Christmas traditions are quite young in Russia, especially where children's parties are concerned. Until the mid-1840s, Christmas remained a strictly religious holiday and children received no special treatment: no gifts, no Santa Claus or a Christmas tree, just a many hours-long church service and a hearty meal to mark the end of the forty-days Christmas fast, followed by games like tobogganing and snowball fights.

In the mid-1840s, however, children's Christmas parties became popular in middle-class and upper-class Russia literally overnight, and remained so until the First World War of 1914. It was then that the main Christmas traditions developed and, with minor changes, they remain unchanged until today. Father Christmas made his first appearance in 1910.

The Christmas Tree Party for Kids in the 19th Century

As children's Christmas and New Year parties took place around the Christmas tree, they received the names of "tree parties", or "tree matinees". They were big occasions, often with musicians or actors to impersonate Father Frost and other fairy-tale characters. Only very rich families could afford to hire them, though, as well as to buy posh decorations and expensive gifts, so most middle-class families spent hours during long winter evenings sewing, embroidering, gluing and painting various mementos for everyone on their guest list.

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