NEW YEARS EVE RUSSIAN STYLE

Yes are arch enemies may have pounded shoes on the table at the UN, but when it comes to Tradition, The Russians, well, they know how to party. The biggest party night of the year for Russians is in fact New Years Eve, their most celebrated celebration.
I should know from wence I speak, given my familia ancestry goes back to Mother Russia to the time of The Tzars. But, it wasn't until my marriage to Tatiana Vladimirovna Latysheva Barry, that I gained  insight and understanding of our shared heritage (she being from the Lake Baikal region of Siberia.)
New Years Eve of course requires great preparation. Of course their must be the beautifully decorated tree, which is really considered The New Year tree, as most Russians, being Orthodox, celebrate Russian Christmas on Jan 7. By the way, despite the fact that we usually dismissed The Soviets as a lesser intellingent people, consider the fact that they have holiday for almost every day during January, Even with essentially the month off, The Russians still are doing pretty well.
So, I did my part(I set up my Camera equipment) and Tatiana did her part(shopping in Brooklyn, traditional cleaning of the house with tooth brush, then several days and nights of cooking , and finally setting the table seen here, etc.
It goes without saying that I dutifully consumed everything, and then some. In fact, its a miracle that I could even hit the time-released shutter to document the start to our wonderful evening together
As we like to say 

S Novym Godom!