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submitted 2 months ago by WhatThaFudge to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

Maduro declared, “This year and to honor you all... I am going to decree the beginning of Christmas on October 1.”

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[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I mean, Jesus wasn't born on December 25th, that's just a fact that the holiday was already moved to roughly the date of the winter solstice to usurp and syncretize pagan festivals.

Real weirdo move regardless.

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