I like New Year's Day, it is my favourite holiday. The 1st of January is a winter holiday and now it is the first day of the New Year. Peter the First changed the Russian calendar in 1699. He made the 31st of December, 1699 the last day of the year. The first of January 1700 became New Year's Day.
The 1st of January is in the middle of winter. The weather is usually fine and there is a lot of snow everywhere. As the 1st of January is a holiday I don't go to school and my parents don't go to work.
Our family prepares for this holiday beforehand. My father buys and brings home a beautiful New Year's tree at the end of December. Our family has a tradition to buy it. I like to decorate the New Year's tree with toys, little coloured lights, sweets and a beautiful star on the top. My mother and grandmother prepare our holiday supper and lay the table. I make a cake. All the members of our family clean the flat before this nice holiday and then each of us try to dress well.
We like to see the New Year in at home with our relatives. They come to see us at 11 o'clock in the evening. At 12 o'clock we are sitting at the table and we are glad to see the New Year in. We say, "Best wishes for the New Year!". I hope that next year will be better than the last one.
The New Year's Day is always connected with our new hopes and dreams. It is a pleasant moment to get presents on the New Year's Eve. I usually get many nice useful things from my parents and relatives. My parents put their presents under the New Year's tree. We don't go to bed till morning, we watch TV, dance, eat tasty things and make jokes. I enjoy this holiday very much.
the earth is in danger i want to tell you about our earth. i want to say what people ruins and want they can lose. many people want to save the earth, but they don`t know how to do it. they don`t know how to protect wild animals, plants, and how to keep water clean and air fresh. water is very important in the life of people. there is a lot of water on our planet. it is in rivers, oceans, lakes and seas. at the same time there is a little water on the planet. in many lakes and rivers the water is very dirty. sometimes people can`t swim in seas, rivers and lakes because water is dirty. in many places water is not able to drink and it is dangerous to use it when you cook. even fish die in such water. some people`s activities do a lot of harm to the forests. people cut down trees to build farms, homes and roads. many animals and plants lose their homes. many of them die. this is bad for the air of the earth too. modern plants and factories send a lot of smoke in the atmosphere. this is very bad, because nowadays it`s difficult to breathe in big cities. so, the problem now is to protect life on the earth, and to save our planet for the future. i believe that we must think about our planet and we mustn`t cut down trees, dump to the rivers. then in the future our world will be beautiful.
