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Christianity: Christmas / Eastern O. Start‑class High‑importance

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Holidays: Christmas

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Text moved from Father Christmas article

I've moved the following text here from the Father Christmas article. That article largely relates to the development of the Father Christmas tradition in England, and discussion of Christmas in Russia really seems to sit better here. I don't want to add the text to Christmas in Russia myself, as I don't know much about the subject, but I've put it here in case anyone finds it useful.

<nowiki>Under the Marxist-Leninist doctrine of state atheism in the Soviet Union, in 1920s, Christmas celebrations—along with other religious holidays—were prohibited as a result of the Soviet antireligious campaign.^[1]^[2] The League of Militant Atheists encouraged school pupils to campaign against Christmas traditions, among them being Father Christmas and the Christmas tree, as well as other Christian holidays, including Easter; the League established an antireligious holiday to be the 31st of each month as a replacement.^[3]^[4] The winter holidays concentrated on New Year's Day and Father Christmas was replaced by Ded Moroz, who also brought gifts to the children. The Christmas tree was replaced by the Winter tree which was decorated similarly.<nowiki>

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References

^ Connelly, Mark (2000). Christmas at the Movies: Images of Christmas in American, British and European Cinema. I.B.Tauris. p. 186. ISBN 9781860643972. A chapter on representations of Christmas in Soviet cinema could, in fact be the shortest in this collection: suffice it to say that there were, at least officially, no Christmas celebrations in the atheist socialist state after its foundation in 1917.
^ Echo of Islam. MIG. 1993. In the former Soviet Union, fir trees were usually put up to mark New Year's day, following a tradition established by the officially atheist state.
^ Biracree, Nancy (11 January 1988). The Family Christmas Album. Paperjacks. ISBN 9780770109721. Father Christmas brought gifts on Christmas Day, and an old woman named Babouschka, whose origins are very similar to the Italian Befana, gave additional presents on January 6. These figures largely disappeared in the atheistic new state.
^ Ramet, Sabrina Petra (10 November 2005). Religious Policy in the Soviet Union. Cambridge University Press. p. 138. ISBN 9780521022309. The League sallied forth to save the day from this putative religious revival. Antireligioznik obliged with so many articles that it devoted an entire section of its annual index for 1928 to anti-religious training in the schools. More such material followed in 1929, and a flood of it the next year. It recommended what Lenin and others earlier had explicitly condemned--carnivals, farces, and games to intimidate and purge the youth of religious belief. It suggested that pupils campaign against customs associated with Christmas (including Christmas trees) and Easter. Some schools, the League approvingly reported, staged an anti-religious day on the 31st of each month. Not teachers but the League's local set the programme for this special occasion.

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"Rooted in Slavic folklore, Ded Moroz is accompanied by his beautiful granddaughter, Snegurochka (Rus: Снегурочка, The Snowmaiden)". The ISO language code for the Russian language is ru. There is also the Template:lang-ru. --Gunnar (talk) 15:24, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[Connelly2000-1] Connelly, Mark (2000). Christmas at the Movies: Images of Christmas in American, British and European Cinema. I.B.Tauris. p. 186. ISBN 9781860643972. A chapter on representations of Christmas in Soviet cinema could, in fact be the shortest in this collection: suffice it to say that there were, at least officially, no Christmas celebrations in the atheist socialist state after its foundation in 1917.

[MIG-2] Echo of Islam. MIG. 1993. In the former Soviet Union, fir trees were usually put up to mark New Year's day, following a tradition established by the officially atheist state.

[Biracree1988-3] Biracree, Nancy (11 January 1988). The Family Christmas Album. Paperjacks. ISBN 9780770109721. Father Christmas brought gifts on Christmas Day, and an old woman named Babouschka, whose origins are very similar to the Italian Befana, gave additional presents on January 6. These figures largely disappeared in the atheistic new state.

[Ramet2005-4] Ramet, Sabrina Petra (10 November 2005). Religious Policy in the Soviet Union. Cambridge University Press. p. 138. ISBN 9780521022309. The League sallied forth to save the day from this putative religious revival. Antireligioznik obliged with so many articles that it devoted an entire section of its annual index for 1928 to anti-religious training in the schools. More such material followed in 1929, and a flood of it the next year. It recommended what Lenin and others earlier had explicitly condemned--carnivals, farces, and games to intimidate and purge the youth of religious belief. It suggested that pupils campaign against customs associated with Christmas (including Christmas trees) and Easter. Some schools, the League approvingly reported, staged an anti-religious day on the 31st of each month. Not teachers but the League's local set the programme for this special occasion.

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