Many records are set for the holiday, and the New Year is no exception. The biggest Christmas trees, snowmen, expensive toys, old letters to Santa Claus - all this is present in our selection.
All over the world people are waiting for the New Year to make a wish, have fun and have a good time with their loved ones. There are also those who want to not only feel the fairy tale, but also to establish a record. We bring to your attention an interesting selection, which will cause surprise.
1. A place where it was not exactly boring
On New Year's Eve in the squares of many cities, a huge number of people gather to celebrate the holiday. Record in this established the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro, who in 2008 gathered on the beach Copacabana, to enjoy a fireworks, lasting 20 minutes. In the end, all this turned into an unrestrained fun with different dances and entertainment.
2. Originality in everything
Residents of Mexico City in 2009 decided to show their creativity and built the largest Christmas tree in the world, its height was 110.35 m, and the diameter - 35 m, the weight of the finished structure with decorations turned out to be 330 tons. These are not all the ideas that were used in Mexico, because the tree was not only the highest, but also floating.
3. Decoration, which is impossible not to notice
One of the New Year's records was recorded in Russia. In 2016 in Moscow on Poklonnaya Hill was installed LED construction in the form of a Christmas tree ball. It was the largest in the world with a diameter of 17 m. This is not just an ornament, because inside the ball there is a dance floor and New Year's songs sound. Light bulbs from which the ball is made can broadcast various light figures and drawings.
4. A great alternative
To create a festive atmosphere, you do not need to put a Christmas tree, because you can just use the image of a forest beauty. This was used in Italy, where on the southern slope of Mount Ingino built of light bulbs silhouette of a tree. As a result, 19 km of electric cable and 1040 flashlights were spent, which change color every 5 minutes. Interestingly, it was not a one-off event, since the image of the tree has been decorating the mountain for more than 30 years, pleasing residents and tourists.
5. Ideal home for sweet tooth
A common tradition in the countries of Europe and America is to prepare for the holiday gingerbread house with different ornaments. Even further in 2010, members of the A & M University's Club of Traditions, built the largest gingerbread house. Just imagine, its height was 6 m, length - 18,28 m, and width - 12,8 m. For those who follow their shape, it will be interesting to know that the caloric content of such edible dwelling is huge - 36 million calories. To produce "building material" had to spend 1360 kg of sugar, 3265 kg of flour, 816 kg of oil and as much as 7.2 thousand eggs.
6. Not a simple Christmas decoration
Jewelers often like to create unusual things that cost a lot of money. The most expensive ornament for a Christmas tree is a ball, in a rim of two rings. For its production, white gold, 188 rubies and 1.5 thousand diamonds were used. According to preliminary estimates, this decoration costs 82 thousand pounds.
7. You obviously can not blame such a thing in the yard
When the snow fell, the favorite occupation of children is the modeling of a snowman. Many dreamed to build the largest and highest, and this in 2008 was able to residents of the American city Bethel. They with the help of technology and various internal fasteners dazzled a snow beauty 37 meters high, this is more than a nine-story house. According to an approximate calculation, its weight was 6 tons. One can not but surprise the fact that the role of the hands was played by real trees, five tires were chosen to mark the lips, and the eyelashes were made from skis.
8. True love for the New Year traditions
In America, Europe and Australia, the tradition of decorating their homes with lanterns, statues and other decorative things is popular. Often even arrange on this occasion competitions. In the book of Guinness there is a really spectacular record, which was established by the inhabitants of the Australian city of Forrest. Family couple Janine and David Richards decorated their house 331 thousand and 38 light bulbs. The creation of this light masterpiece took 4 years.
9. Christmas tree at the price of a big house
There is a huge number of Christmas toys, but they are all "insignificant" compared to the decorations used to decorate the New Year tree, which was in the lobby of the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi in 2010. The green beauty was decorated with golden balls, pearls and precious stones, and also with different bracelets, watches and necklaces. The cost of the New Year tree was estimated at as much as $ 11 million.
10. Food for a mass holiday
Traditionally, many families on the table can see a salad "Olivier". In Russia in Yekaterinburg in December 2016 was prepared not just a basin of this salad, but a huge cistern. A team of cooks from 60 people made 3333 kg of salad, and this record was given to them uneasy, because, according to the conditions, all the ingredients had to be cut manually. The cooking took more than a day and a half, 813 kg of potatoes, 470 kg of carrots, 400 kg of cucumbers and doctor's sausage, 300 kg of boiled eggs, 350 kg of green peas and 600 kg of mayonnaise. This is the scale! The numbers are amazing. After fixing the record, the salad was distributed to all comers.
11. It is impossible to not reply to such a letter
A favorite tradition among children is to write a letter to Father Frost about his desires. In this case, 2 thousand Romanian schoolchildren succeeded, who wrote a collective letter of desires for nine days. As a result, the message turned out to be very long, it amounted to 413.8 m. Such an action was carried out for a reason: it was invented by the Romanian Postal Service, which thus wanted to draw public attention to the preservation of trees and the rational use of paper. By the way, every schoolboy wrote in his desire that Santa take care of the environment and keep the forests.
12. Delicious festive treat for all comers
13. Minimalism, which became a masterpiece
In the book of records is fixed and the smallest postcard, which was created thanks to modern technologies. Scientists on a piece of glass could engrave the image of the dragon, and the hieroglyphs have a size of only 45 microns. To imagine how small a postcard is, it is worth noting that the postage stamp will consist of 8276 pieces. such mini-cards.
14. A unique woman-lumberjack
From the fair sex, few expect such records, but they still exist. Thus, a resident of America, Erin Lavoie, was able to cut 27 fir trees in a couple of minutes. This is power in your hands! Men should beware.
15. That nobody was left without gifts
In America and Europe, there have long been held various Christmas promotions, for example, the game Secret Santa ("Secret Santa"). She has very simple rules: the participants pre-agree on the price of the presents and are determined with the addressees. Who is exchanging with whom is chosen, according to the draw. The most massive game was recorded in 2013 in Kentucky, and it was attended by 1463 people.
16. Christmas tree with a history
In the UK, the old woman Janet Parker, who every year for the holiday dresses up her miniature Christmas tree. New Year's beauty in the distant 1886 was bought by her great-aunt. A tree 30 cm high is in a painted pot, and it is decorated with figures of cherubs and the Virgin Mary.
17. Drink for the elect
What would you like to buy - a bottle of champagne or a foreign car? It is difficult to imagine who will choose the first, but still for the rich of this world were offered six-liter bottles of champagne Dom Pérignon Mathusalem in 1996. The cost of one is $ 49 thousand. In total, 35 copies were produced.
18. Mass invasion of the "red" men
Everyone is waiting on New Year's Eve for the appearance of at least one Santa Claus, but on December 9 in 2009 at Guildhall Square in the North Irish town of Derry, you could immediately see 13,000 Santa Clauses.
19. A letter that has not reached the addressee
The man who bought the house in 1992, was engaged in repair of heating and in the fireplace found an old Christmas letter, which was written by a nine-year-old girl in 1911. It is preserved on one of the shelves, which are in the construction of the fireplace. The girl wrote that she dreams of a doll, a pair of gloves, a waterproof raincoat and various kinds of toffee.
20. A huge Christmas collection
Canadian Jean-Guy Laker is ready to spend money on various items, where Santa Claus is depicted. By 2010, he gathered a huge collection, which includes 25 104 different exhibits: postcards, figurines, cards, napkins and decorative badges. The fan of Santa started collecting all this in 1988.