Today's tradition of celebrating the New Year came to Russia in 1700 AD In the time of Peter the Great. Then, when the European culture came to Russia.
Then began to celebrate the New Year on January 1. From the west came the tradition to meet the New Year with a Christmas tree, and Santa's incomprehensible image was replaced by Santa Claus. The ancient Slavs represented him in the image of a short old man with a long gray beard. His breath is a severe cold. His tears are icicles. Hoarfrost - frozen words. And your hair is a snowy cloud. The wife of Frost is herself Winter. In winter, Frost runs around the fields, forests, streets and knocks his staff. From this knocking, frosty frosts hold the rivers, streams, puddles of ice. And if he strikes with a staff about the corner of the hut - the beam will certainly crack. He does not like Morozko those who tremble and complain about the cold. A cheerful and cheerful gives the fortress a bodily and hot blush. From November to March, Moroz is so strong that even the sun before him grows shy.
Before, Father Frost (Dedko Morozko) was a character of legends, an evil spirit, a ruler of the cold, who was afraid. But then the ratio changed.
The former Morozko was depicted mainly in a blue fur coat. Santa Claus is depicted mainly in a red fur coat.
