С Новым Годом!

That means "Happy New Year!" in Russian. It's pronounced "S Novym Godom!" with the first syllable accented in both words with more than one syllable. No, it's not yet January 1 here (the time difference with the US is large - 8 hours between Moscow and the East Coast - but not that large), but I have a few of these vintage holiday postcards I wanted to share, so I am getting an early start.


"Happy New Year, Dear Friends!"
Published by the USSR Ministry of Communications, 1983.
Artwork by I. Kvavadze.