The history of New Year and Christmas traditions in the 20th century is a journey from loss to rethinking and revival. The lecture will explore how the holidays changed along with the country. The October Revolution of 1917 overturned perceptions of familiar celebrations and became a turning point after which old customs were rejected and new ones were created almost from scratch. The lecture will discuss how Christmas and New Year transformed in the first decades of Soviet power, why "comswytki" and "godless masquerade" appeared, what roles ideologists assigned to these holidays, and how the Christmas tree changed - from a banned symbol to an inseparable attribute of a happy childhood. A separate discussion will be dedicated to the New Year’s routine of besieged Leningrad and the traditions that formed in the post-war years. Registration - via the link. How to celebrate New Year in St. Petersburg, read on KUDAGO.