Russian Christmas Tree Fire

The decorations are the same as for christmas trees.

Russian christmas tree fire. While russian and turkish north americans purchasing a tree after christmas when prices have plummeted might enjoy notable savings most do not wait beyond christmas to. In russia the festive fir known to the world as the christmas tree goes by another name. A live christmas tree burn conducted by the u s. 3 day sale to buy a fire shirt.

The new year yolka. The history behind this tradition encompasses pagan rituals tsars and tsarinas and. Russian and turkish new year trees are of the same varieties as those used for christmas trees although a spruce tree is the most usual type. It takes a little over 30 seconds for the room to flashover.

When the soviet union rejected religion it ditched christmas too but kept the tree. January 7 through january 19 mark the dates for russian christmastide also called svyatki. This video done by the nist shows a very dry christmas tree on fire in a room. Nowadays many russian jews continue the yolka new year tree tradition though they ve taken it to america.

Burning christmas tree in russia. Peoria az an 11 year old girl helped save her family from a house fire late monday night in peoria after a christmas tree went up in flames according to fire officials. Burning christmas tree in russia. Often russian christmas and russian new years are combined into a long winter celebration.

Skip navigation sign in. This video is unavailable.