The most popular New Year's tales. Stories about the New Year for children

New Year's stories for preschoolers and primary schoolchildren.

A story about how the boy Vitalik searched and went into the forest for a Christmas tree. And what came of it you will find out by reading this story.

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advancing New Year, and Vitalik really wanted a Christmas tree at his house. He dreamed of decorating it with colorful balls, small candles, and 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 and difficult journey 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 a New Year’s tree,” he thought, but then his eyes lit up again, “or maybe I should decorate this one from the forest?”

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 acorns and oak leaf garlands. 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 - a hare is running, in a hurry, shouting to him from afar:

- Let's go quickly, there are a lot of toys under the tree! This is probably all for you. But for some reason there is nothing for us.

The boy immediately understood everything. 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, near the Christmas tree, Vitalik saw what he had dreamed of for so long: a train with colorful carriages, a big, big ball and a real guitar!

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

The rabbits and squirrels, and all the forest inhabitants, also could not get enough of their gifts.

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

A. N. Ostrovsky interprets “The Snow Maiden” in a completely different way in his already spring fairy tale in 1873. Under the influence of different versions of the fairy tale, he writes the play “The Snow Maiden”. Now she is an adult - a beauty - the daughter of Frost and Spring, who dies in the summer. She looks like a beautiful pale blonde girl. Dressed in blue and white clothes with fur trim (fur coat, fur hat, mittens). Initially the play was not a success with the public. And here is the opera of the same name, which in 1882 N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov staged the play and was a huge success.

The book can be bought with illustrations by V. Vasnetsov (Meshcheryakov Publishing House)
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or cheaper - from the “School Library” series by artist Olga Ionaitis.
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And one more, much less well-known fairy tale about the Snow Maiden. Wrote it Veniamin Kaverin, and it is, of course, aimed at adults or teenagers who are already reading books for adults. Reviews say that this is “Monday begins on Saturday” in miniature.

But why are we all talking about our granddaughter! It's time to talk about grandfather.

What kind of fairy tales about Frost did people come up with (though not about Santa Claus, about Frost), no matter how they called him. And Frost the Red Nose, and Frost the Blue Nose, and Treskun-Frost. And how many storytellers were fascinated by this image! A. N. Afanasyev called him Morozko, V. F. Odoevsky called him Moroz Ivanovich, because each author has his own idea of ​​this image.

So the following fairy tales appeared: “Moroz Ivanovich” (there is a shorter Russian folk tale and in the retelling of V.F. Odoevsky - a little longer (about the Needlewoman and Lenivitsa). In the proposed edition there are illustrations by the artist V. M. Konashevich, publishing house Melik-Pashayev, 2013
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According to researchers who studied records of the fairy tale “Morozko” in different regions, there are at least forty Russian varieties of it.

“Morozko” - about a stepdaughter and his own daughter - here are several options:
Russian folk retelling by M. Bulatov, in the proposed edition illustrations by Nina Noskovich, Series: Mom’s favorite book
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in the book Russian folk tales with illustrations by Yu. Korovin, a version is given in retelling of Tolstoy Alexey Nikolaevich,
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In the adaptation of A. Afanasyev (in a large collection of his fairy tales there are 2 versions of the tale at once), in the proposed edition - the most common version.
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“Two Frosts” (about the Blue-nose frost and the Red-nose frost):
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in the retelling of Mikhailov Mikhail Larionovich:
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And several more fairy tales where the action takes place in winter are also usually included in New Year’s collections:

Folk
- “At the command of the pike” (proposed edition - illustrator: Rafail Volsky, Meshcheryakov Publishing House)
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— “The Little Fox and the Gray Wolf” — there are many publications, choose which illustrations you like best – choose for yourself.

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for example, P. P. Bazhov “Silver Hoof”, in 2015 a new edition of this wonderful tale by the Ural storyteller was published - one of the lightest, most elegant and at the same time meaningful magical stories. In this unique book, the talents of the author and the artist miraculously combined and multiplied each other's merits. What P.P. Bazhov said simply and laconically, the St. Petersburg artist Mikhail Bychkov turned into paintings with his magic brush.

Book by Watercolor publishing house, “Wizards of the Brush” series.
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Brothers Grimm “Mistress Snowstorm” (there are translations of the name “Grandmother Snowstorm”, “Grandmother Blizzard”).
We offer this fairy tale in the collection “The Brothers Grimm. Fairy Tales", published by the publishing house "Seraphim and Sofia" in the series: "Tales of the Wise Cricket" in 2011 with illustrations by the talented artist - graphic artist - illustrator Ksenia Kareva. She graduated with honors from the Moscow State Academy of Arts and Sciences. S. G. Stroganova, majoring in “Book Illustration”, student of the Honored Artist of Russia Alexander Koshkin.
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For many years, “The Twelve Months” has already been our “New Year’s classic” - a Slovak folk tale retold by S.Ya. Marshak, (although sometimes it is called spring). Marshak wrote the New Year's fairy tale-play "Twelve Months" in 1943, at the height of the war. In the 2014 edition from AST, S. Marshak’s New Year’s play was published without abbreviations - all 4 acts. A. Sazonov’s illustrations are unique, similar to pencil sketches for the animated film of the same name.
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Evgeny Permyak “Magic colors”. In addition to this fairy tale, this collection from the Eksmo publishing house in the series “Books are my friends” contains many wonderful fairy tales from Russian children's classics.
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Many winter tales were written by G.Kh. Andersen. First of all, this is, of course, the children’s favorite “Snow Queen”. For many years, one of the best editions of this book was considered to be the one with illustrations by Niki Golts.
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In 2015, The Snow Queen with illustrations was published by the Dobraya Kniga publishing house. Christian Birmingham, contains 35 illustrations, including 7 large canvases each covering a full spread. This edition is called the most beautiful illustrated version of Andersen's classic fairy tale to date.
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There were publications in the series “Masterpieces of Book Illustration for Children” (with illustrations by Pavel Tatarnikov in one and P.J. Lynch in the other).

Andersen also has “The Snowman”, and “The Story of the Year”, and “The Little Match Girl”. If it seems to you that Andersen’s winter tales are rather sad, then this is true - Andersen is generally a very sad author (and not a cheerful person - remember the film by E. Ryazanov?).
In the given collection of Andersen's fairy tales there is “The Snowman” and “The Little Match Girl” and, by the way, “The Snow Queen”. Artist: Renata Fuchikova, Publisher: Eksmo, 2014 Series: Golden Tales.
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We will call some fairy tale books “truly New Year’s” - they take place exactly on New Year’s Day.

Several tales about the main guest of the New Year - the Christmas tree.

Probably, the story “Yolka”, written by V.G. Suteev back in 1955, can already be considered a classic (there is also a cartoon based on this fairy tale - “The Postal Snowman”).
It is in the new collection of AST publishing house 2015 “New Year is coming soon!”
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Another New Year's story by V. G. Suteev, “The Gift,” was again published in a separate edition in 2015,
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appears together with “Yolka” in the collection: “Fairy tales for the New Year.”

And another Russian classic has a New Year’s story called “Yolka” - M. M. Zoshchenko. It happens on New Year's Eve at the Christmas tree.

A variety of New Year's stories

V. Golyavkin “How I celebrated the New Year” (we offer a scan with pictures by the author).

N. Nosov's story “Sparklers” was first published in Murzilka in the winter of 1945. This is from a series of stories about Misha and Kolya, when Misha made sparklers, and then they went together to the forest to get a Christmas tree... In the text by N. Nosov, it is quite realistic , you can somehow feel the difficulties the country is going through: the children make the sparklers themselves, they went into the forest to cut down the Christmas tree themselves, without their dad, the main and, apparently, the only treat at the table is a pie baked by Mishka Kozlov’s mother.

Around the same time, the fairy tale “Two Brothers” by Evgeniy Schwartz was written. A story about responsibility. On New Year's Eve, the younger brother, offended by the elder, left home. The father sent the elder to look for the younger, who met Great-Grandfather Frost in the forest...

This edition of the book contains not just illustrations by a wonderful artist Nikolai Mikhailovich Kochergin, it was published by Nigma publishing house in the series “The Legacy of N. Kochergin”
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Many people remember and love the cartoon “Hedgehog in the Fog.” The author of the fairy tale itself is Sergei Kozlov. He wrote quite a few more fairy tales - episodes from the life of the Hedgehog and the Little Bear. S. Kozlov composed a special fairy tale: “How a hedgehog, a bear cub and a donkey celebrated the New Year.” She gave the name to one of S. Kozlov’s collections.
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There is a book that combines most of S. Kozlov’s Winter Tales.
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U Eduard Uspensky there is a whole epic in 7 books about Prostokvashino. In the third part, “Winter in Prostokvashino,” the last chapter is New Year in Prostokvashino. You can read it in the new collection of AST publishing house 2015 “New Year is coming soon!” (in the same place as “Yolka” by V. Suteev), or in separate publications:
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Book V. S. Vitkovich and G. B. Yagfeld"A fairy tale in broad daylight." In this fairy-tale story, the action takes place on December 31, snow women come to life and gain souls. And these souls turn out to be different, as are the desires and actions of the former snowmen. There are two more fairy tales in the collection, all three were written a long time ago; now these fairy tales would be classified as “children’s thrillers.”
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Nikolay Glagolev"The Tale of Tweekly the Mouse and Santa Claus"
Natalia Loseva “New Year's story”,
N. P. Wagner (Cat-Purr)"New Year ".

J. Rodari “Planet of Christmas Trees”, where “ The year lasts only six months. Each month has no more than fifteen days. And every day is New Year's».
This book was not reprinted for quite a long time, but in 2014 it was published by the Rosman publishing house with illustrations Victoria Fomina.
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The fairy-tale story “The Journey of the Blue Arrow” by Gianni Rodari, written in a fascinating and light manner, tells about the magical Christmas journey of the Blue Arrow toy train and its doll passengers.
This fairy tale is constantly republished; many different editions are on sale.
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Recently we learned three more prose fairy tales by Gianni Rodari for readers aged somewhere between 6-7 years: “A New Toy” - a kind of techno-fairy tale, “Under the Shadow of the New Year's Tree” - it was written by a literate cat and sent to the newspaper editor. “Colorful Snow” is a short philosophical parable about the amazing events around Christmas in the family where he lives. Together with the author’s poems, they are published in the book “The Amazing Book of Fairy Tales and Poems by Gianni Rodari.”
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Tove Jansson “Magic Winter” Drawings by the author. Publisher: Azbuka, 2015
Series: Moomintroll and all-all-all
As you know, in winter the inhabitants of the valley sleep. But Moomintroll suddenly woke up and found that he had slept enough. He found little My, and they eagerly began to wait for the Ice Maiden. During the long winter they will have to go through a lot: dangerous adventures, amazing meetings and a fun holiday. But in the spring, Moomintroll can proudly say that he is the first Moomintroll in the world who has not slept for a whole year.
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- one of the most famous writers of fairy stories from Finland, was a younger contemporary of Hans Christian Andersen and, according to the famous Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, “preserved the fairy-tale style in all its beautiful simplicity, adding to it only a special warmth and cordiality.” His fairy tales, in which trolls, giants and forest spirits live, have been read by children and adults all over the world for many, many years. His winter tales were published with illustrations by one of the best Soviet children's book illustrators - Alexandra Nikolaevna Yakobson, thanks to which they acquired special expressiveness and visibility of images.

In 2015, the fairy tales were republished as separate books: “The Winter’s Tale” by Rech Publishing House, series: Mom’s Favorite Book
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and “Sampo-loparenok” by Oblaka Publishing House,
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Let us also remember here A.P. Gaidar. The story “Chuk and Gek”, where the action takes place in winter and ends on New Year, is not at all politicized, but on the contrary – bright, homely. Published frequently, this edition contains illustrations by the artist Anatoly Slepkova, Publisher: Melik Pashaev, 2013
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It is impossible not to mention D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak. His “Grey Neck” is a surprisingly kind and touching story with a happy ending, written in 1893 and since then has been a classic of world literature for children, a story about a duck that injured its wing and was left alone for the winter. In both editions offered illustrations Lyudmila Karpenko- gentle, in pastel colors, realistic, surprisingly accurately conveying the mood and atmosphere of the story.
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Another publication - TriMag Publishing House, 2008
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New Year's and Christmas tales

Often fairy tales and other texts that were written a long time ago (and not only) relate not so much to the New Year as to Christmas.

Charles Dickens is considered the founder of Christmas books. In the mid-19th century, he composed several Christmas stories and began publishing them in the December issues of his magazines “Home Reading” and “Round the Year”. Dickens combined the stories with the title "Christmas Books": “A Christmas Carol in Prose”, “A Christmas Story with Ghosts”, “The Bells”, “The Story of the Spirits of the Church Clock”, “The Cricket on the Hearth”, “A Tale of Family Happiness”, “The Battle of Life”, “A Tale of Love” , “Possessed, or A Deal with a Ghost” - all these works are densely populated with supernatural creatures: angels and various evil spirits. Since ancient times, the time of the shortest days and the longest nights has been understood as a confrontation between light and darkness. If Dickens and his followers did not believe that the outcome of the struggle between Good and Evil depends on the will of people, there would simply be no Christmas stories. " Christmas, writes Dickens, This is the time when the memory of all the sorrows, insults and suffering in the world around us speaks to us louder than at any other time of the year.<…>and, just like everything that we ourselves have experienced in our lifetime, encourages us to do good.” Miraculous salvation, the rebirth of evil into good, reconciliation of enemies, forgetting of grievances are popular motifs in Christmas and Yuletide stories.

Now stores offer a paperback edition of this book from the “Classics” series (Azbuka Publishing House), in which there are 2 stories: “A Christmas Carol” (1843) and “The Bells” (1844).
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The tradition has taken root well in Russian literature. Until 1917, almanacs, special issues of illustrated magazines, and annual newspapers were published for the holidays - in the words of A.P. Chekhov, with “all sorts of Christmas stuff.”

Even before these stories by Dickens, the now well-known “The Night Before Christmas” by N.V. Gogol appeared. Proposed book from Eksmo publishing house 2012 with illustrations by the artist Anatoly Slepkova, which are called original. Most reviews praise these illustrations, but some found them not bright and expressive enough.

“...they are “alive” and give the book a certain mystery. The font is easy to read, despite the monotony of color, colorfully designed pages... The book turned out simply magical... the artist managed to convey this spirit of magic, miracle, wonderful holiday. Magic, which at least once a year allows not only witches and devils to fly. You look at these illustrations in snowy, white and blue tones, and you hear the creaking of the snow under your feet, you feel how the light frost stings your cheeks, you breathe in the fresh invigorating night air... before your eyes there are wonderful pictures: Solokha with her unlucky admirers, the beautiful Oksana, admiring her reflection, and the blacksmith Vakula admiring her.”
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And the almost forgotten “Night at Christmas” by K. Baranov.

Indeed, Christmas books were ubiquitous and far from monotonous. They amazingly combined the heritage of ancient tales and Christian morality.

Wonderful Christmas stories were created by: N. S. Leskov: “The Unchangeable Ruble,” “The Beast,” “The Sealed Angel,” “Christ Visiting a Man.”
There is a collection of the best works by N. S. Leskov “Lefty”, published back in 2006 by AST Publishing House in the “World Children's Library” series Artist: Tyurin A. "The beautiful artwork (color illustrations and fabric cover) make this book even more attractive."
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A.P. Chekhov “Vanka”, “Boys”, “At Christmastide”, etc.

A. I. Kuprin A real Christmas story, almost like a fairy tale “The Wonderful Doctor” and another Christmas fairy tale: “Taper”.

F. M. Dostoevsky"The Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree"

and all this, and some other works from Russian classics on a Christmas theme, are in the wonderful book “The Christmas Miracle. Stories of Russian writers". Publisher: OlmaMediaGroup, 2014, series: Gift editions. Classics in illustrations.
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Shmelev I. . “Christmas, “Christmastide” (From the story “The Summer of the Lord”).
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From fairy tales D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak The Christmas theme concerns the fairy tale “It’s Time to Sleep” - the last of the series “Alyonushka’s Tales” and “Winter Quarters on Studenoy”.

Of the Christmas stories in their classic form, perhaps the most festive of Christmas tales is E. T. A. Hoffmann's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." A tale of a gift. A fairy tale is a gift. The events of The Nutcracker begin on Christmas Eve (December 24), at that very solemn moment when Christians await the appearance of the first star in the evening sky. Of course, many “pre-Soviet” and even current publications emasculate the Christmas theme, but let’s keep in mind that Hoffmann once composed the most Christmas fairy tale.

There were many editions of this book by Hoffmann. A very famous illustrator of the Nutcracker - Nika Golts, Makhaon Publishing House, 2015 offered publication in the series "Masterpieces of Children's Literature"

Back in 2011, the publishing house Rosman-Press published a publication with illustrations by the artist Maxim Mitrofanova: « The familiar, wonderful, romantic story is presented in superb illustrations that can bring even such a dark fairy tale to life as The Nutcracker«.
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In 2015, Eksmo Publishing House published the fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” in the series “Golden Fairy Tales for Children” with illustrations by Artush Scheiner. Artush Scheiner (1863-1938) - an excellent Czech artist who created illustrations for the works of G.-H. Andersen, W. Shakespeare, E. T. A. Hoffmann, to fairy tales of Czech writers. His drawings are truly magical, detailed and bright.
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In 2015, the publishing house "Rech" published Hoffmann's fairy tale with illustrations of the work Valery Alferovsky, which give the fairy tale a special magic. This book was the last book that the artist illustrated; it was published only once - in 1978. There are a lot of drawings in this edition; out of 64 spreads, only 12 remained with bare text. The drawings here are of very different sizes: full page, half, third. All of them are in an unusual technique, drawn using goose feathers and watercolors. “The works are simply amazing: so delicate, bright, beautiful, like pictures from vintage European postcards.” The translation here is classic and most complete - by Irina Tatarinova.
On the Internet you can see several illustrations, as well as unique illustrations by Dagmar Berkove for the Nutcracker. There were also wonderful illustrations by G. Spirin.
There is a wonderful audio play based on The Nutcracker with music by Tchaikovsky, and there is already more than one cartoon.

The same thing happened with H.H. Andersen. We knew the “Snow Queen”, which was not tied to Christmas. But the author “... the children sang a Christmas carol: “The roses are blooming... Beauty, beauty! Soon we will see the baby Christ"(Translation by A. Hansen). Sometimes, in edited publications, formidable angels turned into “little men.”

Already in the 2000s, the fairy tale was translated into Russian Lyman Frank Baum"The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus." Baum wrote it in 1902, right after The Wizard of Oz. The biography of Santa Claus invented by the storyteller has little in common with the biography of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Baum, in his own way, explains to the kids where Christmas gifts come from. " When the world was still young, a forest nymph adopted an abandoned baby - Klaus. He grew up and, living in the Laughing Valley, began making toys to give to children. In the end, people recognized him as a saint, and the immortals gave him their mantle. The storyteller has everything thought out. Over time, “Old Klaus not only delivered gifts, but also sent toys to stores so that parents, if they wanted to give their children more toys, could easily find them there. And if for some reason Klaus is unable to bring a gift to a child, he can go to the store himself and get as many toys as he wants. For the friend of the little ones decided that not a single child should be left without the gift he dreams of.”
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Lagerlöf Selma Ottilie Luvisa. "The Legend of the Christmas Rose." This is an amazing tale about the miracles that happened in the Heingen Forest. And the only surviving evidence of those events is a fragile flower that grew from the roots collected by Abbot John. Despite the cold, it blooms in the middle of winter, and for this they began to call it the Christmas rose - as a reminder of that wonderful garden that once bloomed in the wilderness on the holy night. A fairy tale in which even the most cruel and callous hearts are filled with the expectation of a miracle.
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When translating books from foreign languages ​​in Soviet times, they often tried to replace Christmas with New Year, and Santa Claus and Pierre Noel with Father Frost.
Not all Christmas tales are of a distinctly religious nature, and some modern fairy tales and stories simply bring light and joy.

Elena Carling “The Night Before Christmas...or the Fairy Tale Became True”...

Elena Maslo “Christmas at the Godmother’s. True stories and a little magic." The book is written from the perspective of a girl whose parents have no time to deal with it. And she spends the New Year holidays with her godmother. And what miracles they create together, inventing various entertainments! Little Vika and her beloved godmother - inventors and kind souls - either set up a factory for the production of snowflakes, then invite everyone to go skiing right from the window of their apartment, then together with all the surrounding children they sculpt a snow horse, which, having put on a magic scarf, turns into into a real Pegasus. New Year's gifts for children and adults are falling from the sky, all, all, all dreams come true - even the most cherished and unspoken ones, and there is more magic and kindness in the world! The book is filled with magic, tranquility and kindness! Rech Publishing House - 2014 and 2013, drawings by a Belarusian artist Vladimir Dovgyalo snowy and airy - very suitable for the text of this book.
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Nancy Walker-Guy"The best gift for Christmas." A Christmas story about the adventures of a bear cub, a bunny and a raccoon on their way to visit a badger. Christmas gifts are out in force! However, along the way they find themselves in a snowstorm, and the wind blows away beautiful garlands, colorful Christmas tree decorations and the sparkling Star of Bethlehem. There is nothing to do, they have to go to visit with empty paws. But Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas if miracles didn’t happen that night...

This story, absolutely Christmas in spirit, is wonderfully told with the help of illustrations (artist Briswalter Maren), can be considered even by the smallest child. The book very well conveys the feeling of a Christmas miracle in life - a child, with bated breath, waits for the end of a non-scary journey through the winter forest.
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Modern fairy tales

The above fairy tales have become, so to speak, New Year and Christmas classics, but in recent years many good books have been published, written by Russian authors, and fairy tales translated into Russian by authors from various countries.

Fairy Tale Andrei Zhvalevsky and Evgenia Pasternak"The True Story of Santa Claus." The action of the story spans a whole century. By chance, travel engineer Sergei Ivanovich Morozov turns into Father Frost once a year. Together with him, we live through the 20th century and step into the 21st century, and the history of our country passes before our eyes, bright and dark, victorious and tragic, familiar and unfamiliar. Comments in the margins tell about important historical events and everyday life in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century, about calendar and spelling reforms, about what Santa Claus did wrong before the Soviet regime and about much, much more..

The book was written in 2007, addressed to children 8-12 years old, those who have not yet completely given up their faith in the New Year's miracle, but are already ready to learn the truth about the life and history of their country. There are already three editions of this book - standard, gift and collectible, all with illustrations by artists: Britvin Victor, Muratova Olga Valerievna.
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One of the most popular contemporary children's writers, Andrei Usachev, has great respect for the winter and New Year themes. He writes stories, poems, fairy tales and makes many audio books and plays. Then the available works are combined into collections. First appeared “From the Life of Snowmen” and “School of Snowmen”: One day before the New Year, Santa Claus decided that he did not have enough grandchildren to help him. And he and the Snow Maiden made 11 snowmen and 9 snowmen. And then his quiet life ended... Funny, exciting and educational stories about the adventures of little snowmen in the magical village of Dedmorozovka.

Then the collections “Father Frost from Dedmorozovka” and “Miracles in Dedmorozovka” appeared. In 2008, the book was published in two parts and in New Year's design. It turned out very festive. A. Usachev came up with the wonderful village “Dedmorozovka”, settled Father Frost, Snegurochka and their snowman assistants (girls and boys) there and not only told about how they give gifts for the New Year, but also about what they do the rest time of year: snowmen study at snowman school and generally behave like all other children: they are upset about their grades, they play hooligans, they enjoy life. There are quite a few stories in each book. Usually the design of books is not inferior to the content: hardcover, thick white paper, chic New Year frames covered with winter patterns and colorful expressive illustrations. Alexandra Alira,Ekaterina Zdornova, Viktor Chizhikov.

Now stores offer 4 collections from this series: Snowman School, Olympic Village Dedmorozovka, Santa Claus Post Office.
“Miracles in Dedmorozovka” Publisher: Rosman 2013
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“School of Snowmen” Publisher: Rosman-Press 2012
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“Olympic Village Dedmorozovka” Publisher: Rosman 2013
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“Santa Claus's Mail” Publisher: Rosman 2013
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There is also a publication that combines all the fairy tales about Dedmorozovka and its inhabitants from these 4 books. “All about Dedmorozovka.” Author's collection. Andrey Usachev. Illustrators: Ekaterina Zdornova, Elena Zdornova, Victor Chizhikov. Publisher: Rosman 2014
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Especially for young readers, Andrei Usachev prepared a collection of poems, “The ABCs of Santa Claus.” To remember most letters, he came up with two poems. The entire primer concerns winter themes and New Year's holidays; each poem is accompanied by a colorful large picture. With this alphabet, you will not only repeat all the letters of the Russian alphabet with your children, but also find out where the New Year comes from, where Santa Claus lives and where crayfish spend the winter, and you will also reveal many, many other New Year’s secrets.

There are several editions of this book (in different publishing houses, designed by different artists).
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In the Labyrinth - Onyx publishing house 2010 (there are other publications).

In 2015, a New Year’s book of poems by Andrei Usachev, “It Happened on New Year’s Day,” was published. Artist: Avgustinovich Irina. Publisher: Ripol-Classic,
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Winter comes once a year.
Let's light a star on the Christmas tree,
To the delight of the little ones and adults.
And this is the time for
To see the magic
And meet Grandfather Frost.

V. Stepanov’s short story “The Silver Key” is just about Santa Claus - it is often included in various collections.
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The story of A. Kostinsky “The Day of the First Snow” (can be read in the collection The Invisible Tree, published in 1989) “At the North Pole there is an Ice House and an Ice Garden, where all the world’s Father Frosts, Pere Noels, Santa Clauses and others are raised in glass balls at a temperature of -33C. But they are in danger: due to general climate warming, they may not grow. Snowman Lollipop goes to the city of Tutaktamsk to the world's best specialist in refrigeration units, Leopold Aggregatov. But, unfortunately, Aggregatov categorically does not believe in fairy tales and simply hates storytellers...”

Elena Rakitina "The Adventures of New Year's toys." Each chapter is dedicated to the history of one of the toys. This is a truly New Year's book, because it is a fairy tale about the adventures of New Year's toys. After all, children really want to believe that Christmas tree decorations really come to life! And in the New Year there must be a place for miracles. Illustrator: Lyudmila Pipchenko. Publisher: Rech 2014

“Land of New Year’s Toys” is a continuation of the book “The Adventures of New Year’s Toys” by Elena Rakitina. But here there are no longer individual stories, but a whole journey of the same heroes of the first book to the Land of New Year's toys. Many universal human problems are touched upon. The book makes you think about eternal values, experience a lot of emotions together with the characters in the book, and cultivate feelings of empathy, responsibility, and care. The book is made in the same format as the previous one, the same excellent quality of offset paper, color ratio of illustrations. Both of these books are for both children and adults; they create a New Year’s mood, take you back to childhood, make you believe in miracles and expect magic from the New Year! Illustrator: Lyudmila Pipchenko. Publisher: Rech 2014
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Sofia Prokofieva, Irina Tokmakova"A gift for the Snow Maiden." A fabulous New Year's book in which The Wolf and the Fox kidnapped the Snow Maiden, and the hare Mitroshka, the Christmas tree Bell and the fir cone, with the help of the Wise Raven, the wind Afanasy and the Box with magic songs, boldly rushed to save her. The fairy tale is written in beautiful language; the text contains short songs and spells that can be learned and read with children. Artist: Olga Fadeeva Publisher: Rech, 2015 Series: Fairy tales for children.
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Akim, Dragunsky, Zolotov"New Year. It's a terribly complicated matter." This book is interesting not only for its beautiful illustrations and text, but for the very form of the story. The story of the New Year is presented in the form of investigation materials. The entire volume of the book is divided into eight “cases”, each of which will tell the child about when and why this or that tradition associated with the celebration of the New Year arose. Artist: Borisova Elena. Publisher: Labyrinth, 2014 Series: New Year.
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Elena Lipatova “Yolka Alyonka”. Children's fairy tale in verse about a small Christmas tree named Alyonka, which was bought for Christmas. But she missed her mother so much that she decided to go into the forest in search of her... And then the adventures of Yolochka Alyonka began!
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Translations by foreign authors

Sven Nordqvist, a Swedish writer and artist, is already well known to children and parents in Russia. Sven Nordqvist illustrates his books himself. “I like to do everything myself,” he says. And he writes and draws about Petson, whose entire house and yard are inhabited by small funny creatures. Sven Nordqvist calls them mukles. Petson always has a couple of mukles in his pocket. On occasion, they can give the necessary advice or sing something funny. The most ordinary objects in Petson’s house look completely extraordinary: he has a lot of little things and gizmos lying around in his kitchen, multi-colored socks are drying on a line, there are all sorts of mugs and saucepans on the stove, and funny paintings with cows hang on the walls.

Among my favorite books are several stories about Pettson and his kitten Findus and Christmas.

"Christmas in Petson's house." Petson and his kitten Findus are in a hurry to clean up the house, because Christmas is coming, they have already done almost everything, all that remains is to decorate the Christmas tree and prepare a festive dinner. And suddenly trouble happened. Petson slipped and injured his leg. Now he won’t be able to go to the forest to pick up a tree or to the store to buy a treat. Petson and Findus no longer hoped to have a merry Christmas, but unexpectedly wonderful guests came to their house...

Continuing with S. Nurdqvist’s New Year’s book “Mechanical Santa Claus.” This story is a little different from other stories about these heroes - both in volume and in the slow pace of the story, but this story is the most magical, the most New Year's - Old man Petson and kitten Findus are preparing to celebrate Christmas. “But what would Christmas be without Santa Claus?” - Findus thinks. In order not to upset him, Petson decides to design Santa Claus himself. And one that can talk and move. But how can we make sure that Findus doesn’t notice the substitution?
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And also Sven Nordkvist: “Christmas porridge.” This book tells about Christmas in a family of gnomes, where their own traditions reign. On New Year's Day, the owners must bring them a bowl of porridge, otherwise misfortunes will happen. But this year people have forgotten ancient customs, and the gnomes need to save the situation. Funny adventures of a family of tiny people and their incomparable mouse.

“It’s Christmas Eve. Fluffy white snow lies motionless on the fir trees and roofs of houses. And the local gnomes are waiting for the owners of the house to present them with a plate of delicious Christmas porridge! But then the unexpected happens...” Publisher: Albus Corvus.White Crow, 2015
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Anu Stoner "Little Santa Claus". A whole series of 4 books by the Finnish writer, all of them are made in serial design, in addition, they were illustrated by one artist and translated by one translator. But each story is independent from each other. The artist Henrika Wilson and the illustrations are perhaps the most valuable thing in books about Little Santa Claus. They very “eloquently” complement and enhance verbal images. It turns out that there are many Santa Clauses in the world. And among them there is a small one. That is, Santa Claus is a child. Or, more precisely, Santa Claus is like a child - with all the experiences and grievances inherent in a child, although outwardly he differs from adults only in size. In all other respects, he is their exact copy - he has the same clothes, felt boots, and even a beard. But a beard is not a sign of old age, but as a “mandatory attribute” associated with “snowiness” and symbolizing involvement in winter.

A book that tells the story that even the smallest (and not only Santa Claus) can do a lot. The main thing is kindness, believe in yourself and don’t despair, then you will find your place in life and bring a lot of goodness and happiness.
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2. “Little Santa Claus is coming to town.” In this book, Little Santa Claus, who is in charge of gifts for forest animals, receives many letters from the animals of the city who also want to receive New Year's gifts. The big Santa Clauses refuse to bring gifts for the animals to the city, because they can barely cope with the children’s ones. The path to the city is not close and difficult, but forest animals help Little Santa Claus. And, of course, the little animals from the city will receive their gifts!
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3. “Little Santa Claus travels around the world.” This is a fabulous story about how Little Santa Claus, together with his friends, the forest animals, gave New Year's gifts to all the children in one night. And all because the Big Santa Clauses fell ill on the eve of the New Year because they did not get vaccinated on time. The journey around the world lasted all night, and Little Santa Claus visited small villages and big cities.
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4. “Little Santa Claus is growing up.” In the pre-New Year bustle, Little Santa Claus discovered that he had run out of powdered sugar. And he decided to ask for it from Santa Claus, who lived nearby. Going out into the street, Little Santa Claus saw that the whole village was empty and only the lights were on in the windows of the house of the Main Father Frost. Everyone gathered there and didn’t invite only him. And Little Santa Claus, forgetting about the cookies, sadly walked out of the village and did not notice how he ended up at the edge of the forest. His forest friends decided to stand up for Little Santa Claus. Arriving at the village, they find out why Little Santa Claus was not invited. It turns out that the main Santa Claus goes on vacation and leaves Little Santa Claus in his place.
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German author and artist Valko. "New Year's Trouble." The story is about how unexpectedly, on the eve of the New Year, a snowfall occurred that destroyed the house of Jacob the hare. And the animals all over the world had to build an igloo for him! And then the adventures began: just before the New Year, the animals saved the real Santa Claus, and, of course, this was followed by various miracles. The animals guessed that Santa Claus himself was a guest on New Year's Eve at the very end of the story. But an attentive reader will understand this much earlier. Publisher: Makhaon Series: New Year
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Another illustrated New Year's tale by Valko, “The Lost Christmas Letter.” The Hare and the Bear saw a letter to Santa Claus from a sick marmot, he asked Santa Claus to visit him. They felt sorry and went to catch up with Santa Claus to give back the letter that had been accidentally lost. They walked and walked... and saw Santa Claus, who had left, having previously visited someone’s house. The house turned out to be the house of a groundhog, and Santa Claus knew about the letter, he just wanted his friends to come visit the groundhog and celebrate the holiday together.
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Author and illustrator Luke Koopmans(Netherlands). "Winter Tales". Set of 3 books:
"Little Christmas tree": The story is about how a little Christmas tree was dissatisfied with its needles, she kept dreaming, now about golden, now about crystal, now about soft green leaves. And each time her wishes were fulfilled, but the result was disastrous: the golden leaves were stolen, the crystal ones were broken, and the soft and green ones were eaten by goats. And in the end, the Christmas tree became itself and realized that this was the best it could be!

“Snail, bee and frog are looking for snow”: In the spring, the snail learns from the bird about the past winter, how cold and snowy it was. But the bird flew away, and the snail remained perplexed; she had never seen either winter or snow. The snail tried to find out about this from his friends - the bee and the frog, but they also knew nothing. And then they went in search of snow!

"The Mitten" is a classic folk tale. Wonderful and kind books for the soul, which are pleasant to hold in your hands, pleasant to look at, and also to read such kind, gentle fairy tales. Publisher: Good Book 2013
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You can also buy each book separately.

Kate Westerlund is a famous American children's writer, Doctor of Education and Humanities."My dear snowman." Co-author and illustrator: Eva Tarle- very delicate watercolor drawings. Another story about how real miracles happen and wishes come true at Christmas. We always expect miracles in the New Year. And even falling snow seems magical to us. And if the snowman takes off his hat, then something extraordinary will definitely happen! And it is not surprising that a miracle happened to a little girl who did not expect it at all and who dreamed that the snow cat would become real. Publisher: Klever-Media-Group, 2011

Another winter tale by the same pair of authors is “The Winter Tale of the Fawn” - a very kind, warm and gentle story about forest animals who wanted a holiday in a hungry and cold time for them. On New Year's Eve we all believe in miracles! So the little animals expected that even in such a cold and snowy winter they would be able to celebrate the New Year cheerfully. The heart of the little deer, Alice, burned with the greatest hopes, and it was she who awakened in other animals the faith in miracles and celebration. This story creates in everyone’s soul a feeling of an approaching holiday, makes them believe in a fairy tale and never lose hope for a miracle. Publisher: Klever-Media-Group, 2011
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Genevieve Yurie "New Year's book of rabbit stories." One of the stories from the series “Once upon a time there were rabbits”, in which fidgety little rabbits sled down a hill, little rabbit Rozmarinchik danced in the snow, and Syroezhik attended a ball. This book is a wonderful New Year's gift for kids. Illustrator: Loïc Juannigo. Publisher: Machaon, ABC-Atticus Series: Once upon a time there were rabbits.. 2014
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Writer and artist Rob Scotton. “Happy New Year, Shmyak!” Continuation of funny stories (fourth) about the kitten Shmyak. This is a fabulous story about the approach of the New Year. Kitten Shmyak is really looking forward to a gift from Santa Claus and is terribly worried. What if he didn’t behave well enough during the year and didn’t deserve a gift? And Shmyak decides from now on to be very, very good... Stories about the kitten Shmyak are suitable for reading to children from three years old. Publisher: Klever-Media-Group Series: Picture Book 2014
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Daniel Pikuli - the famous French writer, an economist by training, wrote a series of stories about a cheerful and brave turtle named Lulu Toropyzhka, who often commits rash acts and never refuses to help others and always tries to correct her mistakes. The illustrator and co-author of the series, Frédéric Pillot, is a famous French illustrator of literature for children and teenagers, as well as comics. Publisher: Polyandria Print, Series: Lulu Toropyzhka

"Lulu and the Christmas Tree". In this book we find our heroes in sadness. The New Year is approaching, and this is bad news: a woodcutter armed with a long saw comes into the forest and begins to cut down the spruce trees one by one until only one remains... She decides to save Lulu!
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Ian Falconer Olivia Celebrates the New Year. A book from the series about Olivia the pig, with wonderful illustrations by the author, for little inventors and their parents. Completely unique character designs and recognizable situations have made books about Olivia's adventures a successful project on the book market in recent years. Neither adults nor children can resist the charm of this mischievous girl. In the stories about Olivia you can find everything that is inherent in children - the desire to be more mature and childish spontaneity, a cheerful character and reluctance to listen to elders. Olivia is busy preparing for the New Year. She is really looking forward to Santa Claus, and tries to take part in everything - decorate the Christmas tree, help her mother set the festive table. As always, she has a lot of interesting things to do - learn and sing a song about a Christmas tree, go skiing, make a snow woman.
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Author and artist Judith Kerr. “Happy New Year, Meowly!” Due to the illustrations, this New Year's book is suitable for both the youngest and older children. Children are usually very partial to cats; many have real pets at home. The story is just about a pet, how a cat perceives phenomena that are common to us, how it reacts to preparations for the holiday, ending up on the roof, and how the situation is resolved. There is a whole series of books by Kerr about Meowley.
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Marcus Majaluoma "Dad, when is Santa Claus coming?" Who said that Santa Claus is alone? No, the real one, of course, is the only one, but he may be delayed on the road due to a snowstorm, then... Then dad Pentti Rozoholmainen and neighbor Trubkela simply have to take everything into their own hands, because Ossi, Veino and Anna-Marie are waiting for Christmas and gifts, and what would Christmas be without Santa Claus?!
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M. Mokienko “How the Baba Yagas celebrated the New Year.” There are a lot of characters in the book. Firstly - 3 Baba Yagas - Senior, Middle and Younger. These are positive heroines who do only good. Secondly, Koschey and Dashing One-Eyed. These are sharply negative characters. Then in the book there is Grandmother - the Fun Girl, who spun this story in order to write a book about it. Of course, in the book there is Santa Claus, who suffered from Koshchei. Then there is the family - dad, mom and their son Timosha, who really wants the real Santa Claus to come to him for the New Year and bring him an airplane.
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Collection “In the footsteps of Santa Claus” - translations. The book contains fairy tales by foreign writers on a New Year's theme, twelve wonderful New Year's stories - one for each month of the year. The baby will meet the witch Rata Mosh, a funny white donkey and the gnomes of Santa Claus. Here is another story about a small Christmas tree that was uprooted and thrown away as unnecessary, and a boy picked it up and planted it in the ground. And by the next New Year, a real winter beauty grew up next to his house - a Christmas tree! There is a story about a little sparrow whose feathers fell out. He was very worried, but his friends asked Santa Claus for help, and the sparrow received a gift - a coat of white feathers. And about the mother bear who wanted to make a New Year's party for her cubs!
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Mauri Kunnas, Tarja Kunnas"Visiting Santa Claus." " The real autumn has come. The first snow is already falling in some places. This means that Christmas is just around the corner! Perhaps you think it’s too early to think about this? Good for you! For you, Christmas is just a joyful holiday, but for others it is not only joy, but also long, responsible work. This “someone” is, of course, Santa Claus. He lives far to the north, in Lapland, in a small village near Mount Korvatunturi. There is everything that the main organizer of the holiday needs: cozy accommodation, workshops, saunas, and even an airfield. Hundreds of Christmas gnomes – Santa Claus’s faithful assistants – also live here. They run a household, herd reindeer, sort mail, make Christmas gifts, and in their free time they fish, go mountain hiking, sing songs and have fun to their heart's content. The children of the gnomes go to school. Their favorite subject is zoology, and the most important ones are geography and labor. A real Christmas gnome should know perfectly well which country is which and which city is which. After all, on the eve of Christmas, gnomes help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children all over the world!”
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Many New Year's fairy tales are written by modern Internet authors, for example, on the website Lib.ru Samizdat Magazine you can read:
Antonina Lukyanova “Why is snow white.”
fairy tale Kozhushner Tatyana"The Tale of Santa Claus and His Friends,"
several fairy tales Usacheva Svetlana Fairy tales told on New Year's Eve (Rug, New Year for the Ladybug, How the Mouse was looking for the New Year, The Most Expensive). You can probably find others here too.

The best books for parents

Towards the end

Every year, many different collections are published for the New Year (including in audio format). But they mainly include those fairy tales (stories, stories) that are collected in this review. The collections are supplemented with poems, songs, riddles, sometimes even crafts and coloring books. These books are illustrated by new artists. So no matter how many New Year's books there are in your library, you can find a new one every year. And if your library doesn’t have something, you can find it online, at the public library, or from friends and acquaintances. There are many options for lists of New Year and Christmas books on the Internet; a significant part of the books from these lists are presented in this review, without, of course, claiming to be comprehensive. We did not specifically indicate for what children's age this or that book is suitable. Different children, different preparation, different perceptions. But, of course, if the fairy tale is new to you, you will first read it yourself to decide whether it is suitable for your child. Happy New Year's reading!

A bedtime story about the New Year - for new impressions, for your good mood, for a calm, happy sleep. New Year is a holiday that makes hearts kinder, gives hope for the best, fills the soul with warmth and joy. The New Year is full of secrets, miracles, surprises and magic. And it's adorable! Happy New Year! Peace, fulfillment of desires, happiness, understanding, beauty!

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Bedtime story about New Year

Once upon a time there lived Santa Claus. He was tall, stately and with a rich white beard. He lived in a beautiful mansion with painted shutters, a high porch and patterned glass in the lighted windows. Every winter, Santa Claus wished all the inhabitants of the Fairytale Forest a Happy New Year. The inhabitants of the Fairytale Forest dressed up in carnival costumes, and it was impossible to tell which of them was a fox and which was a hare. Santa Claus congratulated everyone, and often visited the neighboring Azure Forest to congratulate the local residents on the New Year.

One day a story happened. Early on, a small titmouse flew to Santa Claus and told him that Baba Yaga was asking him to come visit her.

- What does the venerable cheat want? – thought Santa Claus, but did not refuse the invitation.

“I’ll come by lunchtime,” said Santa Claus.

But he was unable to come to dinner, and he showed up at the house on chicken legs only in the evening. There was a stump right next to Baba Yaga's house. Santa Claus accidentally touched it with his staff, the stump swayed, shook himself off and mumbled:

— For some reason or other?

“Baba Yaga herself called,” answered Santa Claus.

“Come in,” the stump said peacefully.

Baba Yaga treated Santa Claus to bagels, and then said:

- In the Farthest, Farthest Forest, you, Red Nose Frost, have never been seen. But there were no Christmas trees there; Only sorcerer oaks grow there. Get ready, take the New Year tree there and gifts to the inhabitants of the forest.

- How will I go there? – asked Santa Claus. “My horses don’t even know the way there.”

“So be it, let’s go together in my mortar,” said Baba Yaga.

“But it will be too small for both of us,” said Santa Claus.

“Don’t worry about it,” said Baba Yaga.

- Why have you become so kind? – Santa Claus doubted.

- So, for once, you gave me a gift today - you gave me a new broom and repaired the stove, otherwise I, the old one, began to freeze completely.

And the next morning they decided to fly to the Far, Far Forest. Santa Claus put on a warm fur coat, took gifts and a New Year tree. But Baba Yaga found fur mittens and put on woolen socks, but she didn’t take any gifts, because Baba-Hedgehogs don’t give any gifts, and she even waved a broom.

Baba Yaga tapped her mortar with a broom, it immediately increased in size, Santa Claus and Baba Yaga sat in the mortar and flew away.

Whether it took a long time or a short time, they flew to the Far-Far Forest. When the inhabitants of the forest saw Baba Yaga flying, they hid in all directions.

Father Frost and Baba Yaga landed and gathered to congratulate the inhabitants of the Far, Far Forest on the New Year, but no one was there. They were screaming and screaming, but there was no one there. What to do? Whom should we congratulate?

And a small titmouse joined them in flight. When Father Frost and Baba Yaga were getting ready for the journey, she slipped into the pocket of Father Frost's fur coat, and sat there the entire way.

When Santa Claus and Baba Yaga began to look for animals and birds, she got out of her pocket and said:

- Don’t worry, I’ll bring animals and birds to you now.

And she flew off to look for the local titmice. I found them and told them that Father Frost and Baba Yaga had arrived to wish everyone a Happy New Year and give them gifts. And they brought something else.

It turned out to be a New Year's tree, which was seen by the inhabitants of the very Far, Far Forest, who came running to the Silver Glade. They were invited by numerous tits.

Residents of the most distant, distant forest gasped when they looked at the beautiful Christmas tree with toys, lanterns and lights. Santa Claus gave gifts to everyone, and Baba Yaga told a New Year's fairy tale. The little titmouse was asking riddles.

And when Santa Claus's clock struck twelve times, everyone shouted in unison:

- Happy New Year! Hooray!

And they danced together in circles. And then the little sparrow said that he was tired and wanted to sleep. The fox cubs, wolf cubs, and squirrels also wanted to sleep.

Well! Sleep is also a small holiday. A holiday of happy events and fabulous transformations. Children grow up in their sleep. This is great!

Grow up too, my friend. Gain strength and health. Santa Claus asked me to tell you that everything will be fine with you!

It turns out that these are the guys who at the end of the past year took part in a children's literary competition "Christmas story"(this event was discussed in detail in the article, where the Competition Regulations were brought to the attention of everyone). And the most active participants in the competition were primary school students pro-gymnasium "Snow White" Moscow. At this school, the children became members of a real jury - public, open. The contestants' works were read out to the children.(their comrades), and they chose the best and with their votes greatly influenced the final decision of the professional jury in choosing the most worthy. The winner of the school was revealed immediately, even before the New Year - Anastasia Bykova from 4 "b" class. All the guys immediately preferred her fairy tale. Competition entry the winner of this school has already been presented in our article.

But the voting continued. It was necessary to identify the winners in each class, and opinions differed. The conclusion of this has finally come to an end. "fairytale" competition, and we publish original works in this article schoolchildren who won a competition among classmates. Their New Year's tales are now offered to your attention.
We congratulate these guys on their victory and wish them not to bury their talent. We will be happy to continue publishing interesting stories.

Fedor Kosolapov from 1st grade and his fairy tale “How Borka the Boar Celebrated the New Year”.

Winter came. White fluffy snow fell. All the paths and paths in the forest have been covered up, but Borka can’t sit at home, he wants to take a walk in the forest. He crawled out of the hole and was surprised: there was commotion all around, everyone was running, in a hurry, in a hurry. He won’t understand anything - what happened? And then Borka saw a crow on a tree. She told Borka that today was the New Year, so everyone was in a hurry to celebrate it. And he went into the forest to look for the New Year.

He walks through the forest and thinks: “Who is this New Year, and where can he be celebrated?” He walked and got lost. Suddenly the wind blew, a blizzard arose, and snow began to fall. The trees sway and creak. The wind makes it difficult to walk. Borka the boar got scared and hid under a bush. Sits, trembling with fear.
And then three wolves jumped out into the clearing. They were arguing about something and looking around. Borka listened to their conversation. The wolves were talking about some Santa Claus and a bag of gifts, and about the New Year.
Borka was delighted: “This is who will help me celebrate the New Year.” And so that the wolves would not see him and eat him, he decided to carefully follow them.

Soon they came to a clearing in which some grandfather was sitting on a stump, and next to him lay a huge sack. Suddenly the wolves bent down and began to carefully creep up to the bag. Borka guessed that they wanted to steal the bag, and he decided to stop them. He screamed with all his might, so that grandfather almost fell off the tree stump in surprise, and the wolves scattered. Borka got scared himself and rushed to his grandfather. He just grunted and couldn't say anything. Finally everything became quiet. Grandfather reassured Borka and said that he was Father Frost and was bringing gifts for the New Year. He untied his bag and took out a whole bag of delicious acorns. Borka was happy! This is how he learned what New Year is.

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Once upon a time there was a little penguin, and his name was Pinky. He lived in an ice house. And one day he went to the river to fish. And he caught one big fish, another small one. And then I caught another fish, not an ordinary one, but a gold one. And the fish said to him:
- Don’t eat me, I’ll still be useful to you, I’ll be your friend.
“Okay,” said Pinky.
- What is your name? - asked the fish.
“I’m Pinky the little penguin,” said Pinky. - And you?
“And my name is Rina,” Rina introduced herself.
- Do you know when the New Year will be? - asked Pinky.
“I know, January 1,” said Rina.
- What did you wish for Santa Claus for the New Year? - asked Pinky.
- Become a little penguin like you. In our family, it’s customary to choose one cherished wish – it can be any wish – and make it for the New Year,” Rina answered. - This is my deepest desire.
- Even if you are a different animal? – Pinky asked in surprise.
“Yes,” Rina answered.
“It’s a strange desire,” said Pinky. - And I want skis for New Year so I can ride down the hill. Rina, can you come visit us?
“No, sorry, I live underwater and can’t go onto land,” said Rina. If I get into the snow, I'll freeze immediately. We are not designed to walk on land. Maybe you can come visit me and we can swim together?
“Okay, only on a day off, when there are school holidays,” Pinky answered.
- What date will it be? – asked Rina.
“December 23,” answered Pinky. - Rina, why are you so golden?
- Because I was born this way. We are all like that, goldfish. Different types of fish look different. Pinky, why do all the birds fly and you don’t?
Because we were born this way, just like you,” answered Pinky.

Fifteen days later, Pinky the penguin and Rina the fish met.
- The New Year is coming. “We have a Christmas tree,” says Pinky.
“And we have a Christmas tree, elegant and beautiful,” says Rina.
- Oh! Look, there’s a sleigh and Santa Claus with a bag of gifts,” Pinky saw.
- Yes. Soon the night will come and all wishes will come true.
“Alas, it’s late,” said Pinky, “it’s time to go home.”
And they went home. Santa Claus came to everyone and brought gifts to everyone. The little penguin received skis, not simple ones, but magical ones. You can not only ride on them, but also fly. And the fish received a small box. Rina showed it to Pinky.
- What do you think is in it?
“Probably what you wished for,” answered Pinky.
- But I wanted to become a little penguin like you. This is my deepest wish! - Rina exclaimed.
Rina opened the box, and there was ice cream in it. She looked at it in surprise, but ate it, and she wanted to sleep. Rina said goodbye to Pinky. And in the morning, as if nothing had happened, I decided to swim. Then Pinky swims up and says:
- Rina, it’s you, what’s wrong with you?
- And what!? – the fish was surprised.
“You became a penguin like me,” answered Pinky.
“Really?!...” Rina said, barely taking her breath away. - So my wish came true!
“Yes, as you can see,” Pinky clarified. - Well, let's go for a walk.
Pinky took a ride on his magic skis. True, they almost took him to the other side. He stopped in time and let Rina ride. They enjoyed spending the whole day together. And they became good friends. We walked and played together. And they returned home joyful and cheerful.

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Once upon a time there was a girl, Eva. It was winter, but there was no snow for a long time. Without snow, everyone was sad - both adults and children. She went into the forest for a walk. And in that forest there lived a Snowman. But he was very, very sad. The girl saw the Snowman and asked:
- Are you sad without snow too?
- I know why there is no snow. The Evil Queen stole the Snow Pegasus, and if he is not saved, there will be no snow,” the Snowman said sadly.
- Can I help you with something? – asks Eva.
- I don’t know... We need to find a solar crystal, and then the evil Queen will become good and release Pegasus.
Eve suddenly remembered that a small copy of the solar crystal was given to her for her birthday. Handing her the crystal, her friends mysteriously said that the day would definitely come when she would be able to help everyone, all adults and children. At that time, she did not pay attention to their words. And now the girl told this to the Snowman, and he was very happy. Eve promised that she would soon sneak into the evil Queen's castle with this crystal, and Pegasus would be freed.
The snowman gave her a map that could be used to find the place where the evil Queen lived, and... soon it started snowing again. And there was no end to the joy of children and adults. The Snowman was also happy, and became even more cheerful when in the distance he saw Eve flying on Pegasus.

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Petukhov Oleg and his “Good Fairy Tale”.

On one distant uninhabited island lived a strange little kind dragon named Drakosha.
The island was very far from the mainland, so no one came to visit it, flew in or sailed. Drakosha was very sad and lonely. He did not know what friends and comrades were. He didn't have holidays. He did not know that once a year there is such a fun holiday as New Year. He had never seen snow, a Christmas tree, Father Frost and Snow Maiden.

And then one day, on one of his lonely days, when Drakosha was walking along the seashore, in the distance he saw a ship that was heading precisely to his island. “Who could it be?” - thought Drakosha. He was very happy: “Soon I won’t be alone, hurray!”
The ship sailed closer and closer, and Drakosha saw a black flag on its mast. He didn't like it very much. He decided to hide in the thicket of the forest and watch. When the ship sailed to the shore, Drakosha saw that very scary, evil men were descending from it and leading a tied up old grandfather with a white beard and a very beautiful girl in a wonderful blue hat and fur coat. One of the most formidable little men said: “Let’s leave them here, soon it will be hot and the Snow Maiden will melt, and let the grandfather sit and grieve. And we’ll take all the gifts and surprises to our island and spend the whole year eating sweets and playing with the interesting toys they prepared for the kids. And let the children sit and wait for the holiday for a long, long time.” And they led their captives into the forest.
“It’s terrible,” thought Drakosha, “how such a beautiful girl can melt.” He felt sorry for the old grandfather and those guys who were sitting and waiting for gifts. And he decided to free the girl and the old grandfather.

Drakosha was kind, but he really did not like evil and unjust people. And once upon a time, his grandfather Drakon Drakonych taught him several magical deeds. He could temporarily transform living beings into dry trees, stones, and stumps.
The angry Drakosha rushed into the forest. At first he decided to come to an amicable agreement with the little men. “Please let the poor old man and girl go!” - Drakosha shouted to them. But in response they only laughed at him. “Who are you to tell us? - they squeaked. “We’ll connect you now.” And the evil men rushed at Drakosha. But Drakosha was very clever and brave. He released fire from his mouth and the first three men quickly turned into round stones. The little men froze for a few seconds, but immediately rushed at Drakosha again. But he was not at a loss and turned several more of them into dry trees. There are only four villains left. They got scared and decided to run to the ship.
“No, you won’t leave,” said Drakosha, and four dry stumps appeared on the road. He ran up to the grandfather and the girl and untied them.

Thank you very much, kind Drakosha! - the grandfather and the girl told him. - You saved us and many, many children who are now waiting for us, waiting for gifts, waiting for the New Year! After all, if we don’t come, the holiday will not come.
- What is New Year? – Drakosha asked.
-You don’t know what New Year is? – the girl was surprised. - My name is Snegurochka, and this is my grandfather - Grandfather Frost. We invite you to our holiday!
Drakosha was very happy. He had never been to a holiday before in his life.
- Then quickly run to the ship, because soon my magical action will end and the evil little men will come to life.
And all three rushed to the ship.

After several days of sailing, the ship sailed to land. But it was all white and shone with multi-colored lights.
- What it is? – Drakosha asked the Snow Maiden.
“It’s snow,” said the girl. - You're so funny.
They got into the sleigh and rushed through forests and fields covered with snow. There is very little left until the start of the new year.
"How beautiful!" - thought Drakosha. And then a huge house appeared in front of Drakosha. There were many, many guys there. But as soon as the guys saw Father Frost and the Snow Maiden on the threshold, they shouted joyfully and clapped their hands.
- Happy New Year, dear guys, with new happiness! - said Grandfather Frost. - We are very glad to see you. We were in a hurry, but on the way we met evil robbers who did not want the New Year to come. But our new friend Drakosha saved us and our holiday. Therefore, our New Year will be the year of the good Dragon!
- Hurray! - the guys shouted.
“Hurray,” Drakosha shouted.
And the holiday began! He was very happy, because now he is not alone - he has a lot of kind and good friends!

And Ponomarev Artem with his fairy tale "Factory of Santa Claus".

Once upon a time there lived a boy, Petya. One day at school he heard from high school students that there is no such thing as Santa Claus. He became very sad and when he came home, he decided to make a strange wish. If it doesn’t come true, it means the older guys are telling the truth. If it comes true, it’s all just fiction. And his desire was this: to visit the magic factory of Santa Claus.

On New Year's Eve, when he had already forgotten about his wish, the boy woke up from the cold. Opening his eyes, he saw that all the windows in his room were open. Sitting down on the bed, Petya looked through the open window at the magical Troll, who was sitting on a shining snow sleigh and, as it turned out, was waiting for the boy. And suddenly the Troll says to him: “Well, you are a sleepyhead. Stop sitting, otherwise someone will see me. Hurry up! There are still two of the same unbelieving guys waiting for us.” The boy quickly jumped out of bed and miraculously found himself in the sleigh. A few seconds later, two more guys were sitting next to him: Styopa and his sister Olya.
-Where are we going? - Olya whispered quietly.
- You wanted to visit Santa Claus’s magical factory! - Troll answered laughing.
Nothing was visible. Everything is white and white. In the icy white desert there stood an icy house. Made of icicles, all sparkling. Santa Claus was waiting for the guys there!

The sleigh slowly went down. But Petya, Styopa and Olya could not move. They couldn't believe their eyes. It was actually Santa Claus's magical factory. The children entered the factory and were amazed. Toys sparkled all around, candies, cookies and confetti rained down. A streamer flew around the factory and slowly fell into gift bags. Snowflakes were falling from the ceiling. And cheerful gnomes in smart collars and white gloves carefully packed gifts. Various magical toys were created in the toy workshop.
- Well, guys, do you like my factory? - the children heard the voice of Santa Claus and turned around.
- Certainly! This is just a miracle! - the guys shouted.
- I’ll tell you a secret: I only come to those who believe in me.
And suddenly, each of the guys unexpectedly woke up in their bed, and under the tree they found a red bag, showered with confetti and streamers.
The fairy tale is a lie, but there is a hint in it, a lesson for good fellows. If you believe, it works out and then everything comes true!

***

There lived a boy Dima in Krasnoyarsk. He was seven years old. On New Year's Eve, Dima and his parents began to prepare for the long-awaited holiday. We invited guests, decorated the house, and cut salads. And now Dima approaches his mother:
- Mom, are we going to celebrate the New Year without a tree?
- Oh, exactly. We didn't buy a Christmas tree!
They got ready and went with dad to the shopping center to buy a Christmas tree. Of course, there were not only Christmas trees, but also firecrackers, Christmas decorations and stars. But most of all Dima liked the garlands. He went to them. They shimmered: now red, now yellow, now green, now blue. Dima really wanted to decorate the New Year tree with one of the garlands. He went to his parents and wanted to tell him about it, but they were no longer there. Dima was horrified. He started running all over the store, but they were nowhere to be found. A passerby approached Dima:
- What happened, boy?
- My parents are missing!
- How did you disappear?
- Well, we came here to get a Christmas tree. I went to the garlands, and when I returned, they were no longer there.
- Do you remember your address?
- No, I’m only seven years old!
- Well then, stay here and don’t go anywhere, and I’ll come soon and everything will be fine.

She left. But for some reason the boy became scared. He imagined some shadows. Then Dima became even more frightened. He started running around the entire shopping center and asking everyone: “Have you seen my parents?” But everyone just looked at him very strangely and passed by.
Then Dima ran out into the street and began to remember the way home.
Everything around was unfamiliar. Then Dima sat down in the snow and tears flowed from his eyes. “I would give anything to go home,” he muttered, sobbing.

And suddenly he saw the stars light up in the sky. He stopped crying and looked at them. Then he started counting them. There were seven of them. “Wow, I’ve never seen such bright stars,” thought Dima.
They burned so intensely that the boy's eyes hurt. He closed his eyes. Then the light went out. Dima opened his eyes. Strange, but he no longer found himself in the snow in an unfamiliar place, but in front of his house. “This is my house!?” - the boy was surprised.
Dima ran into his apartment.
- Mommy, daddy!!!
- Dimochka, darling! - Mom and Dad rushed to him.
- I miss you so much!!! But why did you leave me in the shopping center?
- Son, you suddenly disappeared somewhere, and we looked for you for a long time.
Everyone was very happy, together they decorated the Christmas tree and began to celebrate the New Year.
When Dima went to bed, one question tormented him for a long time: “How did I get home?”

***

Once, third graders gathered in their class for the New Year holiday and began to discuss Santa Claus.
- Santa Claus exists! - said Petya. – Santa Claus always comes to us with the Snow Maiden and gives us gifts.
- Santa Claus does not exist! – Anya and Kolya assured him. – These are the parents asking the actors to come to our home.
- Santa Claus exists! - Masha exclaimed. – Where do actors get so many gifts?!
- Santa Claus exists! – Eve screamed.
And then the argument began. The guys argued and argued, but suddenly their heads began to spin, their vision darkened, it became dark.
And then the Sun shone, the guys woke up and felt very cold. The schoolchildren looked around and, to their surprise, discovered that they were in the forest.
-Where are we? – the children asked in one voice.
- Guys, help! – a very young girl in a blue fur coat and hat ran towards the children.
Golden curls lay on her shoulders, and blue eyes looked at the schoolchildren.
- Yes, this is the Snow Maiden! - Masha exclaimed.
“Yes, that’s right,” nodded the Snow Maiden, “and you found yourself in a magical forest where Santa Claus lives.” Unfortunately, you will not be able to return home until you help us. New Year is under threat. The evil Ice Dragon captured Santa Claus. We must save him!

So the guys and Snow Maiden went to save Santa Claus. As they walked, they were hit by a blizzard.
- What do we do? – asked Kolya.
“Come up with a magic spell,” said the Snow Maiden.
The guys consulted and argued for a long time and finally came up with the magic words. As soon as they said them, the snowstorm stopped, and in the distance the guys saw some kind of cave. The Snow Maiden said that the Ice Dragon lives there.
Friends decided to go there. They went inside the cave and saw an ice statue of Santa Claus.
“We need to warm him up,” said Eve.
The guys began to dance around Santa Claus and warmed him up. But then the Ice Dragon appeared.
- Who's in my cave? – he growled menacingly.
- It's us, schoolchildren! - the guys shouted. – We want to give you New Year’s gifts, because on New Year’s everyone gives gifts to each other.
- Present? And no one ever gave me gifts.
-You just got offended and became angry. “Let Santa Claus go and come with us to our holiday,” the friends said.
And then suddenly everything began to spin in a whirlwind and the children again found themselves in their classroom.
- And yet Santa Claus exists! - the guys exclaimed in unison. They twirled in a round dance and the fun began.
Do you believe in Santa Claus?

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