2) The are many holidays in my country. They are : Christmas, New Year, Easter, Thanksgiving Day, Saint Valentine's day, Friend's Birthday, Halloween, International women's day, Prom, Victory Day, May Day and others. I like New Year's Day. It is my favourite holiday. The 1st of janury is a winter holiday and now it is the first day of 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.We usually have got a very interesting New Year's party at school. We have got it on the 28th or 29th of December.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.