Do children need live Christmas trees for the New Year?

And that is great. The modern adult pragmatist is completely indifferent to where the constant detail of the New Year's Eve has appeared: a simple, native, fluffy Christmas tree, decorated according to the aesthetic tastes of the owners. For the most curious, we give a certificate. After the future First Emperor of All Russia Peter I announced that 7208 now becomes 1700, the celebration of a new year for all peasant Russia moved for three months: from September (the wonderful month of the beginning of the harvest) to the faceless European January.

There was a mistake with the calendar, which is growingevery century, but some Western European traditions have firmly germinated on Russian soil, including Christmas trees instead of Christmas palms. Russian aristocracy XIX, which introduced fashion to decorate festive celebrations with German wooden symbols and magnificent toys, it never even occurred to her that a living Christmas tree in an abundantly overgrown with trees would become an outcast in 150 years.

In the twentieth century, in the late 30's, afterpersecution for 8 days from Christmas (funny political attempts to fight against the priests) the status of the New Year and its obligatory attribute - the festive Christmas tree in the squares and in each house was designated at the very top. Decades of post-war domestication of Soviet citizens (in the good sense of the word), created such a psychological reserve for future generations, which can not be destroyed by any Western subculture.

We are absolutely sure that people who have stepped overforty-year-old line perfectly remember their pre-New Year's impressions (the eve of the holiday, the expectation of gifts, the prospect of a happy vacation), which caused in their subconscious the very fact of the appearance of a New Year tree in the house and an inexpressible coniferous spirit filling the house.

What prevents modern young parentsto recreate for their children a holiday atmosphere, at least at the level of an external, but very significant from the point of view of psychology, attribute - a large, ragged, fragrant living tree? Strictly speaking, nothing but pragmatism and natural laziness. It's easier to buy a synthetic surrogate and live with it.

Why not buy artificial Christmas trees for the New Year?

Anticipating the stormy objections of the green andecological entities, we will immediately report: on the territory of Russia about 1.5 million cubic meters of forest are annually illegally cut down, another ten times by so many are taken out of the country according to gray schemes, so to cry about poor Christmas trees cut down for the New Year, sorry, it's ridiculous. In the vicinity of any large Russian city, as a rule, there are several nurseries that will gladly sell you their products. So the first question is the protection of nature.

Ecology. Your little live Christmas tree,ejected in March, will become another element of the renewing nature and will perfectly fit into the process of soil layer formation. An artificial analogue of their PVC, which will bother you in 5 years, another thousand more will decompose on a huge landfill next to your house. What kind of environmental protection can be said here.

Price. Many families in which children have already grown up, andgrandchildren are not yet, dullly summing up the results of their fiscal year, decide: what each time is spent on a living Christmas tree, it is better to buy a plastic one time or what they are there. Theoretically, the price of a PVC product (to call a fur-tree fir, pine or cedar, can only be Chinese), with a quality performance lies in the range of 8-10 thousand rubles.

In terms of ordinary Christmas trees, bought inThe nearest leshozes are approximately 5-6 of these trees. If during this time the surrogate Chinese hybrid does not bother you, then the celebration itself has lost all meaning for you and it's time to go to cheerful neighbors.

Aesthetics and education. When preparing for any holiday,that many of his characters have on the participants not only visual, but also psychological impact. Without the smell of spruce resin, the sensation of the New Year will not come. If you are not afraid of polyamide relationships with your children, feel free to buy yourself a synthetic New Year's beauty, and then in 20 years get the same faceless SMS on your birthday.

Dear adults, nothing will help you anymore.fully enjoy New Year's holidays, you yourself already little faith in the fact that after December 31 will come a new life, so leave this faith to your children. For them, every little joy, even at the level of subconscious reflexes: the smell of Christmas trees, tangerines and the general unmotivated fun in the air, will be an important help in life.

Author: Katerina Sergeenko