Father Christmas off air in Uzbekistan

Source: BBC

Television viewers in Uzbekistan looking for the familiar features of Father Christmas on their screens this year will be disappointed following an unofficial ban by the state broadcaster.

It is the latest move to downgrade Soviet or Russian heritage in modern Uzbek culture.

Celebrating Christmas characters became popular when largely Muslim Central Asia was a part of the Soviet Union.

It is not clear who gave the order, but Father Christmas (known locally as Grandfather Frost) and his female companion Snow Maiden, once regular fixtures, are now apparently unwelcome foreigners.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/20701831

I guess this is the REAL War on Christmas.

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Father Christmas off air in Uzbekistan (Original post)	alp227	Dec 2012	OP
Yeah pretty amusing that people speak of a "war on Christmas" when this happens	ButterflyBlood	Dec 2012	#1
OMG - Santa is a Commie! It now makes complete sense, all that sharing stuff, and the lists of good	leveymg	Dec 2012	#2
Grandfather Frost and Snow Maiden	Liberalagogo	Dec 2012	#3
She is his granddaughter.	LisaL	Dec 2012	#4
That makes it	Liberalagogo	Dec 2012	#5
"This my granddaughter...she number four prostitute in all Uzbekistan".	Ken Burch	Dec 2012	#7
Do they actually GET snow in Uzbekistan?	Ken Burch	Dec 2012	#6
I think it does snow in Central Asia including Uz-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan.	alp227	Dec 2012	#8

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Mon Dec 24, 2012, 08:12 PM

ButterflyBlood (12,303 posts)

1. Yeah pretty amusing that people speak of a "war on Christmas" when this happens

Hell it gets even worse. Try celebrating Christmas in North Korea or Saudi Arabia. Nothing in comparison to a "Happy Holidays" banner at some store I'm sure.

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Mon Dec 24, 2012, 08:23 PM

leveymg (26,790 posts)

2. OMG - Santa is a Commie! It now makes complete sense, all that sharing stuff, and the lists of good

and bad boys and girls.

A fuckin' Commie! No longer wanted in Muslim Central Asia that now owes more to Dubai and than to Moscow for inspiration.

Is this what we won the Cold War for?

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Mon Dec 24, 2012, 10:54 PM

Liberalagogo (225 posts)