"New Year's Stories" gift set with a book and 2 cotton wool toys

Russian "New Year's Stories" gift set combines literature, traditional Russian craft and the atmosphere of an ancient winter holiday. The set includes a gift edition with stories by Russian classics and two original cotton wool toys — Santa Claus and Snow Maiden, handmade in the aesthetics of pre-revolutionary Christmas decorations.

The book has collected works in which New Year and Christmas are revealed not only as a time of festive miracles, but also as a special state — the expectation of change, family warmth, compassion and hope. The collection includes short stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Leskov, Anton Chekhov, Alexander Kuprin, Maxim Gorky and other authors. Along with famous names, less familiar writers are also represented, which makes the publication allow us to see the Christmas theme in Russian literature much more broadly.

The book """""""""""" and "" The Boy at Christ on the Christmas tree" and "The Christmas Tree and the wedding" by Dostoevsky, ""The Irreplaceable ruble" by Leskov, ""Vanka" and "On Christmas Night" by Chekhov, ""The Poor Prince" by Kuprin, ""Christmas Lantern" by Sofia Makarova and other works are particularly interesting. Such a collection can be read gradually, turning winter evenings into a family tradition.

Collectible cotton wool toys add special value to the set. Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden are made entirely by hand using traditional Russian technology. The craftsman forms the volume, elaborates on clothes, small decorative details and then paints each figure, so the work retains the character of an artistic craft, rather than mass production.

The faces of the figures are made as replicas of antique dolls of the 19th century. It is this detail that gives the toys a special mood: they feel the aesthetics of old Christmas cards, home-made Christmas trees and decorations that have been carefully preserved for decades. The soft color scheme, hand-painted and small execution features make each figurine individual.

The set is housed in a presentation box with firmware and lock. The base is made of cardboard and eco-leather, inside there is an individual base for the book and both figures. Decorative UV printing on a base with floral motifs continues the winter theme and makes the interior design a part of the overall composition.

This set is especially suitable as a family gift, for a connoisseur of Russian literature, a collector of Christmas decorations or a person who is close to the aesthetics of traditional Christmas. The book remains for winter reading, and the figurines can be returned annually to the festive interior, gradually turning them into a part of the family New Year's story.