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1) maslenitsa is a  jolly  and beautiful russian  holiday. this celebration lasts for a week. this is the last week before  great lent. sometimes they call it the "pancake week", because in this time everyone has to cook and eat  pancakes. why  precisely  pancakes? because pancakes are round and yellow, just like the sun! on this holiday russians  are happy about  the sun and spring and  see off  the long winter. this is a very happy week. everyday there is a special  activity. for example, on tuesday different games  are held in the open air. everyone can  take part  in them. on wednesday you have to visit your  mother-in-law  and eat pancakes at her place. on thursday you can go  sled-riding. on sunday a  straw effigy  symbolizing winter is burnt. 2) it is one the most favorite of all holidays in russia. as in western countries on christmas eve, russians give "new year" presents, children receive their presents under the new year tree on the morning of the 1st of january. traditionally just prior to midnight there's a presidential speech broadcast nationally. when the clock strikes midnight, people pop open thier champaign bottles and raise a toast. with the first glass they congratulate each other as the clock strikes 12 times and fireworks fill the sky. the week before the new year is a busy one with shopping, parties at work, decorating pine and fir-trees, and cooking the years most delicious meals. the main folk heroes of this holiday are father frost (did moroz) and his grand-daughter "sniguron'ka" (the snow girl). the tradition of predicting fortunes on this night is very popular among young people. a peculiar tradition includes writing down on a piece of paper your wish for the coming year, then dropping it in to your champagne and drinking it as the clock stikes twelve times. another "fun" folk tradition pacticed mainly in the villages on new year night is for the unmarried girls to go outside and throw one of thier boots over the hosts' fence. whichever way the toe of the boot ends up pointing indicates where the future husband will come from. nearly all businesses remain closed from december 31st to january 8th.

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