TV "Ruby"

Christmas and New Year are the most favorite holidays around the world, because this is the time of magic and faith in a miracle, gifts and treats, family feasts and children's matinees. The USSR was not an exception, and although Christmas celebrations were banned from 1918 to 1935, they were secretly celebrated in a family circle, and since 1936 have held children’s «Trees». For religious reasons and because of the change of the calendar, the main focus of the celebration in the Soviet Union has shifted from Christmas to New Year, which remained the main winter holiday Russia.

By New Year soviet housekeepers had been preparing in advance: a month they got scarce food, thought out outfits, decorated the tree for a week, prepared salads and pastries for a day. On December 31, a home bustle began in the morning, the last preparations were completed by noon, then the table was served and in the evening a whole family gathered at the TV to plunge into fairy worlds and winter miracle together with the whole country.

The TV was "the main decoration of the New Year's table," according to postman Pechkin from the cartoon "Prostokvashino". The most popular brand was the legendary color TV Rubin, received recognition in European exhibitions. With the proliferation of televisions in each household and the development of film and television industry, there were more and more New Year programs and films, without which it would be impossible to imagine the traditional New Year in the USSR: "Blue Light", "Irony of Fate", "Morozko", "Carnival Night", etc. During the battle of the chimes at midnight, everyone raised glasses with champagne, made wishes and toasts, and then went for a walk under the falling snow, on the square with a shining Christmas tree, ice figures, slides and ice rinks.

Traditions keep continuity in society, connect generations in a whole. And let features of celebration change, they still remain the same in a basis. And the Christmas tree decorations are designed to remind of the most important: of family and people, culture and traditions.