Christmas Tree

Children are raised on tales and mind-blowing stories. The anticipation of miracles often stays with a person for a lifetime. New Year's Eve is the best time to make a wish. A dream doesn't always need explanation; it's simply the joy of possibility. New Year is a celebration of personal memories, but memories that share a collective memory bank. The scent of mandarins and pine, gifts under the tree.

Twinkling lights of garlands in the darkness. The value of the holiday increases from the realization that after the celebration, everything will return to normal, and life will resume its usual course. In everyday life, full of uncertainty, one has to constantly solve problems and strive for something. The need keeps us on edge. The holiday, on the other hand, is filled with soothing rituals, and nostalgia helps maintain a connection with childhood when Santa Claus and Snow Maiden's arrival was seen as a miracle.

In the adult's mind, the expectation of a kind wizard who gives gifts and works wonders lingers. Usually, no matter how much of a realist and cynic an adult is, they still have a belief in miracles and wish for difficulties and problems to be magically resolved. Doing something oneself to achieve what is desired is not always possible. For example, when you depend heavily on external circumstances and are unable to control your life due to health or other reasons. When you have a very limited living space, and family holidays become public celebrations. When an adult feels like a child in a daycare, looking at what is offered. Any sweet and family tradition can be turned cold and distant in a public institution. And all that remains for a person is the space of inner freedom, where there is always room for a real miracle.

The chimes and fireworks make you reflect on your life each time and compare it with the desired one. On this night, you believe that you can start something new and change the old. The possibility of renewal and hope, a chance for a new happy life for each of us. Thanks to celebrating the New Year, we try to quell anxiety, cope with doubts and fears of the unknown. After all, no one really knows what awaits us in the next year.