New Year is a special holiday. Someone meets him with family, someone with friends. But magical Christmas mood covers everyone. V new year's eve everyone is waiting for a miracle, something fabulous, wants to celebrate the holiday in an interesting and unforgettable way. With questions about how you can usually and unusually celebrate the New Year, I turned to the students.

Alyona:
-The most unusual meeting of the New Year in my life happened 2 years ago. On the island of Sicily in Italy. Then I was 17 years old. The holiday began in the family circle, and then my Italian friends and I decided to go see the fireworks. Italians have a tradition of opening a bottle of champagne during fireworks and eating tangerines. The guys took champagne, and the girls were supposed to take tangerines. Everyone was in a hurry and last moment asked my friend to pick up fruits from the table. By mistake, she took the decorative ones that were also on the table. When we were already there, and it turned out that instead of real tangerines, the package contained decorative ones, everyone laughed for a long time.

Sergei:
- I usually celebrate the New Year with my family. But if there are debts, this time they can be left in the barracks. Then it won't be very fun.

Vania:
- The most unusual New Year? I think the past. I spent it with friends in a village where only 10 people live. Everyone was wearing 60s and 70s clothes. New Year in retro style, so to speak. And in the morning the whole company went for ice cream to the nearest city, which was 50 kilometers away.

Tanya:
- New Year - family holiday. It all starts with the fact that on the 30th the whole family we go to the city to buy various goodies for New Year's table we put things in order in the house. On December 31, we spend almost the whole day in the kitchen with our relatives. And the TV is on all day. Under the Irony of Fate, we set the table, then change into festive clothes and put gifts under the Christmas tree. Everyone congratulates each other and goes to the table. Then I write a wish on a piece of paper, burn the piece of paper, and throw the rest into champagne and, while the chimes are striking, I try to drink it. Although it rarely happens. It's such a tradition. And finally, the whole family goes outside (we live in a private house) and light sparklers. And if at such a moment it also snows, then in general a fairy tale! Then we run to warm ourselves in the house and eat tangerines. TV, armchair and something delicious on a plate - until four or five in the morning. And then - to sleep, so that on January 1 we all get out together to the square, on which there is a huge Christmas tree and two snowmen.

Alyssa:
When I was a schoolgirl, I always celebrated this holiday at home. And last year, in my first year, it so happened that on the very eve of the New Year, I was alone in the room. A friend called. On the phone, we counted the seconds to midnight, and then congratulated each other! We talked for a few hours and I went to bed. I remember this New Year very well.

Sasha:
There was only one unusual. How Christmas story. I met one girl. She lived in Novopolotsk. It seems like they became friends, corresponded. Somewhere in December, I got tired of it, I wanted to decide once and for all who we are in relation to each other. The answer followed: nothing can be, everything is to blame for the distance.
On the morning of the 31st, my parents went to visit relatives. I said that I would celebrate with friends, and I went to Novopolotsk myself. Wandered over it all night. I don’t know why, I don’t know why, I don’t know what or whom I was waiting for. I went around, probably, everything from the main street to the lanes. I didn’t feel like sleeping at all, and the night city and illumination distracted from stupid and naive thoughts. The next morning, by noon, I was at home, my relatives had not yet arrived. The mood was incomprehensible: it seems that everything is bad, although, on the other hand, this long walk was very interesting and exciting. When he arrived, he sat down at the "toy", for two hours he fired monsters with passion. I've never had so much fun playing games before. Drawn to sleep. I woke up at about ten in the evening, and there was nothing bad in my soul anymore. Probably left everything in that night city. And the feeling of interest in the girl remained for a long time.

On December 25, a New Year's student evening was held in the lobby of the MGIMO conference hall, organized by activists of the Student Union with the support of the Department for educational work. The participants of the event celebrated the upcoming holiday with a big concert and a disco. Such an event was held at our university for the first time in the last five years and, most likely, will become new tradition University.

The concert was opened by MGIMO Vice-Rector for Social and Educational Work I. Loginov. He congratulated the students on the holiday and wished them good luck during the session. The vice-rector noted that the administration of the University is always ready to support the creative initiatives of students, but education should remain in the first place.

The festive concert was attended by the creative teams of MGIMO and talented students. The host of the evening was A. Kirilov. He invited the audience to remember the brightest events in the creative and social life of the University in 2015, and at that time the screens showed footage of the celebration of Victory Day and Freshman Day, interesting moments of the Spring and Autumn Warden, the KVN Peace League and many other events. One of them was the MGIMO Music Awards competition, the winner of which - R. Goryachev - sang the song "Let it snow".

In the first part, musical numbers were presented by E. Yakusheva and A. Seliverstova, who impressed the audience with their vocal skills. Representatives of the MGIMO ballroom studio performed a dance composition consisting of a waltz and tango, and members of the Edelweiss team surprised the hall with an incendiary Spanish dance. The New Year's atmosphere was supported by the representative of the Poetry Club V. Polyakova, who read the touching poem "Towards Winter".

After a small reception, the event became less official. The “Team on which I bet all my money” rose to the stage, remembered by the students for their performance at the KVN World League. Also, the audience highly appreciated the bright performances of the representative of the vocal studio D. Bolshakov and members of the Academy of Colombian Salsa Fe y Café. A beautiful finale of the main part of the concert was the performance of D. Chebotarenko and E. Yakusheva, who performed the song " Last hour December".

“It's great that we were able to perform in front of the audience and see the numbers of other participants! I think that such events help to fully reveal their creative potential and attract children to various University teams. This holiday made it possible to forget about the upcoming exams and plunge into the unusual atmosphere of the New Year and student friendship!” - A. Moiseenkova, a participant of the MGIMO ballroom studio, shared her impressions.

A smooth transition from a creative evening to a disco was the performance of Live Music Club, to the songs of which many guests have already begun to dance. The DJ and one of the organizers of the event, M. Makartsev, prepared the best compositions for the guests of the evening, and the disco was the perfect end to a bright student holiday.

“This evening was the long-awaited end to such an eventful 2015,” said G. Zuev, another organizer of the event, “we managed to create a truly kind, festive atmosphere, as well as unite the MGIMO teams on one stage. They often perform separately, lead an independent creative life, each of them has his own circle of admirers. This evening allowed to show the great potential and diversity of numerous associations of the University. Many thanks to the participants and guests of the creative evening for a great holiday!”.

idea to make new Year's Eve traditional was supported by both the leadership and the students of our University.

The Student Union team congratulates everyone on the upcoming New Year and wishes that in 2016 in your life there will be as many bright moments and cozy festive evenings in the circle as possible. big family MGIMO.

Foreign students celebrate the New Year

On December 26, 2017, the Department of the Russian Language of NGASU (Sibstrin) held another New Year's Eve for foreign students. On a holiday called "Let's get to know each other!" foreign guests came from NGPU, NGTU, SGUPS, NGMU. The guys became representatives different peoples peace. The Russian language united young people from African countries, from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Italy, China, Mongolia, North Korea, Thailand, Ecuador.

The attendees were greeted by Department of the Russian language R.S. Satretdinova, who wished everyone a happy New Year and successful studies. She emphasized how much the Russian Language Department and our university do for foreign students. CRIO headed by V.Ya. Melnik always supports all the creative undertakings of the department, Interclub NGASU (Sibstrin) provides volunteers (today, thanks to Interclub, our evening was visited by cheerful Santa Claus and Snegurochka). Special thanks to N.V. Besenova and the ensemble "Siberia", which adorn many holidays of the university with their creativity and always respond to invitations to perform at international evenings. R.S. Satretdinova also thanked an active participant in many joint creative activities - Professor E.E. Tikhomirov from NSPU, who brought a large group of foreign students to the celebration.

The holiday was opened by a colorful performance of the dance group "Siberia". Bright outfits, beautiful cheerful dancers immediately captured the attention of the audience. After the performance of "Siberia", a concert of foreign students began, which alternated with competitions, practical jokes, dances and songs, tea drinking and communication. Teachers of the Russian Language Department V.P. Volokhina, E.V. Zhigalkina, M.A. Grigorieva developed the script and spent the evening. In games and competitions, students demonstrated knowledge of the language, costumes, dexterity and charm. And the performance of songs, dances, poems, musical numbers aroused genuine interest. The musical performances of students from Ecuador and Africa turned out to be especially bright, the songs performed by a student from North Korea and a listener from Bangladesh were heartfelt. Chinese students read Pasternak's poems, Afghan students recited their native poetry, accompanying the text with a translation into Russian. The evening showed how many talented beautiful people from different countries of the world is studying in Novosibirsk!

And at the end of the concert, teachers of the Russian language department spoke to the students and sang a mischievous song “Winter lived in a hut by the forest on the edge”. And although not all the words were understandable to a foreign audience, the sincerely emotional performance touched the souls of many so that the guys from Africa started dancing. The holiday ended with a round dance around the Christmas tree, music of friendship and joy, understandable without words.

But the Eastern New Year - the year of the Dog - will come only on February 15th. And then the concepts of friendship, fidelity, joy and mutual understanding will be filled with new meaning. After all, these are all the qualities of a good symbol of the New Year according to the Eastern calendar.

The material and photos were prepared by the associate professor of the Department of Russian Language E.V. Frolova