On November 22, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The season of pre-New Year's fairs and sales in the Vitebsk region will open on December 1, BELTA was informed by the Trade and Services Department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. In Vitebsk, Orsha, Polotsk, Novopolotsk, and all district centers of the region, from December 1 to January 7, on weekends, expanded fairs for selling goods at reduced prices will be held with the participation of enterprises from industry, the food sector, trade, public catering, and consumer services. Agricultural enterprises will also present their products. "At the fairs, residents of the region will be able not only to purchase necessary goods and products but also to choose gifts for their relatives and friends," noted the specialists, adding that trade enterprises have begun accumulating the necessary goods to fully meet the needs of buyers. Sales of the main attribute of the New Year - fir trees or pines - will start from December 17. However, preparations for the long-awaited holiday in the region are already in full swing. Thus, special sections for selling Christmas tree decorations and children's costumes have opened in retail outlets. The shop windows, catering establishments, with their bright lights and fanciful decorations, increasingly remind of the approaching New Year's Eve, and children's New Year's gifts have appeared on the shelves of grocery stores. Everyone in Vitebsk can feel the approaching holiday by visiting Victory Square, where the installation of the city's main New Year tree has begun today.-0-

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