Winter Holidays in Russia Hi! Here in Russia we have official winter holidays for nearly a week. This year it lasts from December, 31st to January, 8th. Russians celebrates the New Year and Cristmas on these holidays. However some Russian people still work during these time. I'm an office worker, so I have holidays and I came to my native town to visit my parents. But my mom work as a seller in a grocery store and she worked on the New Year Night. She only came home at 11 p.m. to meet the New Year and returned to work again after 1 a.m. There were a lot of visitors this night and the store had good earnings. Do the shops in your country work during the New Year night?:)