Russian New Year's Holiday In Russia we have a 12-day's vacation in January to celebrate the New Year. I've never heard that any other country would have the same long holidays! We have many variants how to spend these two weeks. Most of Russians visit their relatives that live in the villages or in the other towns. We also like visiting our friends in this period of time very much. Some of us spend this vacation travelling. As for me, in my region there is a small town - Khavlynsk. It is very beautiful! My friend, my family and I go there for mountain skiing. In my country we like winter very much :)