Wishes of happiness and health are traditional:
Счастья и здоровья!
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Old New Year's Eve sees fortune-telling and carol singing - kolyadki with a 'trick or treat' twist.
Fortune-telling:
I can understand this but the spoon thing ... spoons are left on the table when everyone goes to bed. Everyone remembers their spoon and next morning inspects how it is laying, if it is as you left it the night before, one's New Year will be fine, but if the spoon has somehow turned upside down, one should take care of one's health and watch out for trouble!
Kolyadki:
Having prepared oneself with a kolyada or two and singing boisterously, as a group I hasten to add, something like “Kolyada is at the door, open the door!” Then, “if you do not give me cake, you’ll get in the neck!” Don’t forget the sack for all that cake and then enjoy.
The Feast:
The feast for the “Old New Year” must be better than that for the “New New Year” - 1st January. Dishes to include a variety of salads, roasted meats and don’t forget that enormous pie of either meat or fish with added garlic clove for the lucky recipient’s New Year blessings.
Cultural fix: Russian Culture by wikipedia.com
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