CHRISTMAS ABROAD
CELEBRATIONS IN COLDER , COUNTRIES ENGLAND’S OPTIMISM (Anst. ami N.Z. Cable). London, . Dec. '26. ‘ Christmas celebrations abroad is the ’theme of several cable messages:. In England, the-holiday was’ celebrated 'in- an -optimist ic spirit The French capital had one of the ■most expensive, noisiest, and gayest Christmases on record. A feature of tlie -Moscow celebrations seems to have been an abundance of liquor.
Moscow,- Dec. 25
Christmas was frankly celebrated with an abundance of liquor. Drunkenness, however, .is decreasing ’ under the new rule allowing .but one bottle- ■ of- vodka - -per person. Sales 'of the beverage are now approximating 20,090 bottle daily and the arrests for drunkenness average 78 daily' compared with several hundred previously when more vodka could he bought. ■ vr
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Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 551, 28 December 1925, Page 5
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