A truly Dickensian Christmas

[John Dunn]

Those wishing to add to their celebrations of the Russian Orthodox Christmas a dash of cultural eclecticism (or, just possibly, total and utter confusion) may care to read the following (with special reference to the first and second sub-headings):

http://www.newsru.com/religy/07jan2011/rozhd.html

I am not sure what I most sorry to have missed – the праздничная игротека of the скоморохи, the рождественская фитнес-зарядка or the рождественская интерактивная театрализованная программа на льду.  Meanwhile those of us who remain subjects of the British Crown may be wondering how long we have to wait for the Queen's Christmas Message to be distributed by Twitter.

John Dunn.

Honorary Research Fellow
SMLC (Slavonic Studies)
University of Glasgow

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40137 Bologna
Italy
John.Dunn at glasgow.ac.uk
johnanthony.dunn at fastwebnet.it

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