CHRISTMAS IN RUSSIA
FEAST AND FAMINE (By Electric Telegraph.—Copy right.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. MOSCOW, Dec. 26 Although Soviet does not recognise Christmas, all official and commercial life in Russia ceased for the holiday. Vodka flowed freely for the first time since the revolution, the Government having found prohibition unworkable and unprofitable. Good things were available in the homes of the well to do. hut millions of other households had empty cupboards, tireless stove?, and cheerlcssness- Legions of others were without homes, and were forced lO' seelc charity, hut if the material side of Christinas was marked by want. the spiritual side was much in evidence. The greater part of the population went eagevlv to church. Villages will celebrate a holiday on the 7th February in accordance with the old Julian calendar. Lenin's tomb was the object of pilgrimages by many people.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 29 December 1924, Page 2
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