Broad Street Buzz » Russia http://broadstreetbuzz.com A Philadelphia Flyers Blog Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:35:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A Flyers Holiday Tree http://broadstreetbuzz.com/2010/12/23/a-flyers-holiday-tree/ http://broadstreetbuzz.com/2010/12/23/a-flyers-holiday-tree/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:30:32 +0000 Eugene Markman http://broadstreetbuzz.com/?p=1576 First off, why am I saying Holiday Tree and not Christmas tree. Simple, I’m Jewish and from Ukraine. In Russia, the Christmas tree was banned shortly after the October Revolution but then reinstated as a New-year fir-treein 1935. It became a fully secular icon of the New year holiday, e.g. the crowning star was regarded not as a symbol of Bethlehem Star, but as the Red Star. Decorations, such as figurines of airplanes, bicycles, space rockets, cosmonauts, and characters of Russian fairy tales, were produced. This tradition persists after the fall of the USSR, with the New Year holiday outweighing [...]

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In Russia, the Christmas tree was banned shortly after the October Revolution but then reinstated as a New-year fir-treein 1935. It became a fully secular icon of the New year holiday, e.g. the crowning star was regarded not as a symbol of Bethlehem Star, but as the Red Star. Decorations, such as figurines of airplanes, bicycles, space rockets, cosmonauts, and characters of Russian fairy tales, were produced. This tradition persists after the fall of the USSR, with the New Year holiday outweighing the Christmas (7 January) for a wide majority of Russians

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