Though Russians decorate a tree for the holidays, their tree is a New Year’s tree, not a Christmas tree. The Russian New Year comes before Christmas in Russia, but the tree is typically left up through Christmas. This is the case with public New Year’s trees, like the single in kind in Moscow that decorates the Kremlin’s Cathedral Square. This uncommon tree, selected months in advance, is over 100 years old and was cut down in one of Russia’s vast forests (RT).

Winter Landscape photo credit: iStockphoto/nadiusha

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