CHRISTMAS IN RUSSIA
THE SOVIET’S ORDERS. RELIGIOUS EMBLEMS NOT TOLERATED.
Press Association —By Telegraph —Copyright.
LONDON, December 22.
(Received December 26, at 10.45 a.m.) The Soviet lias officially issued instructions forbidding tho decoration of Christmas trees with religious emblems, especially figures of angels or anything recalling a religious festival. On the contrary, the people were ordered to emphasis© the heathen origin of tho festival. The Soviet Press hopes thtib tho OhristuTU 1 Christmas will bo replaced by a general carnival, Including masquerades and fireworks.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 18158, 26 December 1922, Page 6
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87CHRISTMAS IN RUSSIA Evening Star, Issue 18158, 26 December 1922, Page 6
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