A fairy tale about the New Year for the little ones. Stories about the New Year for children

If you think that knowledge of thematic New Year's tales limited to " snow queen” and the story about Chuk and Gek, then you are mistaken. It’s worth checking out the list below, and memories from your childhood will come flooding back like a snowball. New Year's themes include not only stories about Santa Clauses, Snow Maidens and other characters that are familiar to every child. Tales of miracles that happen in winter, on the eve of one of the most beloved holidays, can also create an enchanting magical atmosphere. I’ll tell you about timeless children’s classics and interesting new items that can be an excellent gift for the Christmas tree.

1. Of course, it’s worth starting with the Russians folk tales. I still have a collection published in the late eighties, so the illustrations didn’t work out. Today on sale you can see a huge number of collections, in which there are such fairy tales as “Morozko”, “Frost - Blue Nose”, “Po pike command", "Little Fox Sister and the Gray Wolf", as well as works by P. Bazhov " Silver hoof", Brothers Grimm "Grandma Blizzard", S. Marshak "Twelve Months".

2 . What would it be without the fairy tales of Gianni Rodari! Cippolino and Gelsomino can wait for now, but in “ Amazing book fairy tales and poems" you will find amazing stories that can only happen on the eve of the New Year. Here you will learn about cats saving the holiday, and about trading stalls with gifts that have magical properties. I recommend planning reading an hour earlier than usual, because the child will ask for more and more. By the way, it was in this book that I found New Year’s poems that children will tell Santa Claus at matinees. There are many of them in the book! Gianni Rodari has a few more New Year's stories: “Planet of Christmas Trees”, “Journey of the Blue Arrow”.

3 . The writer Elena Rakitina became a discovery for me not so long ago. Unlike some newfangled authors, her style is so simple and easy to understand that children listen to fairy tales without stopping. “The Adventures of New Year's Toys”, I think, will not be an exception. Reviews left by users, whose opinions often coincide with mine, say that the stories are easy to remember and captivating. The edition is intended for younger children school age.

4 . The book “A Dwarf Christmas,” written by Hagen Veal, is so beautifully designed that you want to add it to your children’s literature collection. A story about prankish gnomes who celebrate Christmas for a month, shower each other with unusual gifts and play wild pranks. A five to seven year old child should enjoy the book.

5 . I can’t help but mention one of my favorite stories as a child, written by the Finnish writer Tove Jansson. In the publication “Magic Winter” the author tells amazing story about cute Moomintrolls. Main character with her friend My, after dangerous adventures and amazing meetings, they organized a grand celebration in the forest. Adventures for a child fairy tale characters You'll definitely like it!

6 . Children's tales by G.H. Andersen's films have long been classics, but I think some of them are too sad. For example, “The Little Match Girl”, “The Story of the Year” and “The Snowman”, despite the New Year theme, I would not read to preschool children. Too tragic an ending. But the fairy tale “Yolka” (I also saw the translation version “Yolochka”) is excellent and has a happy ending.

7 . Fun adventures Uncles Fyodor, Sharik and Matroskin are liked by both adults and children. In the collection “Winter in Prostokvashino” by E. Uspensky there is also a story about how the heroes celebrated the New Year.

8. The story about two boys, familiar to everyone from childhood, written by A. Gaidar, is still relevant today. "Chuk and Gek" is a great family tale with an educational twist that ends with a happy New Year celebration.

9. The book " Christmas miracle. Stories of Russian Writers", which contains works by N. Leskov, F. Dostoevsky, A. Kuprin, A. Chekhov and other geniuses Russian literature. This quality hardcover edition makes a great gift for a child over 12 years of age who loves to read. There were classic fairy tales with happy endings, as well as Christmas ones. An excellent purchase for your home collection.

10. And, of course, the stories of Charles Dickens, the founder of Christmas and New Year books. These works are suitable for children of high school age. IN amazing stories Good and Evil are intertwined, they are filled with mystical characters. At the end of each story, an epic denouement awaits us, in which Good is sure to win.

New items on the book market

Among the expected new children's literature, there are also many books dedicated to our favorite holiday. What are publishing houses ready to please us and our kids with?

J. Kerr “Happy New Year, Meowly!” – a fairy tale for the little ones with a happy ending.

"New Year. A terribly complicated case ”- stories for young detectives who want to get to the bottom of the truth and find out if Santa Claus really exists.

J. Yurier “New Year's book of rabbit stories - lyrical and very touching stories about a family of rabbits, in which there are many, many hares. They take turns becoming the heroes of the stories.

A. Usachev "The Alphabet of Santa Claus", "New Year at the Zoo", "Santa Claus and Santa Claus" - a series of books about New Year's adventures and miracles.

“The House of Santa Claus” is an excellent gift for a two-year-old child in the form of a postcard book with a 3D effect.

Reading books with kids or buying them for older children to read on their own, you not only set them up for the magic of New Year's Eve, but also expand their horizons, develop their intellect. Give your children a real miracle!

Once upon a time there lived a family of hares: mom, dad and three wonderful little bunnies. And it was approaching New Year. Wonderful snow was spinning. The hares brought a Christmas tree from the forest and were going to decorate it. But then suddenly a misfortune happened. The wolf stole all the decorations. The kids were upset. Then daddy hare decided to go to the snowman and tell him what happened. The snowman in the area was famous for being a wise and kind forest dweller.

In addition, the Snowman was also a neighbor of the hares. The hare told about what happened.

Help me, wise neighbor. We're in trouble. The wolf took Christmas decorations, and my kids will now be left without a Christmas tree, and the new year is very soon.

- Don't be sad, neighbor. We'll come up with something. You will have a real New Year's holiday.

Send the Hare and the Snowman to the Wolf. Meanwhile, the Wolf is already decorating the Christmas tree with stolen toys.

- Hello, gray robber! Why did you steal toys from the rabbits? How will they celebrate the New Year now? Give them back! - said the Snowman.

- Will not give it back! “I also need a beautiful decorated Christmas tree,” said the Wolf.

Then the wise Snowman suggested that the Wolf and the Hare decorate one Christmas tree together. And so they did. The Hare forgave the Wolf, they together decorated the flattering beauty and cheerfully, joyfully celebrated the New Year!

2 tale about the New Year.

How the intense frost crunches inside me! - said snowman.

- And how the breeze bites! New Year is coming soon, the kids will start having fun, dancing in circles, playing snowballs. It's fun how it will be!

- Why are you staring at me, bug-eyed? Thus, the young snowman turned to the sun, which came out from behind the cloud and smiled sweetly at him.

The snowman had fragments of roofing tiles instead of eyes, a fragment of a rake served as a mouth, which means that in addition to a sweet smile, he also had teeth.

His birth was marked by the contented and joyful cry of children, the ringing of bells.

- How charming he is! - said a young girl who went out into the garden with her boyfriend. They stood near this snowman and enjoyed the beauty of trees and bushes sparkling in the cold.

- IN summer time You won't see such beauty! - said the girl, who was filled with joy from what she saw.

- And such a brave fellow too! - said the young man, pointing to the snowman. - He's just adorable!

And the snowman then became interested in this cute couple and asked the tied dog nearby about them. He told him an interesting and long story. Here she is.

— I was born on the night of New Year. Lived with this sweet couple, a very small, fluffy and carefree bundle of happiness. The children loved me and gave me all kinds of goodies. But the most unforgettable and wonderful thing was that they took me in their arms and circled me near the sparkling and festive tree. Then they moved me closer. I was given a pillow so fluffy and soft that I didn't want to get up from it. In addition, there was an oven. Ooooh! This is the cutest and most excellent thing on earth! I even slept under it. How I miss this warmth, this bright and voracious flame. Soon, I turned one year old. And on another New Year's holiday, I gnawed on the most delicious and wonderful bones in the world. And one of the boys decided to take them from me. Well, I hit the mark and bit him. I was driven by a rule something like “bone for bone.” Then, of course, I regretted it, but it was too late. Now I’m here, in this cold... It’s sad...

“Why is this stove so good,” the snowman asked the dog.

- She looks like me? I don’t understand why I’m so drawn to her...

- No. She doesn’t look like you at all, she’s black as night, has a long neck and a belly made of copper. She is always hungry and eats all the wood put in her. But being next to her is truly bliss! Look, you will see her from the window.

The snowman turned his head and saw the stove. She, as always, ate firewood.

“What is moving so strangely inside me?” said the snowman.

- Can I get to the stove? After all, this is a very simple desire! I really want to not cuddle. Enjoy this warmth! - said the snowman.

“You won’t get there,” the dog answered him.

- And if this happens, then you will simply melt away without seeing the new year.

- Yes, I’ll melt anyway...

The New Year has passed. The weather began to change. The sun shines all day long. The snow began to melt, and the snowman became sadder and sadder. He felt that soon something would change, something would change. He stood and admired the fire in the stove, watching how it ate small chips of firewood. The snowman melted and melted, and then, when streams began to flow across the asphalt, it completely collapsed. And only then did the dog understand why the snowman was so drawn to the stove. The melted snowman contained a core - a poker, which filled him with an incomprehensible craving for fire.

3 tale about the New Year. Tale of a Christmas tree.

This happened a long time ago, in an ancient magical forest. In one fairy-tale clearing two old trees grew: a maple and a birch. They were real friends. But a magical wind brought a small spruce grain, which fell between the trees. The sun warmed him and watered him. And then one day, one day, the little Christmas tree grew up. She became cheerful, green and so naive. And the lazy animals more and more often tried to grab the Christmas tree by the crown. The nearby birch and maple trees felt sorry for the baby, and they began to take care of her. Soon, thanks to the love and kindness of its neighbors, the small defenseless Christmas tree became truly a real beauty of the forest. Fluffy, green, slender.

Winter has come. On the eve of the New Year, the animals began to think about how to spend it, and most importantly, where to get a beautiful spruce. And so the Bear decided to organize a competition and choose a tree that would become a symbol of winter. Our Christmas tree also took part in it. There were many wonderful, pretty candidates, but still the Christmas tree became Miss Forest. The animals decorated it with pine cones, berries, and arranged fun party. There were songs, dances, congratulations. And lo and behold! Suddenly, Grandfather Frost rode by on a sleigh with four fast reindeer. He saw the celebration and fun and decided to join the animals. He was surprised to see an elegant Christmas tree, he really liked it, and he took a branch to give to the kids. Since then, every New Year cannot do without an elegant forest beauty.

4 tale about the New Year.

Once upon a time there was a wonderful fluffy and green Christmas tree. She grew up in a magical forest. She stood in one of the clearings, delighting many forest dwellers with her appearance.

But soon winter came. A wonderful fluffy snow showered the spruce, it became more and more beautiful and elegant, giving it a snow-white fur coat. Every day, moose calves, squirrels, titmice, bullfinches had fun and played near the Christmas tree.

One day the animals saw people in the forest and ran away in all directions. It turned out to be parents with two children - a girl and a boy.

- Dad, what a wonderful Christmas tree! This is exactly what we need! – the children shouted joyfully and began to pull their father’s sleeve.

“Exactly, let’s remember the clearing, I’ll take an ax, then we’ll come and cut down this Christmas tree,” said the head of the family. And at home we’ll decorate it, and it will give us a great New Year’s mood!

But then suddenly the girl began to cry and said:

- Daddy, please don’t chop the Christmas tree. After all, it looks so beautiful in the clearing, the animals will be sad.

- My dear, how will we celebrate the New Year without this beauty? - asked the father.

"Daddy, I've got an idea!" Let's go and buy an artificial Christmas tree at the store. Let the beauty grow, and the forest animals will dance around her. After all, they also need a holiday.

The head of the family looked at the baby, thought for a moment, then smiled.

- Yes, my dear daughter. Let the Christmas tree remain in the forest. After all, in a warm house it will quickly disappear. And in the forest clearing she will delight animals and people for a very long time.

So they decided, and then went home. But the next day footsteps were heard again. The animals were seriously scared. Did people really decide to visit them again and cut down the Christmas tree? The same family came out into the clearing, only in dad’s hands there was not an ax, but a large box in which there were many balls, beads, soft toys, and pine cones. The family began decorating the Christmas tree. They placed a beautiful bright scarlet star on the very top of their head. They put a lot of goodies as gifts for the animals: hay, apples, nuts, and grains, so that the forest animals could celebrate the New Year cheerfully and satisfyingly.

- What a beauty we have! Dad said.

Let's go home kids. We still need to buy a Christmas tree before the shops close.

When the children and father left, the animals and birds jumped out and flew to forest glade and they started eating treats, then they danced around the Christmas tree. The Christmas tree is so elegant and beautiful, it pleases everyone around. Finally, the feral animals have a real holiday too! Everyone is happy, happy, and most importantly, the Christmas tree is pleasing to the eye.

5 story about New Year.

The kids decorated the Christmas tree. She stands smart, beautiful, fluffy. The balls sparkle and sparkle, and a star hangs on the top of the head. It was decided that the next day they would start dancing around her.

And then Petya said from the first floor:

“You can’t leave a Christmas tree alone in the yard, but what if a fox or a wolf comes by and steals it?”

Hey guys, I figured it out! Let's make a guard for the Christmas tree! - said little Dinochka.

“And who?” the guys asked in unison.

- Snowman! At night he will stand guard and will not let anyone near our beauty,” Dinochka answered.

The kids began to sculpt the Snowman. They brought a carrot for the nose, a scarf, a bucket, and took a broom from the janitor. After all, how will the snowman drive the animals away from the Christmas tree? The snowman turned out to be simply wonderful, so cheerful and mischievous. And then the guys gave him a task:

- Dear Snowman, we give you an assignment - watch the Christmas tree so that no one steals it at night. We really hope for you.

The Snowman stood, stood, and then suddenly dozed off at his post. Woke up from the noise. He sees that the Seroman is pulling a Christmas tree into the forest.

The snowman got scared and let's chase the wolf. But he has no legs, he rolls from side to side, groaning.

And then an idea came to the Snowman’s head, and he turned to the sky:

Dear sky, let the snow fall on the ground, stop it gray wolf, who stole the children's Christmas tree.

It began to snow, but it did not stop the wolf. The snowman asks the wind:

- Wind, Wind, help me, blow stronger, stop the villain Wolf!

The snow began to sculpt the Wolf's eyes, the wind knocked him off his feet. The wolf could not withstand such pressure and threw the Christmas tree and ran away into the dense forest. Snowman and happy! He picked up the Christmas tree, said words of gratitude to the snow and wind, and returned the beauty to its place.

The snowman stands and rejoices that he turned out to be such a good guard. I decided that I would never sleep on night duty again. The next morning the children woke up, ate and immediately ran into the yard to look at the snow-covered and beautiful Christmas tree. They joyfully began to dance in circles and sing songs.

- Thank you, dear Mr. Snowman, we are grateful to you for saving our Christmas tree. And in New Year's Eve, the guys showered the Christmas tree with streamers, hung up candy, and their joy was endless! And the Christmas tree stood and only smiled mysteriously...

There is very little left before the long New Year holidays begin, but you have work, preparation for the holidays, choosing gifts, and absolutely no time to relax, and maybe you don’t even have that “New Year’s mood” that everyone talks about so much.

Don't be sad! We have selected for you short stories and stories from your favorite authors that will improve your mood and won’t take up much time. Read on the run and enjoy the New Year and Christmas!

"Gifts of the Magi".

14 minutes

Readers know this story almost by heart, but still remember it on Christmas Eve year after year. The story of two “stupid children” who sacrificed their most precious things for each other is already inspiring us more than a century. Its moral is this: no matter how poor you are, love makes you both rich and happy.

"New Year's holiday of father and little daughter."

11 minutes

Quite short and bright story about a person who spent best years life for some labor unknown to the reader and who did not notice how his daughter grew up.

IN " New Year's holiday..." one feels the coldness and hopelessness that the author himself experienced in an unheated St. Petersburg room in the terrible year 1922, but there is also that warmth that only close people can give. In the case of Green's hero, this is his daughter, Tavinia Drap, and in the case of the writer himself, his wife Nina Mironova.

"Angel".

25 minutes

Sasha is a thirteen-year-old teenager from a poor family, eccentric, embittered, accustomed to enduring beatings and insults. On Christmas Eve, he is invited to a Christmas party in a rich house, where the boy is surrounded by the clean and happy children of the owners. In addition to this, he sees his father's first love. The woman he still remembers.

But on Christmas, as we remember, miracles happen, and Sasha’s heart, which was still squeezed by an iron vice, melts when he looks at the toy angel. In an instant, his usual rudeness, hostility and callousness disappear.

"Christmas tree". Tove Jansson

15 minutes

A charming story about the unknown to science, but so beloved Moomintrolls. This time Tove Jansson described how a family familiar to readers celebrated Christmas. Not knowing what it is and how it is celebrated, the Moomin family managed to arrange a real holiday with a Christmas tree and gifts for whips (even more mysterious animals).

The story, of course, is for children, but adults will also enjoy re-reading it on New Year’s Eve.

"Anniversary". Narine Abgaryan

20 minutes

A realistic story, devoid of even a hint of magic, nevertheless leads to the most joyful New Year's thoughts. "Anniversary" is a story of friendship, old and new, breaking with an unpleasant past and hoping to fulfill all the promises made with the advent of the New Year.

"Not just for Christmas."

30 minutes

A fly in the ointment in our ointment: satirical story about how Christmas suddenly became a daily unbearable torture. At the same time, the whole essence of the holiday, its religious and moral overtones, came to naught because of people’s love for “tinsel.” Masterpiece from the laureate Nobel Prize based on the literature of Heinrich Böll.

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1 hour, 20 minutes

Both adults and children know that the blacksmith Vakula, for the sake of Oksana’s slippers, had to make a deal with the devil himself. “The Night Before Christmas” is the brightest, funniest and most atmospheric thing in Gogol’s cycle “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka”, so don’t consider it difficult, set aside an hour and a half for the pleasure of spending time with your favorite characters.

Traveling with Santa Claus

Misha walked along snowy forest and suddenly saw fresh tracks. They interested him extremely: someone had recently walked here in huge, huge boots.

Who could it be? Is it really Santa Claus?

And indeed, soon the boy saw Santa Claus in the distance.

Are you surprised, baby, that I'm here? - Santa Claus asked Misha as he ran up. - But I have a magical fast cloud that can instantly transport you to any place. Do you want to fly it with me?

Wow!!! Who would refuse such a tempting offer?! Santa Claus sat the boy next to him on a cloud, and they flew in the blue of the night over snow-capped mountains and valleys. The cloud then soared upward, to bright stars, then fell, touching the tops fluffy Christmas trees. What an extraordinary journey it was!

Soon the lights began to sparkle below big city. All the children had decorated the Christmas trees a long time ago and were now sitting at home and waiting for gifts from Santa Claus. Only all the chimneys, unfortunately, were closed. “How to get into houses to leave gifts? Do the kids never wait for them? - Misha got nervous.

Don’t worry, it’s better to watch carefully how I will deftly do everything,” said Santa Claus, as if reading the boy’s thoughts, and scattered many small multi-colored parachutes with gifts from the cloud. To each of them was attached a piece of paper with the name of a girl or a boy. Parachutes slowly descended on the city...

Don’t worry,” Father Frost reassured Misha again, “downstairs all the parachutes will meet the brownies and deliver gifts to the children.”

Misha really wanted to continue this wonderful journey with Santa Claus... but then he suddenly... woke up and realized that, unfortunately, he had only dreamed of it all.

Where's my gift? Did the brownie manage to bring it? - Misha cried, remembering his unforgettable dream.

Jumping out of the crib, the baby ran to the Christmas tree: what happiness! The gift in shiny paper was already in its place.

“But who knows,” thought a satisfied Misha, “maybe what I saw at night wasn’t a dream at all?!”

Father Frost

One winter day, little Pavlik and his girlfriend Katya were skiing in the forest. It had already begun to get dark, and they hurried home, when suddenly among the pines the kids noticed an illuminated large beautiful house. “What if Santa Claus himself lives here?” - Katya had an unexpected thought, and the girl immediately shared it with Pavlik.

Let’s check, it won’t take much time,” the boy continued, and the children immediately moved towards the large house.

Pavlik didn’t know if Santa Claus was at home, so he decided to look through the window first.

Let's go see! - he suggested to Katya.

The children quietly crept up to the window and saw: an old man sitting in the room, all in red and with a thick white beard, packing gifts. Real Grandfather Freezing! Pavlik wiped the frosty glass better, and the friends saw as many toys as they had never seen in any store.

The children quietly moved away from the window so as not to disturb Santa Claus, and hurried home to write letters to him: after all, we need to help the old grandfather, otherwise he does not know who wants to receive what gift for the New Year.

On New Year's morning, the first thing Pavlik did was run to the fireplace. And he froze in surprise: in front of the fireplace there was a small carpenter’s table, and on it lay a set of carpentry tools! Wow! What a gift! And it doesn’t matter that there were no toys, because now Pavlik will be able to make them himself, and this is much more interesting! He made so many toys that there would be enough not only for him, but for all his friends!

Snow Maiden

Once upon a time there lived an old man and an old woman. We lived well, amicably. Everything would be fine, but one misfortune - they didn’t have children.

Now the snowy winter has come, there are snowdrifts up to the waist, the children pour out into the street to play, and the old man and the old woman look at them from the window and think about their grief.

“Well, old woman,” says the old man, “let’s make ourselves a daughter out of snow.”

Come on, says the old woman.

The old man put on his hat, they went out into the garden and began to sculpt a daughter out of the snow. They rolled a snowball, fitted the arms and legs, and placed a snowy head on top. The old man sculpted a nose, mouth, and chin. Lo and behold, the Snow Maiden’s lips turned pink and her eyes opened; she looks at the old people and smiles. Then she nodded her head, moved her arms and legs, shook off the snow - and a living girl came out of the snowdrift.

The old people were delighted and brought her to the hut. They look at her and can’t stop admiring her.

And the old people’s daughter began to grow by leaps and bounds; every day it becomes more and more beautiful. She herself is as white as snow, her braid is brown to the waist, but there is no blush at all.

The old people are not overjoyed at their daughter; they dote on her. My daughter is growing up smart, smart, and cheerful. Affectionate and friendly with everyone. And the Snow Maiden’s work is progressing in her hands, and when she sings a song, you will be heard.

Winter has passed. The spring sun has begun to warm up. The grass in the thawed patches turned green and the larks began to sing. And the Snow Maiden suddenly became sad.

What's wrong with you, daughter? - asks the old man. - Why have you become so sad? Or can't you?

Nothing, father, nothing, mother, I’m healthy.

That's last snow melted, flowers bloomed in the meadows, birds flew in. And the Snow Maiden is becoming sadder and more silent day by day. Hiding from the sun. She would like some shade and some cool air, or even better, some rain.

Once a black cloud moved in, large hail fell. The Snow Maiden rejoiced at the hail, like rolling pearls. And when the sun came out again and the hail melted, the Snow Maiden began to cry, so bitterly, like a sister by a brother.

After spring, summer came. The girls gathered for a walk in the grove, they called Snegurochka.

Come with us, Snow Maiden, for a walk in the forest, sing songs, dance.

The Snow Maiden did not want to go into the forest, but the old woman persuaded her.

Go, daughter, have fun with your friends!

The girls and the Snow Maiden came to the forest. They began to collect flowers, weave wreaths, sing songs, and lead round dances. Only Snow Maiden is still sad. And as soon as it got light, they gathered some brushwood, built a fire, and started jumping over the fire one after another. Behind everyone, the Snow Maiden stood up.

She ran in her turn to fetch her friends. She jumped over the fire and suddenly melted and turned into a white cloud. A cloud rose high and disappeared in the sky. All the girlfriends heard was something plaintively moaning behind them: “Aw!” They turned around, but the Snow Maiden was not there. They began to call her.

Ay, ay, Senugrushka!

Only the echo in the forest responded to them.

The Tale of the New Year Tree

It was a long time ago. There was a decorated Christmas tree in a closed room on the night before the New Year. All in beads, in multi-colored paper chains, in small glass stars. The tree was locked so that children would not see it ahead of time.

But many other inhabitants of the house still saw her. A fat gray cat saw her with his big green eyes. And the little gray mouse, which was afraid of cats, also looked at the beautiful Christmas tree with one eye when no one was in the room. But there was someone else who didn’t have time to look at the New Year tree. It was a small spider. He was not allowed to get out of his modest corner behind the closet. The fact is that the housewife drove all the spiders out of the room before the holiday, and he miraculously hid in a dark corner.

But the spider also wanted to see the Christmas tree, and therefore went to Santa Claus and said: “Everyone has already seen Christmas tree, and we spiders were kicked out of the house. But we also want to look at the festive forest beauty!”

And Santa Claus took pity on the spiders. He quietly opened the door to the room where the Christmas tree stood, and all the spiders: big, small, and very tiny spiders began to run around it. First they looked at everything they could see from below, and then they climbed onto the tree to get a better look at everything else. Little spiders ran up and down all the branches and twigs and examined every toy, every bead up close and personal. They looked around and left completely happy. And the tree was covered in cobwebs, from the bottom to the very top. Cobwebs hung from all the branches and entangled even the tiniest twigs and needles.

What could Santa Claus do? He knew that the mistress of the house hated Spiders and cobwebs. Then Santa Claus turned the cobwebs into gold and silver threads. This, it turns out, is why the New Year tree is decorated with golden and silver rain.

Herringbone

The New Year was coming, and Vitalik really wanted to have a Christmas tree at home. He dreamed of how he would decorate it multi-colored balls, small candles, beautiful garlands. All the boy’s friends bought Christmas trees a long time ago, but he didn’t have a Christmas tree. When he came to the Christmas tree market, there was nothing left there; the last tree was sold. “I’ll go to the forest,” Vitalik decided, “maybe I’ll find myself a Christmas tree there.” He took an ax and went into the forest, to where large and lush fir trees grew, so tall and so dense that no one had ever had them before.

After a long time the hard way Through deep snowdrifts, Vitalik finally came to his goal: he began to chop down one of the best trees - thick and fluffy. The tree was so huge that, having cut it down, the boy could not even lift his prey. Then he decided to cut the tree in the middle. But even this burden turned out to be beyond his strength: Vitalik, groaning, dragged it a few meters, took a breath and went back to work. He will probably never make it home!

Completely exhausted, the kid decided to shorten the tree by half again. “It’s bad, of course,” he thought, “but my tree will still remain the best. Then he set off again.

It was still a long way from home, sweat was already pouring from Vitalik in large drops, his hands were raw. And so, stopping many more times and shortening and shortening the Christmas tree, Vitalik reached his house. He looks and only the top of the tree remains!

Upset, Vitalik returned to the forest and found a smaller Christmas tree - a little fluffy beauty. He was about to raise the ax to cut it down, but then a bunny appeared out of nowhere and screamed pleadingly:

Don't cut it, please! This is the only small Christmas tree we have left!

Vitalik lowered his head sadly: “Now I won’t have Christmas tree, he thought, but then his eyes lit up again, “or maybe I should dress up this forest one?”

He quickly ran home and brought various decorations for the Christmas tree: shiny toys, colorful balls, intricate garlands.

The forest came to life: squirrels came running, sparrows and bullfinches flew in, and little hares jumped up. Some hung balloons, others tied garlands and attached candles. The Christmas tree turned out to be very elegant, and everyone was heartily happy looking at it.

Thank you, boy, for giving us a holiday! We also want to give you a gift. Here, take the acorns and garlands from oak leaves. Decorate your home with them.

Vitalik returned home cheerful. Humming, he decorated the fireplace and, admiring his work, placed his boots next to it so that Grandfather Frost could put gifts in them at night.

“What do you think, mom,” he asked, going to bed, “will Santa Claus bring me toys tonight?”

Of course,” his mother answered him, “he will definitely bring it!”

Early in the morning, barely opening his eyes, Vitalik quickly jumped out of bed and rolled head over heels down the stairs. His heart was beating loudly from excitement. Will he find the desired toys in his boots?

But what is it? He did not find even the tiniest toy by the fireplace. But there were bunches of carrots, a bag of nuts and a whole bag of grains for the birds.

Vitalik even had tears in his eyes from grief, and he, sad, went out into the yard.

The boy looks - the hare is running, in a hurry, shouting to him from afar:

Let's go quickly, there are plenty of toys under the tree! Perhaps this is all for you. But for some reason there is nothing for us.

The boy understood immediately. Well, it turns out that’s what’s going on! It's just that Grandfather Frost mixed up the gifts.

And look, bunny, what he brought me!

The friends took everything that was lying by the fireplace and quickly ran into the forest.

And here, by the Christmas tree, Vitalik saw what he had been dreaming about for so long: a train with colorful wagons, a big, big ball and a real guitar!

There were so many toys that you couldn’t carry them all at once!

Hares and squirrels, and all forest dwellers, too, could not get enough of their gifts.

Then everyone stood in a circle and began to dance around the elegant Christmas tree.

A story about how animals celebrated New Year in the forest, about the friendship of animals, about how they care for each other.

New Year's gift

It was New Year's Eve. Outside the windows there was wonderful winter weather: snow was falling in such large flakes that it thickly covered all the streets and houses, and huge snowdrifts appeared in the courtyards to the delight of the children.

It was also real winter in the forest, all the animals sat at home and were afraid to even stick their noses out into the street. Baby animals decorated their houses with funny New Year's toys, and the adults, of course, were preparing New Year's dinner.

Only the little white bunny was not in the mood for the holiday: all his supplies at home had run out, and he did not know what to cook the holiday dinner from. And he really wanted something tasty!

He was sitting by the window and suddenly came up with an idea. The Bunny dressed warmly in his yellow fur coat, put a striped hat on his head, a smart striped scarf around his neck and went into the forest to look for a treat for the New Year's table.

The Bunny wandered for a long time through the forests and fields, but found nothing - everything was covered with snow. He was about to return home empty-handed when he noticed that something red was visible behind a bush in the distance. The bunny came closer and was stunned: “What luck!”

There were two large beets lying under the snow. In the summer there was a large beet field here, the crop was harvested, and these two beets went unnoticed. Without hesitation, the Bunny grabbed the beets and joyfully ran home, singing a cheerful song along the way:

Fruitful fields

We were there in September

And I found it, la-la-la,

Beetroot in December!

I’m bringing a couple of beets

In a hole behind the mountain,

And I will arrange it in the forest

Invited feast by the mountain.

I'm a guest for the New Year

I can invite you.

Animal treats await

Delicious stew.

Though the earth lies in the snow

The blizzard is howling

Mood, la-la-la-

As good as it gets!

Having run home, the Bunny began to prepare a delicious stew from one beet, and put the other one in reserve.

While preparing dinner, Bunny composed this New Year's poem:

Outside the window is snowing

White carousel.

New Year brings, my friend,

Joy and fun:

Waiting for toys and sweets

Under the green tree

A bright ball on every branch,

Silver needles.

Finally, the Bunny prepared a delicious stew, ate a little, sat down at the table, full and satisfied, and began to think: “It’s cold outside, and the snowdrifts are very deep. New Year is coming soon, and little donkey He's probably sitting there hungry right now. I’ll take him the second beet.” And the Bunny went to the Donkey.

He came to his house, knocked on the door - no one answered. Then the Bunny opened it and looked inside: the Donkey was not at home.

But the whole room was decorated with fragrant spruce branches. Right on the wall hung a large piece of paper with poems that Donkey composed for the New Year. Here are the verses:

Dancing in velvet blizzards

Snowflakes dance - round dance.

Garlands and balls - on the spruce.

The holiday is coming - New Year!

Let everything we have long wanted

He will bring us a gift!

“Probably,” thought the Bunny, “the Donkey also went to look for a treat. But it’s unlikely that he will be as lucky as me: since I went to the field, there has been even more snow.” The bunny decided to leave the beets for his friend and put them on the table. “When Donkey comes, he will be very happy!” thought the happy Bunny.

And Donkey really got hungry and went to look for something for New Year's dinner.

Only the Bunny made a mistake, thinking that his friend wouldn’t find anything: the Donkey, of course, had to walk around the field for a long time, he even dug up the snow with his hooves, but he still found a big, tasty potato.

The donkey jumped for joy and hurried home to enjoy delicious mashed potatoes for dinner.

Donkey runs home, carrying a huge potato in his bosom - and his soul is so good! Sparkles dazzlingly all around White snow, bullfinches are jumping on branches and humming something - in general, everyone is in a great pre-New Year mood.

The Donkey is skipping and singing a song:

In the field, digging the snow with your hoof,

I found potatoes in it!

The tuber will be useful to me

It's a frosty day in December!

Ding-dong, ding-dong!

There's a hut on the mountain -

This is my cozy home

Where will I make mashed potatoes?

TV after the feast

I'll turn it on today.

He will come to the house from television

New Year's holiday.

Dear Grandfather Frost!

I'll be waiting for you to bring

I need a bag of gifts for my house!

Dili-dili-dili-bom!

Donkey ran home, and there was juicy red beets lying on the table: who could have brought him such a luxurious gift?! What a surprise!

The surprised Donkey could not understand where the beets came from in his house. He began to prepare New Year's dinner, but he kept thinking: “Who brought me such a generous gift?”

I see beets - miracles!

Dili-ding, dili-bom!

Who brought it here

To my cozy warm home?

Maybe my sister

Have you been here this morning?

No, from a distant warm farm

She probably won't get there.

Squirrel? She is small

And beets are heavy.

Friend Bear sleeps in a den,

In the hole the Hedgehog sniffles in his sleep,