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Not sure about the rest of Eastern Bloc, in USSR the new year took on the big celebration with tree and feast. Which made the following (Julian) Christmas a sma
by thriftwy 4y ago
Not sure about the rest of Eastern Bloc, in USSR the new year took on the big celebration with tree and feast. Which made the following (Julian) Christmas a small, quiet family holiday for people still exhausted by the large one.
- filoleg 4y agoYou are 100% correct. NYE is the largest celebration of the year that ended up stretching for days somehow, with the tree and drinking and gifts and all. Only pretty religious people observed Christmas, and it wasn't something that was really even considered as a celebration, more like a minor religious holiday.
- Maursault 4y agoWhat makes it strange is that Jesus was a Pisces. Christmas, Christmas trees, mistletoe, carolling, wreaths, and even gift-giving became part of the Roman cover-up of a pagan ritual occurring on winter solstice.