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The Commies And My Christmas Pudding
Published: Sunday | December 28, 2014
Daniel Thwaites, Contributor
Fidel Castro abolished Christmas in 1969. Three decades later, in anticipation of a visit from John Paul II, an editorial in the state-run newspaper announced that Cubans could have Christmas again. If there is any man in Jamaica wanting to put up with that, tell you what: Please to go and chuck off into the sea and swim to Cuba.
The original abolition was supposedly because Christmas interfered with the sugar harvest. That, at least, was the official story. The Soviets didn't even bother to give an explanation for why they cancelled Christmas. It was simple: Jesus was out and Lenin was in.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2...cleisure5.html
Published: Sunday | December 28, 2014
Daniel Thwaites, Contributor
Fidel Castro abolished Christmas in 1969. Three decades later, in anticipation of a visit from John Paul II, an editorial in the state-run newspaper announced that Cubans could have Christmas again. If there is any man in Jamaica wanting to put up with that, tell you what: Please to go and chuck off into the sea and swim to Cuba.
The original abolition was supposedly because Christmas interfered with the sugar harvest. That, at least, was the official story. The Soviets didn't even bother to give an explanation for why they cancelled Christmas. It was simple: Jesus was out and Lenin was in.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2...cleisure5.html