almost nothing about politics, let's talk about the most magical week of this year, the positivity that we all miss so much in our turbulent times. catholic christmas has come, there are less than 7 days until the new year. our editors decided to collect the most interesting phenomenon of the holiday and the whole year. economics of celebration, amazing stories, brave deeds, records and what the world press promises us in 2024.

let's start with a not entirely winter topic, the outgoing year is marked by climate records. became the warmest on record, as well as eight previous years, we are going with a plus of almost 1.5°. pornic gas concentrations are at record highs, global temperatures are at record highs, and sea level rise is at record levels. sea ice levels in antarctica are at record lows. it's a deafening cacophony of broken records. it's more than just statistics, the world meteorological organization notes, extreme weather conditions disrupt people's lives on an almost daily basis. this year we have

witnessed fires and floods affecting communities around the world. the scorching heat, a record global heat wave , should make world leaders wince. but even if there is no snow, which, of course, you don’t want to believe, humanity is unlikely to stop brightly celebrating the most popular and desired winter holidays. until the end of the 19th century , christmas was a strictly religious holiday, but savvy marketers understood. this is also a good way to earn money, winter itself is gray, quite dull, against this background bright window decorations look great, and then santa was added klaus. one of the creators of the image of modern santa claus is considered to be the american cartoonist thomas nast, who was very popular in the second half of the 19th century, who drew a lot for newspapers and magazines. and already since the 1980s, entering the 20th century, the image he created. the bearded old man

santa claus begins to acquire associations and attributes, deer, gifts, christmas, new year, snow. today santa claus is the most recognizable international brand and the most expensive. gifts, promotions, merchandise and other related products are brought, according to brandfinance is over 2 trillion dollars a year. 10 years ago the british conducted a study on spending. the numbers are fantastic, especially during the pre-new year rush. americans. this year, over the course of black friday next weekend , britons spent $57 billion; britons spent £2.6 million a minute on mannday to buy holiday gifts. there is no more recent data, but it is unlikely that they began to spend less in the new year. by the way, the legend of santa claus is supported with incredible detail. so in last year, the wizard gave 7.623 million gifts to the inhabitants of the planet. the us military is monitoring. one of

colorado's largest department stores ran an ad encouraging children to call santa. however, due to an error in the number, the children called the continental air defense command hotline. since then , the good grandfather has been on the military’s radar. unfortunately , there are no such statistics for our grandfather frost, but barely in terms of the number of gifts. and he lags behind his western counterpart. by the way, always from social networks drew attention to a new trend: christmas tree decorations from the soviet union. so, for example, hanging a real soldier or a parrot from the sixties on your christmas tree costs almost 18,000 belarusian rubles apiece. the cost of christmas tree decorations depends on the degree of their preservation and uniqueness. the smaller the circulation they were produced at one time, the more attractive they are now for collectors. very expensive, for example, toys from a collection. christmas tree decorations were blown and

painted by hand, which is why they became more valuable over time. the most expensive jewelry is generally a special trend. the cost of new year's decor for individual western brands can even reach $100,000. holmark jeverless products are recognized as the most expensive in this market segment. 10-15 thousand dollars per toy is the usual price for christmas tree decorations of this brand, which are officially included in the guinness book of records. the company's pride is the ball cast from... in a composition of two gold rings. you shouldn’t be surprised, but a rating of the most expensive christmas trees is also underway. in first place so far is the green beauty, which installed in one of the hotels in abu dhabi. this was in 2010, together with all the decorations, the symbol

of the new year was estimated at 11 million dollars. on the branches there were strings of pearls, diamonds and various jewelry. he does not specify how many people guarded the spruce. but the largest snowman in the world cost much less. the inhabitants of the american city of bettel entered history. they built a nine-story new year's miracle. it took 6 tons of snow. the arms were made from trees, the lips were made from five car tires, and the eyelashes were made from skis. the only pity is that the winter giant only stood for a week. residents of rio de janeiro also decided not to waste time on trifles, and in 2008 they officially organized the most massive one. new year's party, of course, on the beach, native sand at +35. new year's fireworks brought 4 million people to the water. but the title of the most christmas house is in

the australian city of forest. david and janine richards decorated their home with a huge number of colorful light bulbs. just imagine, the creation of such beauty, according to the owner, took 4 years. work and approximately 330,000 glass assistants. go are you so crazy about the new year? of course, it’s up to everyone how much to spend on it, of course. the olivier index will help you. the unofficial economic indicator has also become part of our new year's tradition. based on the cost of ingredients, you can understand how much more expensive or cheaper products have become over the year and what the inflation rate was. boiled sausage prices increased by 2.4%. is it a lot or a little. per kilogram is a couple of kopecks, in general, for ingredients that have increased, they have risen in price from 2.5 to 5%, and, for example, potatoes have fallen in price compared to last year by 17.6%. therefore, in principle, the balance plus or minus will be at the level

of last year with a slight increase. in principle, the people perceive the salivier index as the most, let’s say, interesting and close. to reality, an index that calculates inflation, in fact, calculations of inflation , well, even if we take calculations of food inflation, they take into account the consumption structure of different citizens, in general, the products that are part of the olivier salad, they are generally so universal and understandable that the majority people, including perhaps the least affluent members of our society, they use these products, and perhaps the olivier index for many people even better characterizes the change in prices over the year than traditional inflation indicators. politics is politics, economics is economics, but it’s nice that in 2023 people have become even faster, taller, stronger, as well as more creative and fun.

the guinness book of records this year was replenished with various achievements. one of the most amazing record holders, for example, managed to create an edible dress. the cake weighs more than. 130 kg, while it could also serve as a full-fledged outfit, the miracle was presented at the swiss world wedding fair. a romantic record was set in india, where the largest number of couples who got married in 12 hours was recorded. during the mass wedding ceremony , 2,143 new families were formed. in a similar way , residents of canada and south africa got into the book of achievements. beth neal and miles cloutier. record holders in underwater kissing, managing to last 4 minutes in the pool and 6 seconds. we all want to believe in a new year's miracle, but for some this very miracle actually happens, and more than once and not even at the end of the year.

brooklyn resident wayne murray won this year's $10 million lottery jackpot. the man who bought the lottery ticket won the prize. for 30 dollars everything would have been fine, only last year at christmas murii also won the jackpot, exactly the same amount, 10 million dollars. the man immediately became a star on local television. one can only envy such luck, as well as skill the courage of the ural airlines pilot. thanks to sergei bilov, 161 passengers will be able to celebrate the new year with their family and friends. he masterfully landed the plane in an open field. an airbus a-320 aircraft operated by ural airlines, flying from sochi to omsk, made an emergency landing in the novosibirsk region on september 12. according to the pilot, the plane would not have reached its destination; the decision was made due to the risk of engine failure, while the plane

was landed outside the airport so skillfully that the plane did not even receive serious damage. damage and none of the passengers were injured. this is simply a miracle, said the passengers of the belavia flight, which arrived from egypt. belarus helped evacuate dozens of belarusians from the gas sector. where there is war, where there is death, where you don’t know what will happen tomorrow. our citizens and their families among them stepped onto peaceful soil.

his leadership of the country, personally president alexander grigoryevich lukashenko, state security officers, officers of the special detachment of the ministry of emergency situations zub, psychologists, doctors, all as one, began to act highly, professionally, in order to free, to bring your people out of this hell, magic. for millions , the discovery of russian scientists this year can become one of the top five innovations that can

change our world for the better, relevant, and in some cases revolutionary developments. one of the most impressive achievements is the discovery of new mechanisms of dna operation, made by maxim nikitin. the results of nikitin’s research were published in the authoritative scientific journal nature chemistry. the fundamental mechanism of how dna works, discovered by scientists, may be the key to knowledge by humanity of a wide variety of processes, including the unsolved secrets of genetics, treatment of complex diseases, aging mechanisms, issues of the origin of life on our planet and its evolution. earlier this year, scientists from st. petersburg polytechnic university discovered a new method of combating alzheimer's disease. the created drug can help millions of people around the world. it limits the loss of communication between cells, preserving memory. and psychophysiologists of the nizhny novgorod state. university created a device for brain restoration after a stroke. belarusian doctors, including with

the help of the latest developments and equipment, in 2023 have become magicians for many children, whose illness 5-10 years ago would not have left them a chance to live. unique operations, we have talked about them more than once in the past year. thus, in early december , belarusian doctors saved the life of a newborn girl with a fatal diagnosis of narrowed airways. day of the baby's life, doctors performed a unique operation, another feature of our doctors is operations on children with congenital spinal deformity and kidney transplantation for children. more than 200 such operations were carried out. to make a wish, to believe in the magic of the holiday, everyone in their own way tries to attract good luck, observing the signs. dachans break all the old dishes before the chimes strike. for us, these are, of course, burnt pieces of paper in champagne. and the spaniards eat grapes under the christmas tree for a good year. the germans celebrate the new year in an unusual way;

they throw molten lead into cold water in a frozen form and try to predict the future. and all this happens while on another end of the world, cubans walk around in circles in new clothes with empty suitcases. residents of liberty island believe this is for travel and money. the main symbols of the new year also help to attract finance, although this requires physical effort. speech. about the race of santa clauses and grandfather frosts, a colorful tradition is combined with good deeds, one, let's go! charity runs raise money for various cancer foundations . in 2018 they set a record, in madrid there were 7 thousand people in red at once ran 5 km. and on the internet there was a post like this, based on the broadcast of the ukrainian

tv channel 1+1. 2019 eat for the holidays , 2022, how to eat for the holidays and 2023 it’s healthy not to eat for the holidays , there’s nothing to add here, a special good and warm tradition of our country is the action our children, unique, sincere and emotional, it gives a miracle and of course gifts to all the children , including those who are not spoiled by the attention of their parents. the new year's charity event has been sweeping across belarus for a quarter of a century. initiator creation was addressed by the head of state. little belarusians are congratulated every year by completely different people, from government officials and

heads of companies and enterprises to journalists, artists, athletes, everyone. organizing events is not true , ask your educators, teachers who are with you, they will tell you that the most difficult and most difficult thing is to prepare for a meeting with children, with you, especially on the eve of the new year, so the new year is a holiday , which

encourages every adult, everyone to become a wizard. we also encourage everyone to participate and be present. this week we will also join the marathon of good deeds; we will traditionally visit the ulukovo boarding school. and now, as they say about winter, how can one not look into the next year on the eve of 2024. this is what the final cover of spectator magazine looks like. world leaders are represented in the form of products and new year's decorations. vladimir putin as a red star, sidinpin in the form of tea. and here. there was no place for vladimir zelensky in the refrigerator of world politics, this is one from the main forecasts of the british publication. support for ukraine will continue to weaken, there is no doubt about that. i think that until the end of the summer, most representatives of the foreign policy establishment of the united states believed that there was a fairly high probability that ukraine would be able

to win the conflict, would be able to defeat the russians on its territory. i think it is now clear that this... will not happen, i think this is already obvious to everyone. the balance of power has shifted significantly in favor of russians. regardless of this aid package , the russians are now advancing, and there are plenty of reasons to believe that the ukrainians will have an extremely difficult time stemming the tide. but the economist predicts a battle of artificial intelligences, the end of the ukrainian conflict, and scandals in the us presidential elections. one of the publication's editors, tom standage, wrote in an article that next year will officially become. first in the second cold war. the us will have to come to terms with multipolar disorder, and the eu will face economic uncertainty. and let's finish program by time magazine. one of the most authoritative glossies in the world chose singer taylor swift as the person of the year. for our country , the performer is not so famous, but in the usa her concerts provoked a musical earthquake.

with her tour, a 33-year-old girl made herself a billionaire, and the country's economy is richer by 4.5 billion dollars, even if further, the main people of the planet on large covers will be from the sphere of art, wars, conflicts, western intrigues have long been tired of everyone, see you soon next year, happily tv news agency presents: in the public domain. we have no secrets from our people. kіnazdymka 1923. the first maneuvers of the belarusian military district, near the distant city of vitsebsk. from that hour our army marched down

the legendary path. the belarusian military akruga celebrates its anniversary. rocketyk, lieutenant colonel. a formidable and romantic profession, what can you say about the modern army? to the young partisans of the lagoya bolshevik partisan detachment in 1944, i saw another army marching victoriously to the west, we are representatives of the main strike force, we always stand guard over our beloved homeland, troops of the red banner belarusian military district. conducted an exercise under the code name berezina in order to work out issues of interaction between different types of troops. again, as during

the great patriotic war, directions familiar to the reports of the sopinformburo sounded. orshanskoye, minsk. equipment, readiness of troops to defend the homeland. the exercises showed the high quality of combat of the third belarusian front, the successor to the military glory of which is the red banner belarusian military district. modern combat is a battle of modern combat vehicles.

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