New Year’s Eve on the front: giant snowman and chimney-sweeper toast

How did a Hungarian soldier remain human during the World War and greet the New Year hundred years ago? And the gallants of the Horthy-era? Or the cool ones of the 60s and 70s? Alfahir.hu collected some photos from Fortepan.

Saying goodbye to 1917 on New Year’ Eve in the WWI (probably the Eastern front)

Giant snowman and muscles, New Year’s Eve in 1932

New Year’s Eve in 1934

 

One more photo from 1934

 

A New Year’s Eve party from 1936

 

New Year’s Eve in the dome room of Hotel Britannia under 45 Teréz Boulevard, in 1938

 

New Year’s Eve house party in 1938

 

Soldiers’ New Year’s Eve in Tapolca in 1939

 

New Year’s Eve party in Fehér Ló (white horse) in Dombóvár

 

New Year’s Eve costume party in Fehér Ló in Dombóvár in 1942

 

House party in 1964 Having fun on the street at Oktogon monitored by the vigilant eyes of the communist armed forces in 1965 New Year’s Eve on Grand Boulevard at Hotel Nemzeti in 1965 A large paper trumpet from 1968 New Year chimney-sweeper toast on the roof in Cegléd, 1970 Going wasted in 1970 New Year’s Eve dancing party with a Christmas tree in the corner, from 1973 Clinking the glasses in front of the good old wood-covered television; social realism in 1977

 

The recording of a New Year’s Eve television programme in Petőfi Csarnok in 1983 Radio New Year’s Eve from 1986, Tivadar Farkasházy (middle, with moustache) and Péter Sinkó (with tie) editors

 

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