In Irkutsk, the opening of New Year trees will begin very soon. Nine festive trees will be lit in the city, and the first, on December 22, will open in Novo Lenino near the Europark mall. The main tree in Kirov Square will shine on December 25, and the next day Santa Claus residence will open there. The program also includes the Most Beautiful New Year Tree festival, games, and the New Year night Welcoming the Year of Irkutsk.

Very soon, the opening of Christmas trees in different parts of the city will begin. In total, there will be nine New Year beauties, and the first tree will be ceremoniously “lit” in Novo-Lenino near the square by the Europark shopping center. It will be opened on December 22. And on December 26, New Year trees will be held near Fortuna and near the N.M. Zagursky Musical Theater.
As reported by the city mayor’s office, on December 26 and 27 New Year trees will be opened in the Sverdlovsky District – on Akademicheskaya, in Yubileiny, on Ryabikov Boulevard, in Pervomaysky and Universitetsky. And on December 31 – in Irkutsk-II at the Zenit stadium. The main tree in Kirov Square will open on December 25 at 18:30. There, the next day at 12:00, Santa Claus’s residence will begin operating..
Specifically:
December 25, 2015 at 18:30 Opening of the tree “Happy New Year, Irkutsk!” December 26, 2015 at 12:00 Opening of the “Santa Claus Residence”
December 27, 2015 at 14:00 Festival “The Most Beautiful New Year Tree”
December 28-30, 2015 at 18:00 Game programs
December 31, 2015 – January 1, 2016 at 23:00 New Year’s Eve “We Welcome the Year of Irkutsk”
January 3-5, 2016 at 18:00 Game programs
January 7, 2016 at 13:00 Christmas folk celebration Kirov Square.