With the advent of the Soviet government and the establishment of its own Moscow church to manipulate the population of the USSR countries, the dates of Ukrainian holidays were also changed. All holidays have been moved 2 weeks ahead. For decades, Ukraine celebrated Christmas not on December 25 but on January 7. Now, in an accelerated process of breaking away from everything post-Soviet, Ukrainians have begun to demand the return of the real Ukrainian Christmas.
Therefore, traditionally, through Diia, on December 24, the government opened a vote on a preferred day for celebrating the most emotional holiday of the year — Christmas. More than one and a half million Ukrainians took part in the voting. What happened:
- December 25 — 903.265 votes — 55%;
- January 7 — 390.125 — 11%;
- Both dates — 192.788 — 25%;
- Do not celebrate Christmas — 45.075 — 9%.
It is worth noting that many Ukrainians who do not celebrate Christmas still voted for celebrating December 25 since they primarily favour restoring Ukrainian culture.
Diia is an abbreviation that translates into English as the State and I. Diia, in addition to opinion polls, stamp design and holidays voting, provides a full range of public administrative services.
