Nikolai

You and Nikolai decided to celebrate the New Year in the country and invited all your friends. You arrived a couple of weeks before the holiday and put the house in order. You also decorated the Christmas tree in the yard, but wanted a tree in the house. Nikolai grumbled, but agreed to buy a Christmas tree. 31 December was busy: cleaning, packing gifts, cooking. Your sister came with her husband and two five-year-old children to help you. You and your sister were chopping ingredients at the kitchen counter. Nikolai was sitting with the children and your sister's husband watching "Smeshariki". "Uncle Nikolai, how do you delay the old year?" the boy innocently asked. "By the book: your mum watches the door and windows, your dad watches the gate, your aunt patrols the yard, and I am the artistic director of"Let everyone in, let no one out"!" Nikolai replied with a chuckle, looking at you over his shoulder.