World Snow Day (International Winter Sports Day)

You can cheer up after the New Year holidays on one of the Sundays in January; it is on this day that humanity celebrates World Snow Day. Its other name is International Winter Sports Day. This is a time of fun and active recreation, so after the New Year and Christmas feast you cannot stay away, but you need to join the general celebration of World Snow Day. The International Ski Federation (abbr. FIS) has been talking about the need for such a holiday for a long time, because we have to thank it for this solemn date. It was not decided to celebrate World Snow Day in January by chance, but to involve as many people as possible in active winter recreation, including at ski resorts. This holiday is very young, but promising. The first celebration took place in 2012, with about 20 countries taking part. Among the pioneers were many countries known throughout the world for their ski resorts. The very next year, the number of states that decided to celebrate this date doubled. Among the “snowy” countries with ski resorts on this list are India, Pakistan, and Estonia. Find out if there are any Snow Day events happening in your city. If there are none, you can safely go to Magnitogorsk, Krasnoyarsk or Sochi, because celebrating World Snow Day in these cities has already become a good tradition. On this day, snow festivals and sports competitions are held there, so you certainly won’t be bored. If such a trip is not possible, just get the whole family together and spend this day in the fresh air. The entertainment is traditional - sliding downhill, building a snow fortress and having a fight, making a snowman. In the end, for all of us, World Snow Day is just an opportunity to return to childhood a little bit to remember the former lightness and carefreeness.