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.
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So, on the propaganda website Crimea. Realities" - Associated with the Ukrainian editorial office of Radio Liberty, a material was published entitled “Father Frost - a fairy-tale character of Soviet propaganda,” dedicated to the debunking of this fairy-tale character “invented by the Bolsheviks.”
“Is it worth fighting against Santa Claus as a Stalinist legacy if no one remembers it? A clear answer to this question has not yet been found in Ukraine. In many kindergartens and schools, first St. Nicholas comes to children, and then Santa Claus on New Year's Eve. However, little by little, St. Nicholas is peacefully and without clashes displacing Father Frost from the pantheon of winter holidays. According to last year's polls, 22 percent of Ukrainians believe in Father Frost, and almost 40 percent believe in St. Nicholas. Interestingly, for those who do not believe in Nicholas, the tradition of giving gifts on St. Nicholas Day has returned: 64 percent of respondents answered that their families give gifts on St. Nicholas, 31% answered that they do not, and only 2 percent of Ukrainians said that they do not know such a holiday,” the publication says.