New Year's Day is Russia's grandest winter holiday, combining the yuletide and commercial aspects of Christmas with the fanfare associated with New Year celebrations around the globe. Check out our photo gallery and see how residents of Moscow celebrate Christmas and New Year's Eve, and what kind of wonders the Russian capital has in store for revelers waiting to count down to 2018.
Christmas lights in Moscow.
Workers decorate a Christmas tree installed at Cathedral Square in Moscow's Kremlin.
Christmas lights at Theater Square in Moscow, reflected in the window of a bus driving by.
Christmas lights in Moscow.
Christmas lights in Moscow.
Merry-go-round at a New Year's Eve fair on Red Square in Moscow.
Customer browses Christmas tree decorations at a shopping mall in Moscow.
Christmas tree at Lubyanka Square in Moscow.
Customer buys a Christmas tree at a shopping mall in Moscow.
Christmas lights in Moscow.
A girl at a New Year's Eve fair on Red Square in Moscow.
Christmas lights at Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge in Moscow.
Christmas decorations on Moscow streets.
'Journey to Christmas' train in Moscow Metro.
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© Photo : Moskva city news agency/Andrey Lubimov
A presentation of designer Christmas trees held in Moscow as part of the Journey to Christmas festival.
