News archive on the topic "Santa Claus"

Everyone knows about the misadventures of Father Frost in Ukraine. There, due to his excessive Russianness and Sovietness, his grandfather was not included in the “Peacemaker”, replacing him with the “historical” St. Nicholas. In principle, there is a reason, although Nicholas of Myra, the prototype of the new Ukrainian New Year’s mascot, lived and preached in the territory of what is now Turkey, and in general resembles how the Ukrainians portray him...

In the center of Odessa, in front of children and passers-by, two Santa Clauses started a fight with obscene language. A video of the battle was published by the local resource “Dumskaya,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The incident occurred yesterday evening on Deribasovskaya Street. The local publication cites a financial issue as the reason for the fight. Allegedly, one of the participants in the incident did not pay “tribute” for working on the street. “The women were screaming...

In the Ukrainian city of Zhitomir, the management of kindergartens was prohibited from organizing matinees with the participation of Father Frost and the Snow Maiden. The fairy-tale characters Malvina, Cinderella and Pinocchio were also banned. Local journalist and politician Sergei Forest stated this in his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the journalist, the ban was introduced secretly, but district education departments have already begun to implement it. "How…

Anti-Soviet propaganda does not stop in Ukraine even on New Year's holidays. At this time, the Soviet New Year traditions of the Ukrainian people, bringing them closer to the rest of the peoples of the former USSR, become the object of persecution and ridicule. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte So, on the propaganda website Crimea. Realities” – associated with the Ukrainian editorial office of “Radio Liberty” was released...

Well-known TV presenter Masha Efrosinina in Ukraine receives threats on social networks for using symbols of the “aggressor country.” Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The former Crimean woman spoke about this in an interview with the Kyiv magazine “Novoye Vremya”. “There’s a post on my Instagram that we’ve collected a thousand New Year gifts for children from orphanages,...

Santa Claus, declared persona non grata by the Ukrainian authorities, managed to cross the border by cunning. Despite the official rhetoric, the Russian fairy-tale character receives secret correspondence from the leaders of Euromaidan. Oleg Lyashko’s letter deserves special citation. The main organizer of the New Year's magic told PolitNavigator columnist Valentin Filippov about what awaits Ukraine and its careless leadership in the coming months. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news...

Is it necessary to decommunize Father Frost and the Snow Maiden as Kremlin agents, or are they just a legacy of folklore alien to Ukraine? Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Ukrainian political consultant and freelance adviser to the president Oleg Medvedev puzzled his readers with these questions on his Facebook page. “Are Father Frost and the Snow Maiden subject to decommunization as symbols of the Soviet...

Kindergartens in the Kharkov region received an order from the regional department of education, where teachers and managers are advised to refrain from inviting Father Frost and the Snow Maiden to New Year's parties, and also to hold them in Ukrainian. The parents of children who were being raised in one of the central kindergartens in Kharkov told PolitNavigator about this. They asked not to give their names in print in order to...

Dnepropetrovsk, December 28 (PolitNavigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – In Dnepropetrovsk, young people staged a race almost naked as Santa Claus. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte The runners wore only shoes, New Year's hats and underwear, writes the Vgorode publication. Mostly men volunteered to amuse the townspeople in such an extravagant way. According to the participants of the action, they agreed on the race on social networks.…

Nikolaev, December 16 (PolitNavigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – In Nikolaev at midnight on New Year’s Eve, calling home Father Frost and the Snow Maiden will cost from 900 to 1300 hryvnia. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The 20-25 minute program of professional artists includes songs, dances, round dances, poems. If you call Santa Claus 31...

Donetsk, November 14 (PolitNavigator, Mikael Chagalyan) – Pavel Gubarev did not become a deputy of the People’s Council of the proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte During the first press conference after the assassination attempt, he announced that he would prepare for local elections and also do charity work. “I was doing business, I had my own concert agency, where I for my...