![New Year's tree lighting ceremony on Sophia Square in Veliky Novgorod](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F234%2F10%2F2341061_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_S29uc3RhbnRpbiBDaGFsYWJvdiAjMjM0MTA2MQ%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-2341061-preview_879624c4e2afa92c440310301d64d0e3.jpg)
![New Year's tree lighting ceremony on Sophia Square in Veliky Novgorod](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F234%2F10%2F2341061_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_S29uc3RhbnRpbiBDaGFsYWJvdiAjMjM0MTA2MQ%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-2341061-preview_879624c4e2afa92c440310301d64d0e3.jpg)
A little boy sits on his dad's shoulders during the New Year's tree lighting ceremony on Sophia Embankment in Veliky Novgorod.
- Categories: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Veliky Novgorod, Russia
- Event date: 21.12.2013
- Date published: 21.12.2013
- Author: Konstantin Chalabov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2015x2832px, 2Mb