- The first New Year postcard appeared in England in 1794
- The poem about A New Year tree (“V lesu rodilas elochka”) was written by Raisa Kudasheva, a librarian, in 1903
- 320 years ago Peter the Great ordered to celebrate the New Year on the 1 of January
- The Kremlin New Year tree today is 90 years old. Its height is 25 metres
