The proverb is well known: “It is clean not where they clean, but where they do not litter” Be that as it may, it is customary to clean up the house on weekends and holidays, to generalize after repairs, to polish the windows to a shine with the onset of spring Despite the fact that the main holidays are left behind, you should still prepare for January 14th Until 1918, this date fell on the New Year according to the old style Therefore, the American Clean Your House Day fits well into Russian reality Organize Your Home Day is ideal for bringing order and cleanliness to both residential and commercial premises Psychologists say that cleaning helps fight the blues and depression that come over people after the New Year Putting things in the right order, getting rid of unnecessary things and taking out the trash helps organize thoughts and drive away sadness Physical activity is good for health - it trains muscles and provokes the release of domafin, known as the hormone of joy And then, a clean apartment or house gives aesthetic pleasure to both the owners and their guests In Rus', it was customary to celebrate the New Year, which fell on January 14 according to the Julian calendar, with the eldest in the family According to the signs for the holiday, our ancestors not only put things in order in their homes and set the tables, but also pleased themselves with new clothes and tried not to swear or use foul language On New Year's Day, it was customary to feed the birds and make wishes on the night of January 13-14 On this day you did not borrow money: it was believed that because of this, you would spend the whole year in debt, as if in silk Despite the transition to the Gregorian calendar in post-revolutionary Russia, the old holiday remained in the memory of the people In his honor, champagne is uncorked and the table is set for the second round The celebration of the holiday beloved by all Soviet people formed the basis of playwright M Roshchin’s play “Old New Year,” which was made into a film in 1980 According to the Julian calendar, his arrival is also celebrated in the countries of the former USSR: Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia and Kazakhstan January 14 is also celebrated in Romania, Macedonia and Serbia Residents of these countries traditionally clean up their homes - cleaning is one of the important pre-New Year rituals Even if the owners generalized by January 1, it won’t hurt to repeat the procedure It is believed that celebrating the New Year in a clean house is a good omen For Organize Your Home Day, a lot of life hacks are published on where to start putting things in order and how to do it quickly and without problems January 14th is well suited for those people who want to start life from scratch That's why they celebrate Clean Your House Day