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Beau says:
Ukraine's shift to celebrating Christmas on December 25th signifies a deep resistance to Russian influence, foreshadowing significant challenges for any potential invasion.
International observers
The full transcript provides a detailed analysis of how Ukraine's change in Christmas celebration date serves as a potent symbol of resistance against Russian influence and the potential challenges Russia may face in the future.
Well, howdy there, Internet people.
Let's bow again.
So today, we are going to talk about how Christmas came
early to Ukraine.
Now, with a statement like that, you probably think this
has something to do with delivery of something to
Ukraine before Christmas.
No, we are talking about Christmas literally coming
early to Ukraine.
Ukraine celebrated Christmas on the 25th of December.
Traditionally, it celebrates it more in line with Russia
in the early part of January.
This shift, it's interesting to note
for a whole bunch of reasons.
And it should be noted that I want to say I heard first
grumblings about this in 2017, 2018, something like that, but it was probably around before
then about switching the date.
Obviously it can be read as a rejection or pushing back on Russian influence in the country.
The other thing that's really worth noting is that based on the reporting I've seen,
This wasn't just a thing where the government was like, okay, Christmas is now officially
on December 25th.
It looks like it was celebrated widely at that time.
Now it certainly wasn't everybody, and I would imagine that some people who celebrated
on the 25th will carry on some of their traditions into early January.
But it was widely celebrated on the 25th.
If you are a Russian war planner, this is something you need to notice.
We have talked repeatedly since this started about how Russia hasn't got to the hard part
yet.
This is still in the phase where there's lines.
What this says is that even if Russia was successful at moving the lines to include
the capital of Ukraine, that they wouldn't get peace.
There would still be active resistance.
They changed their holy day.
This is not a population of people that want to be under the rule of Moscow.
That seems pretty clear.
I want you to think about what it would take to get you to change your traditions or just
imagine what would happen in the United States if a president came out and said, okay, we're
moving Christmas to December 15th. Can you imagine the meltdowns that would occur?
For that to occur and it to be widely celebrated at that time, that is indicative of a population
that wants absolutely nothing to do with Russian politics, Russian tradition, anything.
This is going to be one of those things that gets overlooked.
But it's a much more important part than the way Western media is portraying it, which
is Ukraine is celebrating Christmas at the same time as most of its allies or something
like that. Yeah, I mean, that matters from a political standpoint, but the fact that
it was widely celebrated at that time? That's not a foreign policy thing. That's a domestic
population rejecting something thing. If you're a Russian war planner, you should take stock
of this. There will be resistance, even if you quote, win, when it comes to the
map. Still haven't got to the hard part. Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a
Have a good day.
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