The New Year holidays are approaching us in fabulously decorated sleighs. Dashing horses, jingling their bells and breathing frosty steam briskly but carefully, try to give us this childhood, without spilling the atmosphere of magic. The routine of gray working days, minor inconveniences and troubles, prickly snow blizzards and snowstorms, and even the chilly slush with squelching snow porridge underfoot seem so small compared to the expectation of something bright and beautiful. Naturally, the main dream of each of us is a quiet snowy New Year's night with a sparkling snow-white blanket reflecting the multi-colored lights of garlands in shop windows and house windows.
Many people are already wondering how and on what they can save money without much intervention and changes in the family budget. The money saved will come to the rescue of wallets that have become “thinner” after the celebration and will be more useful than ever. Everyone wants fun, festive enthusiasm, a great mood, so that the meeting of the coming year will remain in their memory for a long time. Where can you find the best way out of this situation? This article will help you find out how to celebrate the New Year without much financial burden, as well as make your favorite holiday truly unforgettable.
There is a popular belief that the way you celebrate the New Year is the way you will spend it. However, some people believe that the more money is invested in the celebration, the more expensive and grand the New Year's holiday is, the better the various events will be until the next New Year. But not everything in life can be measured in money. In anticipation of the holiday, you just need to fantasize, because there are many options that, together with your imagination, will allow you to celebrate the long-awaited holiday with minimal costs. Let's try to consider together some ways to celebrate New Year's Eve without any special consequences for the family budget.
Home comfort
One of the least expensive options that first comes to mind is the option of developing events in a cozy home environment. However, it cannot be called bad or flawed. A cheerful, noisy company of friends, neighbors, acquaintances, and relatives will help you celebrate the New Year with joy within the walls of your home. If you prefer a quieter, cozy environment, you can watch good movies or holiday concerts with a glass of aromatic wine.
If the holiday is celebrated with friends, then a great option would be to turn a general meeting into a costume party. Thematic competitions, various games will become an indispensable idea for holding a holiday, and karaoke in any cheerful company will undoubtedly be met with a general "hurray".
Usually, when the composition of the company and the number of guests have already been determined, the "first violin" goes into the hands of the female half of the hosts and guests. The ladies try to discuss the festive menu of the feast, distribute the preparation of certain dishes to each. Some will have a great chance to present their favorite signature dish for general discussion, to shine with the decoration and originality of this dish. Even a store-bought salad from the culinary department, which has been touched by the hand of an inventive housewife, can change its appearance. In any case, this will save you from a long stay in the kitchen at the stove and cooking for the whole company. If the weather is favorable, then after a hearty feast you can go outside, play snowballs or just breathe fresh air. In the absence of New Year's snow, you can continue the fun at the city Christmas tree, just do not forget to take sparklers with you.
Celebrate the holiday alone.
Celebrating New Year's Eve in proud solitude may not be so sad. There are people for whom being forced to be among a crowd of distant relatives, whom they only meet on major holidays, brings a kind of discomfort and a lot of inconvenience. Therefore, if on New Year's Eve you are overcome by the desire to be alone, try to allow yourself to buy your favorite delicacies, a bottle of good vintage wine, stock up on a disk with New Year's films, relax and enjoy the peace and comfort. Contact relatives and friends via scrapbook and congratulate them on the New Year.
When loneliness gets boring for you, and your soul is awakened from a deep sleep by New Year's fun, try to find yourself in the company of city festive events. Walk along the noisy streets of the city, look around in the hope of seeing familiar faces. Treat the person standing next to you with a fragrant tangerine and wish him a happy year.
New Year's Eve Outside the Home
If you do not have the opportunity or desire to celebrate the winter holiday in your home, you should reconsider any other options as early as possible. Renting a room for a celebration is the main point in the plan for holding and meeting the New Year. Therefore, it is advisable to deal with this issue almost from the very beginning of autumn. Naturally, as the long-awaited date approaches, prices also increase, both for food and for housing and renting premises. So, if you want to save as much as possible, think through all the suitable options for the New Year and make an order much earlier than the time when even the air is filled with the magic of the approaching holiday.
The same rule should be followed if you are driven by the desire to celebrate the New Year in another city or corner of the country. Combine business with pleasure or, figuratively speaking, see people and show yourself, i.e. celebrate the holiday and see many new interesting places. Hot countries do not accept people without a passport, and getting a visa is long, expensive and troublesome. If you do not have extra time, and the financial issue is considered unsolvable, stop your choice on the nearest foreign countries - neither a visa nor a passport is needed. And they are also a chance to relax even cheaper and no less spectacular and exciting. Remember that city in Russia where you have not been yet, but so dreamed of visiting, will greet you with great hospitality.
Let's go for luck!
Before surfing the Internet in search of a house to rent for New Year's Eve that suits the price-quality ratio, ask your friends if any of them have a dacha. Celebrating the New Year in such romantic surroundings will be much more interesting than regular home gatherings. The quiet, mysterious whisper of the night fir trees, the smell of aromatic shashlik, grilled fish cooked on golden coals, mushrooms fried on a fire, mixed with grimy potato skins - all this is luxury compared to greasy mayonnaise salads and a boring "box" with regular New Year's "lights". What could be better and more interesting than a round dance around a real huge Christmas tree, pre-decorated with balls and streamers, and songs sung by everyone together to the accompaniment of a guitar.
Chairs and blankets will come into play, which will comfortably seat and warm you around the fire, inviting you to unhurried and heartfelt conversations. While sipping hot mulled wine and aromatic raspberry tea, you stop feeling the difference between heaven and earth, as if dissolving in space. The dying fire hurried everyone to move into the house, where well-known songs continued to be performed at the table with a guitar. It is wonderful if there is a fireplace or a real Russian stove in a country house. Here, there should be enough space for your imagination. Bags, purses, socks and envelopes with small gifts for family and friends hung near the stove and fireplace to show attention on such a night will be especially pleasant.
Family idyll
Spending New Year's Eve with the whole family at one table, especially for children, is like playing a fairy tale. Preparation for the cherished night should begin with creating a festive mood for all members of the family. The youngest can be helped to make gingerbread cookies and then, together, draw different fairy-tale animals and paint them with colorful sweet icing. Older children can be entrusted with a more serious matter - to make their own cake according to a special recipe.
According to the invented story, the baked cake will be magical, inside of which there will be notes with their special wishes. Each of the guests gathered at the table should receive such a note with the fulfillment of their wish and cherished dream.
If the weather permits, you can take a sled and go outside. Make a snowman, play snowballs, slide to your heart's content and fully charge yourself with fun. A whole night full of wonders awaits us ahead.
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