"A Spruce Was Born in the Forest" () is one of the most popular Russian children's Christmas songs, which became a New Year song in the USSR. The lyrics were written by , the music by .
Russian Reporter magazine conducted a sociological study in 2015, the lyrics of the song took 29th place in the top 100 most popular lines of poetry in Russia.
Initially, Raisa Kudasheva published the poem "Yolka" () in the children's magazine "Malyutka" () in 1903. And 2 years later, Leonid Beckman composed a melody for it for the birthday of his eldest daughter. He had no musical education, played the piano by ear, but improvised easily and sang excellently. The melody of the song was transferred to the notes by his wife, pianist , who graduated from the Moscow Conservatory.
After the October Revolution, celebration of Christmas was forbidden by the Bolsheviks, and the song was forgotten. In 1935 the Christmas tree was "rehabilitated" in the form of the "New Year spruce" for children. In 1941 compiled a poetic New Year's collection, which gave the song a second life.
There are several variations of the last verse, beginning with "now you're here, dressed up...", "and here it is, dressed up...", "now it is, dressed up..."