The New Year is approaching, but where is the New Year's, festive mood? Why is it not? New Year's holidays approaching Buyer's personal data.

New Year holidays are coming! Have you already decided where to spend them? We offer the TOP 5 MOST POPULAR COUNTRIES FOR NEW YEAR'S VACATION: 1. THAILAND Rest in Thailand guarantees beautiful sunny weather and unforgettable impressions. This exotic country is the best for winter holidays. In Thailand, it is not customary to celebrate the New Year on the night of December 31, but for Russian tourists, hotels have created all the necessary conditions for this, including a New Year tree and fireworks. In addition to relaxing on sandy beaches with the clearest sea, tourists can keep themselves busy shopping in vibrant Bangkok and visiting local attractions. 3. UAE New Year's Eve celebrations are especially stormy in the cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai - exactly at midnight the sky is lit up with multi-colored lights of chic fireworks. The weather in January is hot and sunny, but the sea at this time is quite cool and not conducive to comfortable swimming. However, most of the hotels located in the UAE are equipped with special heated pools. Also, the whole family can go to the water park. New Year holidays in the UAE is a great time for shopping, as the world-famous Shopping Festival opens at this time, which marks the start of official sales. 4. TURKEY Turkey still remains the invariable leader in terms of attendance of tourists from Russia, not only in the summer months, but also during the New Year holidays. This is due, first of all, to a huge selection of various hotels and affordable prices. The weather in Turkey at this time of the year, of course, is not conducive to a full-fledged beach holiday, but many hotels are equipped with heated pools with sea water. In addition, during the New Year holidays, you can treat yourself to various spa treatments. On New Year's Eve, all hotels provide an interesting festive program with concerts, masquerades, dances, gifts from Santa Claus, champagne and delicious treats. Ski resorts are gaining more and more popularity among Russians due to the variety of different slopes and the presence of the beloved all-inclusive system. Holidays in the mountains of Turkey in terms of service can be compared with European ski resorts, but the ticket will cost half as much. 5. FINLAND This European country is a traditional destination for winter tourism. And there is nothing surprising in this - where, if not to the homeland of Santa Claus, to go on New Year's holidays. Children and adults will be interested in visiting the Santa Claus Village, where they can ride in a reindeer sleigh, dine in a cozy cafe and buy Christmas souvenirs. Skiing enthusiasts will be able to appreciate such resorts as Levi, Rovaniemi, Kuusamo-Ruko, famous for their excellent slopes for both beginners and professionals. Also, many hotels in Finland offer vacationers to rent a snowmobile. But the most interesting thing is participation in various entertainment programs with colorful national customs. So, the famous Christmas tradition is the evening Finnish sauna, after which the whole family gathers at the table. The festive menu includes must-have dishes such as vinaigrette, baked pork, national flatbread and Christmas mulled wine. 5.CHINA In China, as in other countries, the New Year is celebrated on December 31, but the main holiday for the Chinese is the Lunar New Year. On this day, concerts with the participation of famous pop stars, all kinds of competitions and entertainment are held on the squares of large cities. Instead of Christmas trees, the Chinese decorate the Trees of Light, and parades with multi-meter dragons take place on the streets of the city. One of the most unusual and beautiful traditions of celebrating the New Year is the launching of paper lanterns into the sky, this event takes place after the chiming clock and the grandiose New Year's fireworks.

Christmas and New Year are coming to cities and countries around the world. Santa Clauses are starting to take to the streets everywhere from Beijing to Beirut, and everywhere you can see the approach of the holiday - on luminous trees, in garlands, in shop windows, temples and other places.

A man dressed as Santa Claus with a smoke bomb rides a wakeboard on a small lake in Hamburg December 5.

A tree in front of Christmas lights in Nervión, Seville, December 11.

People look at the Christmas tree from Rockefeller Center after the annual Christmas light-lighting ceremony in New York on November 30. Thousands of people came to watch the lighting of the 12-ton 22-meter Norwegian Christmas tree during one of the main ceremonies in New York.

Santa Claus Larry Durian is scanned at Canton Airport in Greene, Ohio, December 8. Santa spent about seven hours at the airport greeting passengers.

The choir of the Royal Cambridge College during a rehearsal of the Christmas service in one of the chapels of Cambridge on December 11. The first Christmas choirs appeared on Christmas Eve in 1918, and millions of people around the world watch television broadcasts of their performances.

A Christmas tree on Red Square against the backdrop of the Pokrovsky Cathedral and the Spasskaya Tower (right) in Moscow on December 2.

Jonathan Fernandez, 6, sleeps in a Best Buy cart on Black Friday, after Thanksgiving, November 26 in Naples, Florida

People watch fireworks during a huge Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Beirut on December 9.

Donald Boyce dressed as Santa in a canoe at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 11.

A Christmas tree in Washington DC after the festive lights were lit on December 7th.

US President Barack Obama and his daughter Sasha at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Washington on December 9.

A participant in the "marathon of Santa Clauses" on Princes Street in Edinburgh on December 12

Fireworks over a Christmas tree on the water in the Lagoa district of Rio de Janeiro on December 4.

A participant in the parade at the Festival of Lights in San Jose, Costa Rica, December 11.

A girl swims in water illuminated by lights in Medellin, Colombia on December 4.

Santa Claus at the Christmas tree market in Mellensee, near Berlin, December 12. According to the estimates of the German lumberjack association, the Germans can buy 29 million Christmas trees this season.

Runners at the end of the Santa Speedo Marathon, which began outside the Lir Irish Pub & Restaurant, in Boston on Dec. 11.

A man wears a huge balloon near a shopping mall in Taipei, Taiwan on December 7.

A trumpeter plays in front of a Christmas tree on the Bergparade ("Mountain Parade") during a snowfall in Seiffen, Germany on December 11.

Skiers and snowboarders dressed as Santa during the 11th annual "Santa Sunday" in Newry, Maine on December 5. Event attendees receive a free lift ticket if they show up dressed as Santa Claus and donate $10 (or more) to a Bethel Rotary club charity event.

Seven-year-old Jornie Skyersky chooses a new bike and helmet during a tree-lighting ceremony at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, December 7. Childrens Charities, Chalmer McWilliams and Texas Air Systems donated new bikes to 100 children.

Chinese police disperse a group of 100 foreigners participating in a SantaCon event in Beijing's Tiananmen Square December 11. Similar events are held all over the world, but Santa Claus was kicked out of the square.

Space-themed Christmas decorations over Carnaby Street in London on November 29.

Joanna Heller, dressed as an angel, gives the traditional monologue at the opening ceremony of Germany's oldest market in Nuremberg on November 26. The first records of this market date back to 1628.

Christmas tree against the backdrop of a statue of Lenin on the square of Rostov-on-Don on December 9.

Fire from a fireplace in a special room during a demonstration on the importance of fire safety measures in Menlo Park, California, December 9. The Menlo Park Fire Department held an annual fire safety demonstration to warn people of the danger of fire during the New Year holidays. At the demonstration, firefighters showed how quickly a fire can engulf an entire house if suddenly the tree catches fire from a fire in the fireplace or unattended candles.

A walrus named Nuka eats a birthday cake at the New York Aquarium in Brooklyn on December 6. This cake is not only tasty, but also healthy. Sometimes the keepers of the aquarium treat the animals with such goodies to give them a stimulation of physical strength and spirit.

A man dressed as Julenissen, the Norwegian Santa Claus, paints nesting dolls in Moscow December 7.

Amazon.co.uk English employees gear up for the busy holiday season in Swansea, Wales, November 26. With 800,000 sq. ft.

Children look at a festively decorated Macy's department store window in New York on December 11.

Runners dressed as Santa Claus during the Liverpool Marathon on December 5. At the annual event, thousands of participants run a 5-kilometer route through the streets of the city.

A girl checks the garlands on a Christmas decoration next to her sleeping son at a market stall on a Manila street December 11. Filipinos celebrate one of the longest Christmas seasons in the world, starting on December 16 and ending with Epiphany in January.

Christians with candles during a Christmas service at the Gelora Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta December 11. One hundred thousand Christians gathered at the largest stadium in the capital of Indonesia for this service.

A lone Christmas tree adorned with garlands and remote-controlled battery-operated toys greets drivers on the Glenn Highway near Palmer, Alaska, Dec. 5.

Glassblower Will Shakespeare makes glass beads at Shakspeare Glass and Gallery in Taunton, England on December 10. Somerset's traditional glassblowers make over 100 balls a day as Christmas approaches.

A man puts up models of houses at Germany's oldest market Christkindlsmarkt in Nuremberg November 26.

Eight-year-old Emma Mair hugs Santa Claus at Macy's Department Store in Cheektowag, New York, December 5.

1. A man dressed as Santa Claus with a smoke bomb rides a wakeboard on a small lake in Hamburg December 5. (REUTERS/Christian Charisius)

2. A tree against the backdrop of Christmas lights in Nervione, Seville, December 11. (CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP/Getty Images)

3. People look on after the annual Christmas lights ceremony in New York on November 30th. Thousands of people came to watch the lighting of the 12-ton 22-meter Norwegian Christmas tree during one of the main ceremonies in New York. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

4. Santa Claus Larry Durian during a scan at Canton Airport in Greene, Ohio, December 8. Santa spent about seven hours at the airport greeting passengers. (AP Photo/The Repository, Scott Heckel)

5. Choir of the Royal Cambridge College during a rehearsal of the Christmas service in one of the chapels of Cambridge on December 11th. The first Christmas choirs appeared on Christmas Eve in 1918, and millions of people around the world watch television broadcasts of their performances. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

6. Against the backdrop of the Pokrovsky Cathedral and the Spasskaya Tower (right) in Moscow on December 2. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

7. Six-year-old Jonathan Fernandez sleeps in a Best Buy supermarket cart after Thanksgiving on November 26 in Naples, Florida. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

8. People watch the fireworks during the ceremony of lighting a huge Christmas tree in Beirut on December 9. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

9. Donald Boyce dressed as Santa in a canoe at Waikiki beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, December 11. (REUTERS/Outrigger Hotel)

10. Christmas tree in Washington after the ceremony of lighting holiday lights on December 7th. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

11. US President Barack Obama and his daughter Sasha at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Washington on December 9. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

12. A participant in the "marathon of Santa Clauses" on Princes Street in Edinburgh on December 12. (REUTERS/David Moir)

13. Fireworks over a Christmas tree on the water in the Lagoa area in Rio de Janeiro on December 4. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

14. Participant in the parade at the festival of lights in San Jose, Costa Rica, December 11. (YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

15. A girl in the water, illuminated by lights, in Medellin, Colombia, December 4. (RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images)

16. Santa Claus at the Christmas market in Mellensee, near Berlin, December 12. According to the estimates of the German lumberjack association, the Germans can buy 29 million Christmas trees this season. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

17. Runners at the end of the marathon "Santa Speedo", which began at the restaurant "Lir Irish Pub & Restaurant", in Boston on December 11. (John Tlumacki/Boston Globe)

18. A man in a huge ball near a shopping mall in Taipei, Taiwan, December 7. (REUTERS/Nicky Loh)

19. A trumpeter plays in front of a Christmas tree on the Bergparade ("Mountain Parade") during a snowfall in Seiffen, Germany, December 11. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

20. Skiers and snowboarders dressed as Santa during the 11th annual "Santa's Sunday" in Newry, Maine, December 5. Event attendees receive a free lift ticket if they show up dressed as Santa Claus and donate $10 (or more) to a Bethel Rotary club charity event. (AP Photo/Joel Page)

Jornie Skyersky, 7, chooses a new bike and helmet during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, December 7. Childrens Charities, Chalmer McWilliams and Texas Air Systems donated new bikes to 100 children. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images for Texas Motor Speedway)

22. Chinese police disperse a group of 100 foreigners participating in the event "SantaCon" on Tiananmen Square in Beijing December 11. Similar events are held all over the world, but Santa Claus was kicked out of the square. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

23. A space-themed Christmas decoration over Carnaby Street in London on November 29. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

24. Joanna Heller, dressed as an angel, tells the traditional monologue at the opening ceremony of Germany's oldest market in Nuremberg on November 26. The first records of this market date back to 1628. (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle)

25. Christmas tree against the backdrop of a statue of Lenin on the square of Rostov-on-Don on December 9. (REUTERS/Vladimir Konstantinov)

26. Fire from a fireplace in a special room during a demonstration of the importance of fire safety measures in Menlo Park, California, December 9. The Menlo Park Fire Department held an annual fire safety demonstration to warn people of the danger of fire during the New Year holidays. At the demonstration, firefighters showed how quickly a fire can engulf an entire house if suddenly the tree catches fire from a fire in the fireplace or unattended candles. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

27. A walrus named Nuka eats a birthday cake at the New York Aquarium in Brooklyn on December 6. This custom-made cake is not only delicious, but also healthy. Sometimes the keepers of the aquarium treat the animals with such goodies to give them a stimulation of physical strength and spirit. (AP Photo/Wildlife Conservation Society, Julie Larsen Maher)

28. A man dressed as Julenissen, the Norwegian Santa Claus, paints nesting dolls in Moscow December 7. (REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov)

29. Workers of the English branch of the site Amazon.co.uk are preparing for a difficult holiday season in Swansea, Wales, on November 26. With 800,000 sq. ft. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

31. Runners dressed as Santa Clauses during the marathon in Liverpool on December 5. At the annual event, thousands of participants run a 5-kilometer route through the streets of the city. (PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

32. A girl checks the garlands on a Christmas decoration next to her sleeping son in a market stall on a Manila street December 11. Filipinos celebrate one of the longest Christmas seasons in the world, starting on December 16 and ending with Epiphany in January. (REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo)

33. Christians with candles during a Christmas service at the Gelora Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta on December 11. One hundred thousand Christians gathered at the largest stadium in the capital of Indonesia for this service. (REUTERS/Supri)

34. A lone Christmas tree adorned with garlands and remote-controlled battery-operated toys greets drivers on the Glenn Highway near Palmer, Alaska, Dec. 5. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)

35. Glassblower Will Shakespeare makes glass beads at Shakspeare Glass and Gallery in Taunton, England, Dec. 10. Somerset's traditional glassblowers make over 100 balls a day as Christmas approaches. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

36. A man puts up models of houses at Germany's oldest market Christkindlsmarkt in Nuremberg on November 26. Our compatriots have seen an increase in demand for New Year's tours to Holland, the Czech Republic and Austria with Germany. (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle)

37. Eight-year-old Emma Mair hugs Santa Claus at Macy's department store in Cheektowag, New York, December 5. (AP Images for Macy's / Don Heupel)

Soon the New Year will come to every house on our planet and. In any country from Beirut to Beijing, you can see Santa Clauses on the street, the eve of the holiday is also felt in temples, in shop windows, in garlands, luminous trees and other places. This issue of photography is dedicated to people who are preparing for the New Year and Christmas.

1. A man dressed as Santa Claus with fireworks in his hand rides a wakeboard on a lake in Hamburg on Dec. 5.

3. Christmas tree near the Rockefeller Center. Every year in New York on November 30, a ceremony of lighting Christmas lights is held. This time the Christmas tree has a height of 22 meters and a weight of 12 tons. A crowd of thousands of people always gathers to watch this ceremony.

4. Larry Durian dressed as Santa Claus at Canton Airport during a scan, Greene, Ohio. He spent about seven hours at the airport greeting passengers.

5. Rehearsal of the Christmas service of the choir of the Royal Cambridge College in the chapel of Cambridge, 11 December. In 1918, on the eve of Christmas, the first Christmas choirs appeared, the performances of which are televised all over the world.

7. Naples, Florida, 26 November. Jonathan Fernandez, 6, sleeps in a shopping cart at Best Buy after Thanksgiving on Black Friday.

9. Hawaii, Honolulu, December 11. Donald Boyce dressed as Santa Claus in a canoe near Waikiki beach.

10. Washington. Every year on December 7, a Christmas tree lighting ceremony is held.

11. Washington, 9 December. US President Barack Obama with his daughter Sasha at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

12. Edinburgh, 12 December. One of the participants in the Santa Claus Marathon, which took place on Princes Street.

16. Not far from Berlin, December 12. A man dressed as Santa Claus at the Christmas market in Mellenze.

17. Boston, 11 December. Runners during the Santa Speedo marathon, which started at the Lir Irish Pub & Restaurant.

19. Germany, 11 December. A trumpeter plays in front of the Christmas tree during the "Mountain Parade" while it is snowing in Seifen.

20. Maine, 5 December. The 11th annual "Santa Sunday" in Newry, where snowboarders and skiers dress up as Santa. Everyone who comes dressed as Santa Claus gets a free lift ticket or if they donate to a charity event that takes place at the Bethel Rotary Club - $10.

21. Jornie Skyersky of Fort Worth, Texas, chooses his new bike during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Texas Motor Speedway on Dec. 7. Texas Air Systems, Chalmer McWilliams, Childrens Charities provided 100 children with new bikes.

22. A group of 100 foreigners, which participates in the event "SantaCon", disperses the Chinese police on Tiananmen Square, Beijing, December 11. Such events are now held in all countries of the world, but Santa Clauses were driven out of this square.

24. Joanna Heller, dressed in an angel costume at the opening ceremony of the old market in Nuremberg, recites the traditional monologue, Germany, November 26. The first memories of this market were recorded in 1628.

26. State of California, Menlo Park, 9 December. Demonstration of the importance of fire safety measures, fire from a fireplace in a special room. The Fire Safety Demonstration is held annually by the Menlo Park Fire Department in an attempt to warn people of the risk of fire during the New Year holidays.

27. A walrus, whose name is Nuka, eats his birthday cake, New York Aquarium, Brooklyn, December 6. This cake is healthy and delicious.

28. A man dressed as the Norwegian Santa Claus - Yulenissen, paints matryoshka dolls, Moscow, December 7.

29. Workers site Amazon.co.uk, which has an office in Swansea, Wales, England, are preparing for a difficult holiday season, 26 November. This Amazon branch is one of the largest of the six existing in the UK, its area is 800,000 square meters. ft.

31. Liverpool, 5 December. Marathon runners dressed as Santa Clauses. Every year thousands of disguised Santa Clauses run through the streets of the city on a 5-kilometer route.

32. A woman checks on a Christmas decoration garlands, next to her sleeping her son in a stall on a street in Manila, December 11. One of the longest Christmas seasons in the world is celebrated by the Filipinos, they start on December 16th and end in January at Epiphany.

33. Christians at the stadium "Gelora Bung Karno" during a Christmas service with candles, Jakarta, December 11. For this service, one hundred thousand Christians gathered at the largest stadium in the capital of Indonesia.

34. Alaska, 5 December. A tree adorned with toys and remote-controlled battery lights is being built near Palmer on the Glenn Highway.

35. Will Shakespeare, a glassblower from Taunton, makes glass balls in the Shakspeare Glass and Gallery workshop, England, December 10. Somerset glassblowers make no more than 100 marbles a day.

36. The oldest Christkindlsmarkt in Germany. A man sets up miniature models of houses, Nuremberg, November 26.

37. Cheektowag, New York, Dec. 5 Emma Mair hugging Santa Claus at Macy's.

December. : time to prepare for the holiday, Christmas tree, gifts ... It would seem that there should be an upbeat, pre-holiday mood ... due to the anticipation of New Year's miracles and fun ... (to be honest ... many subconsciously believe in fairy tales and like to have fun).

However, watching people bustling around in supermarkets and preparing for the New Year, you can see that Christmas, festive mood they lack.

The question is, why do not many people have an anticipatory holiday mood? Why do people, instead of rejoicing and raising themselves and others new Year mood, stupidly, somehow zombified, buying up everything at sales, as if he was forcibly forced to celebrate the New Year?

Where is it, Festive mood? Where is that anticipated joy from the upcoming holiday? Where are those luminous eyes waiting for the fulfillment of a dream on New Year's Eve? Why is there none of this? What, people have forgotten how to truly, naturally enjoy life? So unhappy and loaded with everyday problems that they have become like robots?

And many are left with one thing - to try to raise their festive mood when New Year is coming with the help of alcohol ... stupid and flat jokes against the background of intoxication, and unhealthy laughter at oneself and loved ones during and after drunken behavior ...

What's this - new Year mood? A dream come true on New Year's Eve? Fun party? Rest and relaxation after the last year of work?

How to create a New Year's mood?
New Year's Eve and new Year mood depends on your own thoughts and ideas about the upcoming New Year holiday, on your interpretation of upcoming events on the New Year holidays, on your beliefs and hopes, on your optimism, finally ...

And in order to create a festive, New Year's mood for yourself - which means to make the very meeting of the New Year wonderful (remember ... how you meet ... so you will spend it) - you need a little ... - relax, and change your thinking, attitude and expectation from the New Year ... become a little child, and a little bit to believe in fairy-tale magic...

To do this, it is enough to imagine in fantasies - vividly imagine and emotionally experience - the upcoming meeting of the New Year ... You can take memories from the past and revive them in your imagination ... You can come up with a new beautiful fantasy ...
And here it doesn’t matter that it will be a fiction - the important thing is that you can experience and fix in your subconscious a good, joyful emotion ... and connect it with new good thoughts about the upcoming holiday ...

You can repeat it several times, coming up with different endings for the New Year's Eve ... until it gets fixed ...

And then, raising the New Year's mood, you will be able to congratulate yourself on the New Year, on new happiness ... After all, happiness is not things - it is not material ... happiness is good feelings, emotions and a great mood ...