It is not known for certain how this installation appeared. There is some evidence that similar views were held by residents of different countries at different times. But in our country, apparently, this sign was properly fueled by the food shortage of the Soviet Union. Because peas and cheese often had to be "taken out". And then explain to yourself and your household why you can't eat what you've got right now — "don't touch it, it's for the New Year," that's why.
Plus, the New Year has become the main holiday of the country relatively recently. But it is celebrated all this time on a grand scale. Many people want everyone to be clean and elegant, and people to sit at the table with happy faces. To come to this conclusion, one can follow the context in which this setting is used: "Let's get out of here already. Otherwise, we'll spend the whole year in such a pigsty. As you celebrate the New Year, you will spend it", "No, three salads are not enough, you need to cook more. How will you celebrate the New Year...", "It's expensive, of course, but I just need a new dress. Because how will you celebrate the New Year...."
Of course, there is nothing wrong with loving this holiday and preparing for it with all your might, but, so to speak, from a surplus of resources. That is, if you can really afford all the excesses and attributes without much loss. But it also happens the other way around.
Let's say a person is tired and wants to lie face down in a pillow. But faith in this attitude forces us to perform impossible tasks now, because the well-being of the whole year is at stake. Even if someone does not have magical thinking in general, many attitudes are stronger than us. Therefore, somewhere in the subcortex, the thought is stirring that there is no other way.
And it also happens that something happened due to circumstances beyond the control of a person. For example, he lost a loved one, went through a breakup, moved, he doesn't have money right now. That is, there is no way to celebrate the holiday the way our hero would like to spend the next year. And it's unnerving. Plus, there is such a thing as a self-fulfilling prophecy. This is when we believe in something so strongly that we begin to do everything so that life leads us in this direction. It's pretty sad to live a year with the feeling that no joy awaits you.
Therefore, it is worth remembering that you can celebrate the New Year as you like, even preparing for it like the last time, even completely ignoring it. This does not affect anything at all, except for the actual mood on a festive night.
It seems easier this way. But in fact, this approach can become very demotivating. After all, it is difficult to start anything during the holidays and make it part of your routine. Because a series of weekends presupposes a different life. Someone travels, someone goes to visit, someone eats salads, so often the plan collapses from the first days. And even if not, he will be subjected to serious tests in the first working week, because a person returns to his daily pile of things, gets tired, and then it's easy to falter. And if everything fails, what should I do? Wait for next year?
It's better to start a new life right tomorrow. Because, first of all, there is no ideal time to start forming a long-term habit. Over a long distance, you will undergo various tests, so you will have to face difficulties more than once. And this implies "secondly": you will break your promise to yourself, and there is nothing wrong with that, just then you need to continue ‑ and not from New Year's Eve or Monday, but also from tomorrow. This way the chance of success will be higher.
There are some common myths that, in particular, are imposed on us by culture. For example, school proms usually expect an unpopular girl to become the prom queen and the captain of the football team will finally pay attention to her. And now remember your real graduations.
We also have a lot of expectations for the New Year — from possible, though not entirely realistic, to completely unrealistic ones. And this often spoils the holiday. Because even if something cool happens, it's unlikely that everything will follow the scenario that exists in your head. And this is fraught with disappointment.
New Year's Eve is just a night. It's better to have fun, eat delicious food and be happy with what you have, than to become sadder with every second that there is no miracle. Or do miracles with your own hands.
Before the holiday, you can see a million recommendations related to the Chinese horoscope. You can't put chicken on the table in the year of the Rooster, because it smells like cannibalism. It is necessary to put on a snake print in the year of the Snake. And don't be sad at the party, because the Monkey doesn't like the sad ones.
But here horses, people, or rather dragons, snakes and roosters are mixed up in a bunch. The point is not that horoscopes are nonsense, but that the Chinese New Year comes from January 21 to February 21, depending on the year.
So it is illogical to adjust to the symbol of the year, even for those who believe in horoscopes. Therefore, feel free to eat everything that the doctor has not forbidden (but in moderation), and wear anything.
