Christmas snowman for swap

Interesting fact

The record for the world's largest snowman was set in 2008 in Bethel, Maine. The snow-woman stood 122 feet 1 inch (37.21 m) in height, and was named in honor of Olympia Snowe, the senior Republican U.S. Senator representing Maine.

The previous record was also a snowman built in Bethel, Maine, in February 1999. The snowman was named "Angus, King of the Mountain" in honor of the then current governor of Maine, Angus King. It was 113 feet 7 inches (34.62 m) tall and weighed over 9,000,000 pounds (4,080,000 kg)

swap: Snegurochka

Snegurochka (diminutive) or Snegurka (Russian: Снегу́рочка, Снегу́рка; ), or The Snow Maiden, is a character in Russian fairy tales.

This character has no apparent roots in traditional Slavic mythology and customs and its first appearance in Russian folklore occurred in the 19th century.

Since Soviet times, Snegurochka is also depicted as the granddaughter and helper of Ded Moroz (the Russian version of Father Christmas) during the New Year parties for children

More about Snegurochka you can read here

swap: New Year (Новий Рік)

In the Ukrainian lands, part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and later - the Commonwealth, with the beginning of new year 1362 was set at January 1, chronology and conducted "from Christmas." This system is found in the chronicles of the time. In the Russian Empire on January 1 as the date of the New Year celebration was established by Peter the Great and spread to most of the Ukraine (present-day Ukraine) in 1700 . In XVIII-XIX centuries, New Year's Eve in Little Russian lands called "generous evening." At this time the children went from house to house, carried a large straw doll Kalyada congratulated the hosts and also sang original New Year songs - "schedrovki" or "carols". In response, the hosts were awarded a singing children and guests gifts - baked from dough figurines of animals and birds. In this period of history of Ukraine the most important holiday of the Orthodox Russian Empire remained Orthodox Christmas. In the XIX century in the folklore of Eastern Slavs, in addition to the traditional Santa Claus, there is also the image of the Snow Maiden (Snezhevinochki) associated with the celebration of the New Year

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souvenir magnet "Matryoshka" for swap

A matryoshka doll (Russian: матрёшка;), also known as Russian nesting doll or babushka doll, refers to a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside the other. The first Russian nested doll set was carved in 1890 by Vasily Zvyozdochkin from a design by Sergey Malyutin, who was a folk crafts painter at Abramtsevo. Traditionally the outer layer is a woman, dressed in a sarafan, a long and shapeless traditional Russian peasant jumper dress. The figures inside may be of either gender; the smallest, innermost doll is typically a baby turned from a single piece of wood. Much of the artistry is in the painting of each doll, which can be very elaborate. The dolls often follow a theme; the themes vary, from fairy tale characters to Soviet leaders.

swap: Isola Bella

Isola Bella (lit. 'beautiful island') is one of the Borromean Islands of Lago Maggiore in north Italy. The island is situated in the Borromean Gulf 400 metres from the lakeside town of Stresa. Isola Bella is 320 metres long by 400 metres wide and is divided between the Palace, its Italianate garden, and a small fishing village.

swap: Happy New Year