has two, the man has none?

[letter “B”]

28. What is the front of the cow and the back of the bull?

[letter “K”]

1. It doesn’t live in the sea, it lives in the stove, it won’t fit in the shed, but it will fit two into the wallet.

[letter “K”, USA]

1. What stands in the middle of the Earth?

[letter “M”]

1. A man has one, a raven has two, and a bear has none!

[letter "O"]

1. Is it possible to jump above a nine-story building?

[yes, a nine-story building cannot jump]

1. Three kindred tractor drivers have a brother Sergei, but Sergei has no brothers. Could this be?

[yes, if the tractors are women]

1. Is this possible: two heads, two arms and six legs, but only four in walking?

[yes, it's a rider on a horse]

1. What is it: standing black, on two legs?

[two one-legged blacks]

1. What is warmer than a fur coat?

[two fur coats]

1. If there are six Jews sitting at the table, what is under the table?

[twelve tribes of Israel]

1. What words harassed Winnie the Pooh?

[long]

1. Until when can you go to the forest?

[until the middle, then you will leave]

1. What can be bigger than an elephant and at the same time weightless?

NEW YEAR'S QUIZ for schoolchildren of grades 1-8

Purpose: improve skills about the New Year.
Tasks:
1. develop logical thinking;
2. broaden horizons and vocabulary;
3. increase interest in language learning;
4. to foster respect for the culture of the country of the target language.
5. to promote the development of students' creativity,
6. foster a sense of kindness, empathy, instill an interest in art.
Equipment: presentation, certificates and assignments on cards.

Quiz for schoolchildren about the New Year

What winter holidays do we celebrate twice: the old style and the new one?
(Christmas - December 25 and January 7. New Year - January 1, new style and January 14, old style. The phrase old New Year is our domestic invention and tradition.
In Russia, when the whole family gathered at the New Year's table, children tied the legs of the table with a bast rope. What did this New Year's custom symbolize? (This meant that the family in the coming year will be strong and should not be separated.)
Why in 1699-1700 did the Russians celebrate the New Year twice with an interval of four months?
(In 1699, a few months after the Russians had already celebrated the New Year on September 1, they had to repeat the celebration. Because on December 19, Peter the Great issued a decree on the reform of the calendar in Russia. According to this document, the New Year began to be celebrated 1 January and the Christian chronology was adopted - from the Nativity of Christ. The first January festive New Year in Russia was celebrated very widely for almost a day.)
Issuing a decree on the celebration of the New Year, Peter I wrote that on this day, January 1, “to decorate houses from trees and branches of pine and spruce. Everyone in his own yard to commit firing, but not to perpetrate much drinking and massacre this day ... ". Why did he forbid drinking and fighting on this day? (According to Peter, “other days are enough” for this.)
In pre-Petrine Russia, fresh apples were the traditional New Year's treat for the festive feast. Why? (Indeed, before the calendar reform of Peter I, New Year was celebrated on September 1 - at the time when apples were picked.)
In Japan, the arrival of the New Year is announced by 108 bells, in Great Britain, New Year's midnight is struck by the London clock Big Ben. But in Russia?
(Moscow Kremlin chimes.)
Why did the future poet Pushkin not have a New Year tree in his childhood? (The Christmas tree in Russia began to be used as a New Year tree only from the middle of the 19th century.)
With the advent of Soviet power, the custom of decorating a Christmas tree for Christmas was abolished as a religious one. When was it restored? (Only in 1935, they began to decorate the tree for the New Year.)
When did January 1 become a non-working day in Russia? (This decision was made in December 1947.)
The inhabitants of which states are the first on Earth to celebrate the New Year?
(Residents of New Zealand and the state of Fiji. This is due to the fact that these territories are geographically located closest to the date line.)
What advantage do the residents of the Chukotka village of Uelen have over other Russians?
(They are the first to celebrate the New Year. Uelen is the easternmost settlement in Russia. It is located not far from Cape Dezhnev in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Its residents celebrate the New Year 8 hours earlier than in Moscow.)
Residents of which region of the Russian Federation celebrate the New Year later than all other Russians? (Kaliningrad region, the westernmost region of Russia. New Year comes to them an hour later than to Moscow.)
How many times can you celebrate the New Year in Russia? (Now, in accordance with the new law "On the Calculation of Time", the time zones passing through the territory of Russia have become 9. Therefore, in Russia, the New Year can be celebrated 9 times. And more recently there were 11 time zones, and therefore the number of New Year meetings in our country decreased by 2.)
What gymnastic trick is the Earth performing by the time of the next New Year? (Rev.)
At what impact of the Kremlin Chimes is the New Year coming in our country?
(According to the rules of the exact time service, the new hour begins with the last sound signal, including the last strike of the clock.)
Who were the first people on Earth to celebrate the New Year in space? (These are Russian cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Georgy Grechko, in orbit of the Salyut-6 station on January 1, 1978.)
For the Americans he is a saint, for the French he is the father. And who is he to us Russians?
(In America, Santa Claus brings gifts to the Americans, Peer Noel - Daddy Christmas - to the French deputy, and Santa Claus gives gifts to little Russians.)
What ancient Belarusian forest is considered the birthplace of Santa Claus? (Belovezhskaya Pushcha)
In what month does our Santa Claus celebrate his birthday? (In November, more precisely - on November 18. What is the age of the winter wizard is not known for certain, but it is for sure that it is more than 2000 years old. The birthday of Santa Claus was invented by the children themselves, since it is on November 18 on his estate - in Veliky Ustyug - that the real winter, and frosts hit.)
In which region of the Russian Federation is Veliky Ustyug, the patrimony of Father Frost?
(In the Vologda Oblast. Veliky Ustyug is one of the most ancient cities in the Russian North. Officially, it was named the homeland of Father Frost in 1999.)
When did the Russian Santa Claus have a granddaughter Snegurochka? (Recently, she was invented by the Russian playwright A.N. Ostrovsky, who in 1873 wrote a play in verse - the poetic "spring fairy tale" "Snow Maiden".)
What Russian city is the historical homeland of the Snow Maiden?
(Kostroma. In Kostroma, Snegurochka has both a tower and a living room, where she cordially welcomes and entertains her guests of any age.)
When did the song "Yolochka" appear ("A fir-tree was born in the forest ..."), which is sung by all children and adults in our country on New Year's holidays?
(For the first time the poem "Yolochka" was published in 1903 in the children's magazine "Baby" with a pseudonym of two letters. Composer LK Beckman wrote music to the poems. Only in 1941 was the real author of the words - Raisa Adamovna Kudasheva, Russian writer.)
What beauty dresses up once a year?
(Christmas tree.)
Which country is the historical homeland of the Christmas tree, and then the New Year tree? (Germany.)
Name the children's storyteller who came up with the Planet of Christmas Trees.
(Gianni Rodari.)
What is the name of the Russian ancient, but ageless dance at the New Year's tree? (Round dance.)
Name the performer of the Christmas tree lullaby (Snowstorm.)
What is the name of the New Year's two-faced ball? (Masquerade, carnival.)
New Year's drink for risky people is ... Which one? (Champagne.)
What is the most peaceful New Year's warhead called? (Clapperboard.)
How do Christmas crackers start?
(Confetti.)
Not only a winding road in the mountains, but also a Christmas tree decoration. What is it?
(Serpentine.)
What was the name of the village, in which amazing events took place on Christmas night, which N.V. told us about. Gogol? (Dikanka.)
What were the names of the boys from the story of Arkady Gaidar, who came to their father in the distant taiga to meet the New Year with a geological expedition? (Chuck and Geck.)
From which film of Eldar Ryazanov did the catch phrase fluttered: "Is there a setting to have a fun New Year's Eve"? ("Carnival Night".)
Name our most New Year's film, showing which on the New Year's Eve has become a real Russian tradition, which is more than 30 years old.
("The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath", directed by Eldar Ryazanov, 1976. They joke, in order to tactfully find out the age of a woman, you need to ask her how many times she watched this film on New Year's Eve. The number of views will be equal to her age.)
But Santa Claus harnesses not reindeer to the Christmas sleigh, but reindeer! What proves the truth of this statement? (Presence of antlers. After all, male deer throw off their antlers in the fall.)
Why can't you repay your existing debts on New Year's?
(In order not to do this for the whole year later. You need to pay back all monetary debts in advance, but it is not recommended to take old debts on New Year's Day.)
In Greece, on New Year's, guests put a stone on the owner's threshold, wishing him that this thing is always no less powerful. What is this thing? (Purse.)
What is customary to wash your face on New Year's in Hungary in order to be provided for the whole year?
(Literally money!)
Why are no ducks, no chickens or geese served on the table in Hungary on New Year's Eve?
(So \u200b\u200bthat "happiness does not fly away from home.")
Why on the evening of December 31, Italians walk only strictly in the middle of the pavement?
(They are wary of walking around the edges of the pavement for safety reasons, as Italians throw old rubbish and furniture out of windows on New Year's Eve.)
In Germany, these seasonal workers must be at least 180 cm tall, bass and beard. They are given overalls free of charge. What color is it? (Red, this is Santa Claus.)
In which country during New Year's street processions - the most exciting part of the holiday - thousands of lanterns are lit to light the path on New Year's? (In China.)
Which island state has such a custom: before the New Year, people fill all the dishes with water, and at the moment when the clock strikes twelve times, they arrange a real flood, at the same time pouring water out of the windows, wishing that life would become the same in the coming year light and clear like water? (Cuba.)
What month is the New Year on the Eastern Lunar Calendar? (In February.)
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In what month in the history of Russia was the New Year NOT celebrated?
A. March. B. September.
B. January. G. November.
(The ancient Slavs celebrated the New Year on March 1 with the onset of warmth and the beginning of field work. In 1492, the beginning of the year in Russia was officially postponed to September 1. Since 1699, the New Year began to be celebrated on January 1.)
When did you celebrate the New Year in pre-Petrine Russia of the 18th century?
A. January 1. B. March 1.
B. June 1. D. September 1.
How is Santa Claus affectionately called in some Russian fairy tales?
A. Freezer. V. Morozko.
B. Morozets. G. Holodets.

What is the name of the "magic wand" of Santa Claus?
A. Scepter. B. Wand.
B. Staff. G. Mace.
What kind of headdress does our Russian Santa Claus wear?
A. Cap. V. Boyarka hat.
B. Chalma. G. Bowler.
(And Santa Claus walks in a red cap.)
Where does Santa Claus get gifts for Russian children on New Years?
A. From the chest. B. Out of the bag.
B. From the safe. D. From a sock.
What is the name of V.F. Odoevsky?
A. "Moroz Ivanovich". V. "Holod Petrovich".
B. "Kolotun Nikolaevich". G. "Cold Semyonovna".
What fairy tale did G.Kh. Andersen?
A. "Spruce". B. "Pine".
B. "Fir". G. "Cedar".
What is the name of the place where Christmas trees are sold?
A. Green market. B. Christmas tree bazaar.
B. Green Auction. G. Coniferous supermarket.
Which Kremlin tower appears on TV screens on New Year's Eve?
A. Borovitskaya. V. Nikolskaya.
B. Spasskaya. G. Kutafya.
What item does every Japanese consider it his duty to acquire in order to rake in new happiness in the coming year?
A. A shovel. B. Fishing net.
B. Bamboo rake. D. Straw basket.
Under the guise of a representative of which profession is Mongolian Santa Claus on New Year's Eve?
A. Cook. V. Pastukh.
B. Stalevar. G. Cosmonaut.
What time of year does Australia celebrate the New Year?
A. Summer. B. Autumn.
B. Winter. G. Spring.

NEW YEAR QUIZ

1. The most important grandfather at the New Year's holiday. (Frost.)
2. The nickname of Santa Claus. (Red nose.)
3. The city in which the residence of Father Frost is located in Russia. (Great Ustyug.)
4. Wand of Santa Claus. (Staff.)
5. Storage of gifts from Father Frost. (Bag.)
6. Granddaughter of Santa Claus. (Snow Maiden.)
7. Part of the world where the custom arose to celebrate the New Year at the tree. (Europe.)
8. Mandatory attribute of the New Year holiday. (Christmas tree.)
9. Giving the tree a New Year's look. (Decoration.)
10. Place for New Year's sale of trees and Christmas tree decorations. (Bazaar.)
11. Threads of lanterns on the New Year tree. (Garland.)
12. They are lit both on the Christmas tree and on the festive table. (Candles.)
13. Shiny New Year's ribbon. (Tinsel.)
14. A long narrow ribbon of colored paper, which is thrown at each other at the New Year's holiday. (Serpentine.)
15. Substitute for snow on the Christmas tree. (Vata.)
16. Multi-colored paper circles, which are showered on each other at the New Year's holiday. (Confetti.)
17. Colored decorative lights flying into the air. (Fireworks.)
18. Close people with whom the New Year is most often celebrated. (Relatives.)
19. Time of day when New Year is celebrated. (Night.)
20. A chain of children and adults holding hands who walk around the New Year tree with songs. (Round dance.)
21. A cold sweet treat that looks like snow. (Ice cream.)
22. The last day of December in relation to the New Year. (Eve.)
23. New Year's tree branch. (Paw.)
24. It is customary to give them for the New Year. (Presents.)
25. A toy that, bursting from impact, makes a sharp sound and throws out confetti. (Clapperboard.)
26. Fancy dress ball on New Year's Eve. (Masquerade.)

In which country of the world is the New Year's grandfather called Per Noel? (France)
And in which country is New Year's grandfather called Toshigami? (Japan)
Which country has a tradition to call the New Year's old man Yolupukki? (Finland)
Which of the cities of Russia is considered the birthplace of the Snow Maiden? (Kostroma)
Where is it customary to decorate with bamboo for the New Year? (In Vietnam)
Which country in the world has a tradition of decorating the New Year's holiday with holly branches? (USA)
In this country, instead of a Christmas tree, a tangerine tree is brought into the house for the new year. (China)
Where on New Year's Eve they dance around a house of palm leaves instead of a Christmas tree? (In Ghana)

New Year's quiz for grades 1 and 2

1. Which New Year's grandfather has a long red fur coat, a boyar hat, a thick white beard and a long staff in his hands and a very kind smile?
2. This Santa Claus has a white beard, a red riding hood with a pompom, bright swimming trunks on a tanned body, sunglasses and a surfboard. Where is he from?
3. In this country, the New Year coincides with the holiday of cattle breeding. Santa Claus comes to the children in the clothes of a cattle breeder, with a fox hat on his head, a long whip in his hands, a flint box and a snuffbox on his side. What country are we talking about?
4. From which movie is this catch phrase: "There is a setup to celebrate the New Year merrily"?
5. What city has been declared the geographical homeland of the Russian Father Frost?
6. In which country does the local Santa Claus Bobbo Natale donate gifts, but the fairy Befana with a red toe-pack and in crystal shoes?
7. In what country does Santa Claus have such a funny name - Joulupukki?
8. What is the name of the Spanish Santa Claus?
* * * * * *
Now let's change the task a little. You will need to choose the correct answer from the three suggested.
9. In what country is the New Year's grandfather called Baba Zhara?
1) In Panama; 2) in Cambodia; 3) in Sudan.
10. In which country do residents make a New Year's greeting bouquet from pine, bamboo, plum, woven with rice straws with the addition of fern and tangerine branches?
1) In China; 2) in Japan; 3) in Thailand.
11. In which country, before the New Year's holiday, houses are decorated with branches of a coffee tree?
1) In Nicaragua; 2) in Brazil; 3) in Kenya.
12. In which country is the New Year celebrated by the palm tree?
1) In Cuba; 2) in Nepal; 3) in Saudi Arabia.
13. In which country, instead of a Christmas tree, is the Metrosideros tree blooming with red flowers used?
1) in Ghana; 2) in Australia; 3) in Singapore.
14. Where on New Year's Eve are bamboo shoots thrown into the hearth to scare away evil spirits with a crackle and hiss?
1) In Korea; 2) in Japan; 3) in China.

New Year's quiz for 3rd and 4th grade

1. What was the decoration of the first Christmas tree in France in 1600? This year marks the first mention of the New Year tree in literature.
2. What are Christmas trees made of in the Philippines? What dish in Holland is served only for the New Year's table?
3. In Japan, on New Year's Eve, the branches of two plants are tied at the door - a symbol of fidelity and longevity. One of them is pine and the other?
4. In which country (in the city of Pajakylä) is there a post office for Santa Claus?
5. In Bulgaria, it is customary to bake coins in New Year's pies and ...
6. What must be sewn for the New Year in Korea?
7. What person, today a rare profession, is considered a symbol of happiness in Austria?
8. What heroine of Ostrovsky's play would be very useful to us here, on New Year's Eve?
9. In 1638, gilded and silver-plated toys appeared on the tree branches. What kind?
10. In which country the day when the first snow falls was considered the beginning of the new year?
11. What do they break in Sweden on New Years?
12. What is the name of Santa Claus in Italy?
13. What do the inhabitants of Hungary use to drive away evil spirits before the New Year?
14. What do Japanese children draw and put under their pillow on New Year's Eve?
15. Cubans on New Year's Eve fill all the dishes with water. What do they do with this water?
16. What is strictly forbidden to do in China in the early days of the New Year
17. In what country is it customary to joke on New Year's, as we have on April 1?
18. Why shouldn't you stand under the windows on New Year's Eve in Panama?
19. Why do the Scots bring a piece of coal to visit on New Year's Eve?
20. What was the name of the cold-hearted boy?
21. What fairy tale hero fought with the Mouse King on New Year's Eve?
22. In which Russian city does Santa Claus live
23. Who was the first in the world to establish the custom of celebrating the New Year?
24. The tree lives longest in one of the cities of the American state of Indiana. What's the name of this town?
25. In Australia, Santa Claus does not come by sleigh, but on what?
26. The inhabitants of which island are the first to celebrate the New Year on our planet?

SELECTION OF NEW YEAR'S MATERIAL FOR WORK IN THE LESSON AND OUT-OF-LESSON ACTIVITIES WITH STUDENTS OF 1-4 grades

New Year's quiz for schoolchildren with answers

Purpose: this material will be of interest to primary school teachers in preparation for the New Year holidays.
Purpose: familiarizing students with the history of the New Year, New Year's characters.
Tasks:- develop interest in New Year's traditions, customs,

To form cognitive, communicative UUD,

Foster a love of tradition.
New year
V. Shumilin
On New Year's Eve, as in a fairy tale,
Full of miracles.
A tree is hurrying to the train
Leaving the winter forest.
And the stars are shining brightly
And they lead a round dance.
New, New Year!
Giggles like snowflakes
All night long they fly, they fly.
And songs are everywhere
They sound funny.
The wind is whistling
The blizzard sings
On New Years, New Years,
New, New Year!

Questions of the New Year's quiz.

1 In Russia, the first to celebrate the New Year:
A) Residents of Chukotka, Kamchatka and Magadan region +
B) Residents of Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo regions
C) residents of the Moscow, Tula, Novgorod regions
2 ... In Russia, residents will be the last to celebrate the New Year:
A) Kaliningrad +
B) Astrakhan
C) Petersburg
3. The needles of the needles of this tree are not thorny, wider and longer than spruce, and the cones grow up, and not down, like a spruce:
A) Cedar
B) Fir +
C) Pine
4. The prototype of the modern Santa Claus:
A) Saint Nicholas +
B) Saint Peter
C) Saint Ivan
5. This is what the people called January:
A) Prosimer
B) Prosinets +
C) Promorozets
6. Russian artist, author of the painting "Snow Maiden":
A) I. Levitan
B) V. Vasnetsov +
C) I. Shishkin
7. The composer Rimsky Korsakov created the opera:
A) Snow Maiden +
B) Granddaughter
C) Beauty
8. This is what the people called December:
A) Morozailo
B) Cold +
C) Gonyailo
9. A kind of horse movement, found in the famous children's song about the Christmas tree:
A) Rysza +
B) Allure
C) Gallop
10. The most famous New Year's fruit:
A) Apple
B) Mandarin +
C) Banana
11. Santa Claus needs this not only to lean on, but also to work miracles:
A) Valenok
B) Belt
C) Staff +
12. Santa Claus has it long, up to the waist:
A) Fur coat
B) Beard +
C) Hat
13. In Russia, when the whole family gathered at the New Year's table, children tied the legs of the table with a bast rope. What did this New Year's custom symbolize?
A) The family in the coming year will be strong and should not be separated +
B) The family in the coming year will be cheerful and should not be sad
C) The family in the coming year will be rich and should not live in poverty
14. What gymnastic trick is the Earth performing by the time of the next New Year?
A) Rondat
B) Screw
C) Turnover +
15. Which country is the historical home of the Christmas tree, and then the New Year tree?
A) England
B) Germany +
C) Denmark
16. What is the name of the Russian ancient, but ageless dance at the New Year's tree?
A) Polka
B) Round dance +
C) Waltz
17. The performer of the lullaby for the Christmas tree:
A) Storm
B) Blizzard
C) Blizzard +
18. What is customary to wash your face on New Year's in Hungary in order to be provided for the whole year?
A) Water
B) Money +
C) Snow
19. In which country during the New Year's holiday are thousands of lanterns lit to illuminate the path on New Year's?
A) Poland
B) China +
C) Japan
20. When did you celebrate the New Year in pre-Petrine Russia of the 18th century?
A) January 1
B) September 1 +
C) March 1

New Year's quiz requiring a complete answer. (3-4 cl.).

2. American Santa Claus.(Santa Claus.)

3. Three necessary things, without which Santa Claus cannot appear “in public”?(No beard, staff, and gifts.)

4. Snowflake's cousin?(Icicle.)

5. How many times, according to ancient tradition, Santa Claus must hit the ground with his staff for a miracle to happen?(Three times.)

6. Transport movement of Santa Claus?(Three horses harnessed to a painted sleigh.)

7. How many times do Russians celebrate the New Year?(Twice: the first of January in the new style and the fourteenth in the old style.)

8. What Russian writer, playwright is considered the "father" of the Snow Maiden?(A. N. Ostrovsky, author of the fairy tale "Snow Maiden".)

9. A famous Russian composer, author of the opera The Snow Maiden?(Rimsky-Korsakov.)

10. Screening of which movie on New Year's Eve has become a good tradition?("Irony of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath".)

11. A close relative of Santa Claus?(His granddaughter Snegurochka.)

12. Who invented the calendar?(By the ancient Romans.)

13. Favorite treat of Santa Claus and Snow Maiden?(Ice cream.)

14. Homeland of the ice cream?(A French town called Plombier.)

15. Children's fairy tales, in the title of which Santa Claus himself or his closest and distant relatives appears?("Morozko", "The Snow Queen", "Snow Maiden", "Frost Ivanovich", "Mistress Blizzard", etc.)

16. New Year's "confetti-gun"?(Clapperboard.)

17. The name of a famous New Year's song?("The Forest Raised a Christmas Tree".)

GAMING ATTRACTIONS NEW YEAR

"New Year's mosaic" - the game involves two teams of three people each.

The task. Each team is given an envelope containing a proverb or a winter-themed proverb, with each word written on a separate sheet of paper. It is necessary for a minute to compose scattered words into a proverb or a saying: "Take care of your nose in severe frost"; "Winter and summer have no harmony."

Snowball Catcher - a comic competition in throwing "snowballs" is arranged. Two players face each other at a distance of about three meters. The player in front of whom lies a "pile of snowballs" (pre-made of their paper) throws at the second player, who has a small waste basket in his hands. With this basket, he must catch the snowball. The task of the second player is to catch as many snowballs as possible with his basket.

"One snowflake, two snowflakes ..." - two or more people participate in the game. With a blindfold on, collect as many "snowflakes" scattered by Santa Claus in a certain time.

"Elegant Christmas tree ..." - both girls and boys take part in the game. Girls are Christmas trees, which young men must dress up and embellish for the holiday in a certain time. In front of each of them is a box with various ladies' cosmetics, jewelry and accessories: beads, bows, clips, lipstick, blush, eyeshadow, hairpins, Christmas tree decorations and tinsel. The winner is the pair of players that attracted the most sympathy from the audience. Voting is "governed" by friendly applause.

"Blind game" - two players are involved. In front of each of them is a large sheet of paper and a pencil. Game condition: blindfold, draw, for example, a snowman. The winner is the one whose drawing is more successful and reliable. The winner receives a “sweet prize” in the form of a large candy with a surprise “filling”. While rewarding the winner, Santa Claus invisibly tugs at the string and the "candy" - a clapperboard unexpectedly explodes in the hands of an unsuspecting player, showering him with multi-colored confetti.

"My balloon fly ..." - the game involves two or three pairs of players. The task is set before them: during a fast, rhythmic dance, do not let the balloon touch the floor. The winner is the couple who successfully completed the task, which receives an amazing gift from Santa Claus as a reward: knocking on the floor with his magic staff, he predicts an amazing and brilliant future for young people.

"Two silver horses will drive me in an instant ..." - two rival players, using roller skates as ordinary skates, must simultaneously leave the "one destination", overcome a certain distance and return safely. The winner is the one who is more confident and quick to complete the task.

New Year's traditions in different countries.

Let's start with Germany, from where the tradition of decorating a Christmas tree at the New Year's Eve has spread throughout the world. By the way, this tradition appeared there in the distant times of the Middle Ages. The Germans believe that Santa Claus rides a donkey, so children put hay in their shoes to treat him. And in Berlin, at the Brandenburg Gate, the most interesting thing happens: hundreds of thousands of people make toasts to the reunification of East and West Germany - the holiday is celebrated there very emotionally.

And in Vietnam, beliefs are even more interesting - the ancestors of modern Vietnamese believed that the New Year comes on the back of a carp, so today there is a tradition of buying live carp for the New Year and releasing it into a pond or river. And the main symbol of the holiday there are branches of a blossoming peach, which are placed in the house and given to each other.

Another common tradition today was presented to the world by another European country - England. This is giving each other greeting cards. And among the unusual things associated with the New Year there, one can distinguish the same tradition of treating a donkey with hay that the Germans have, as well as the ritual of kissing lovers under a mistletoe sprig to strengthen relationships. Moreover, this must be done under the ringing of bells ringing at 12 o'clock in honor of the New Year. It is unusual that these bells start ringing before 12 at night, but before the New Year comes, they are wrapped in blankets so that they sound quiet, and when it comes, the blankets are removed and they start ringing at full might. And in the British Isles, people literally let out the Old and let the New Year in: for this, they first open the back door of the house when the clock starts striking 12, and then open the front door so that the New Year will enter the house.

But Sweden gave the world the first glass Christmas tree decorations (in the 19th century). There, on New Year's Eve, it is customary not to extinguish the lights in houses and to brightly illuminate the streets - this is a real celebration of light.

Another Europeans - the French - celebrate the New Year very extravagantly. They bake a cake in which they put one bean, whoever gets this bean is declared the bean king and on a festive night everyone obeys his orders. Yes, many of us would like this tradition, it is strange that it has not yet reached and has not taken root in Russia. And good French winemakers are simply obliged to drink to the next harvest with a barrel of wine: you need to clink glasses with it and wish her a Happy New Year!

In the USA, where in 1895. the first in the world luminous electric garland was hung at the White House, and from where the tradition of writing "New Year's tasks" with promises and plans for the coming year spread around the world, it is not customary to arrange solemn feasts, as well as to give gifts, everything is arranged there only for Christmas , and they necessarily transplant the Christmas trees into the ground, and do not throw them away, as we do.

The Finns, on the other hand, have festive meals on both Christmas and New Years. It was from Finland that the tradition came to melt wax and dip it into cold water, and then use the resulting figures to guess what awaits a person in the coming year.

Japan gave the world the tradition of celebrating the New Year in new clothes, building ice sculptures and castles. The most unusual tradition there is to buy a rake before the New Year, which "will help to gain more happiness."

An unusual and rather widespread New Year tradition in many countries is making noise - the louder the better! Panamanians shouting and knocking loudly, ringing bells, including sirens and horns of cars so coax the New Year. Hungarians in the first second of the arrival of the New Year whistle loudly - they drive away the bad and attract well-being. Iranians are shooting from guns.

Whatever the New Year traditions are, the most extravagant among them, nevertheless, can rightfully be considered those in which something is thrown out of the windows. So, in Cuba, at 12 o'clock, water is poured out of the windows, which is collected in advance into all the dishes available in the house - thus the Cubans wish the New Year a clean and bright path like water. Italians throw old things out of the windows to be replaced by new ones, and they do it with all their usual passion, loudly and cheerfully. In some areas of Johannesburg (the capital of South Africa) refrigerators fly out of the windows, which makes the New Year in this country very dangerous, but in general there it is customary to throw something old out of the windows, like Italians. But in Nepal, old things are burned in big fires at sunrise.

Bulgarians behave very unusual in the first 3 minutes of the New Year: they extinguish the light everywhere - these are the minutes of New Year's kisses, the secret of which is kept by the darkness. Well, the Ecuadorians have left everyone far behind in terms of the extravagance of New Year's traditions. Men there dress up in women's clothes, put on wigs and dye to make "widows cry" for bad husbands and burn dolls.

But in general, all Ecuadorians believe: if you manage to put on yellow underwear during the striking of the clock, then money will fall like snow on your head, if red, then there will be happiness in your personal life, if you run around the house with a large bag or suitcase at the same time, then you will travel all year.

There are many more interesting New Year traditions.

This article is a New Year's version of the well-known "Questions and Answers" drinking game. The host takes turns approaching the guests and asking them questions. Players take pre-prepared answer cards out of a hat (or beautifully designed box) at random and read them aloud. I tried to make such a selection so that any question-answer would be funny and, as they say, in the subject. I hope you will like it.

Host questions:

1. Do you have a habit of kissing everyone on New Year's Eve parties?
2. Rascal on New Year's Eve - is it about you?
3. Do you like to celebrate the New Year in the forest under the tree?
4. Is it true that your old dream is to dance a striptease at a corporate party?
5. Have you ever had to fall asleep and snore at the New Year's table?
6. Do you like dancing non-stop all New Year's Eve?
7. Is it true that you get yourself a tattoo before every New Year?
8. Do you like to play pranks on New Year's Eve?
9. How often did you overeat on New Years so that you could not get out from the table?
10. Do you like to shout songs under other people's windows on New Year's Eve?
11. Do you like to keep track of who ate how much at the festive table?
12. Do you often see New Years in a clown costume?
13. Do you love washing dirty dishes after the New Year's feast?
14. Do you enjoy taking away New Year's gifts from kids?
15. Are you ready to “squander” all the money for New Year's gifts?
16. Do you often wake up in the morning of January 1 in a snowdrift?
17. Do you secretly dream of a love adventure on New Year's Eve with a stranger (stranger)?
18. Is it true that you like to gossip about the outfits of those present at the New Year's holidays?
19. Do you like to pester those present with your boring speculations about life on New Year's Eve?
20. Is it true that you consider yourself the most beautiful (most beautiful) of all the people in the audience?

Answer cards:

1. Yes, sometimes I admit small weaknesses.
2. What do you mean, I dare not think about it.
3. It's over, but only for good money.
4. We are all not without sin!
5. I confess, this is my favorite pastime.
6. Sure! What's wrong with that?
7. Don't you think that you haven't been to the doctor for a long time, since you are asking me such ridiculous questions ?!
8. Well, once a year I can afford it.
9. These questions give me migraines.
10. Yes, although it's a shame to admit it.
11. I would love to, but friends forbid me to do it.
12. Alas, this is just my dream ...
13. It happens somehow by itself.
14. How did you find out about this, I asked you not to disclose it?
15. Yes, but less often than I would like.
16. Yes, especially when I am eating hard.
17. Yes, especially after the New Year's banquets.
18. No, but together with you I am ready to try it.
19. Fi, how vulgar!
20. Yes, yes and yes again!

Ekaterina Lukyanovich

Hello children! Today we will plunge into a fabulous holiday atmosphere!

New year

V. Shumilin

On New Year's Eve, as in a fairy tale,

Full of miracles.

A tree is hurrying to the train

Leaving the winter forest.

And the stars are shining brightly

And they lead a round dance.

On New Years, New Years,

New, New Year!

Giggles like snowflakes

They fly all night, fly.

And songs are everywhere

They sound funny.

The wind is whistling

The blizzard sings

On New Years, New Years,

New, New Year!

Who is the main guest in every home on New Years? (Santa Claus).

What is the nickname most often called Santa Claus? (Red nose).

Where are the main treasures of Santa Claus kept? (In the bag).

Without which attribute is the New Year impossible? (Christmas tree).

With the help of which you can make a magic from an ordinary forest tree new Year's beauty? (Decorations and garlands).

What is customary to light on the New Year tree, as well as on the festive table? (Candles).

What are the names of bright shiny new year ribbonswhich is used to decorate the Christmas tree? (Tinsel).

What is the name of the colored threads of lights that can be seen on the Christmas tree on New Year's? (Garland).

What is the name of the chain from children and adultswho joined hands and walk around the tree? (Round dance).

What do children expect most for the New Year? (Presents).

What is the name of new year ballwhen everyone is wearing carnival costumes? (Masquerade).

Which city is the birthplace of the Russian Father Frost? (Veliky Ustyug).

Where is the birthplace of all trees? (Forest).

Forest beauty,

So green

Decorated with toys

Garlands, firecrackers. (Christmas tree)

They circle in the air

They lie in the palm of our hand

Weightless as feathers

And they all call them. (Snowflakes)

Children rolled three lumps,

Fixed them lightly

They took the red carrot -

Made. (Snowman)

With a fragrant thin skin,

They will decorate the table in the house,

Like mood vitamins.

Everyone will know. (Tangerines)

Are bursting with fireworks

These sweet moments.

Everyone believes, everyone waits

This festival. (New Year)

Coloring "Santa Claus".

Dance to the song "The Forest Raised a Christmas Tree"Author: R. A. Kudasheva

Reading poems that children have learned.

Thanks guys!

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