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How the Soviets Replaced Christmas with a Socialist Winter Holiday

How the Soviets Replaced Christmas with a Socialist Winter Holiday

Audio Mises Wire · Mises Institute

December 22, 2025

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Father Frost (the Soviet Santa Claus) asks: "To whom do we owe all the good things in our socialist society?,” to which, it is said, the children chorus the reply, "Stalin."

Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/how-soviets-replaced-christmas-socialist-winter-holiday