Inshita ya Krisimasi Bushe Ikaba nge fyo Mulefwaya?

Icitabo ca Peter the Great—His Life and World citila, Peter [Mukalamba] “akonkomeshe ukuti pa January 1 abantu bonse baleya mu macalici mu kusefya Umwaka Upya. Kabili acincishe ukuti ifimpusa fibikwe pa minshi na mukati ka mayanda pa mutebeto, kabili akambishe ukuti abena Moscow bonse balingile ‘ukusansamuka sana ilyo baleposhanya’ pa Mwaka Upya.”

Mu 1917 ilyo ukuteka kwa Bolshevik Communist revolution kwapwile, ukuteka kwa Soviet kwapangile ifunde lya kupatikisha abantu ukuba bamukaana Lesa. Ukusefya Krisimasi na fyonse ifya mapepo ifyalebako fyalibindilwe. Ubuteko bwaimishe lulu uwa kulesha ukusefya Krisimasi no Mwaka Upya. Kabili balileseshe fye no kubomfya ifipasho fya Krisimasi pamo nga icimuti ca Krisimasi, na Father Christmas, uo abena Russia beta Ded Moroz nelyo Grandfather Frost.

Mu 1935 kwali ukwaluka ukwalengele abena Russia ukulasefya Krisimasi no Mwaka Upya mu nshila iyapusanako. Ubuteko bwa Soviet bwalisuminishe ukubomfya Grandfather Frost (Father Christmas), icimuti ca Krisimasi, no kusefya Umwaka Upya, lelo kwali ukupusana ukukalamba ne fyo balesefya kale. Batile Grandfather Frost, akulaleta ifya bupe, te pa Krisimasi, lelo pa Bushiku bwa Mwaka Upya. Batile no kuti icimuti ca Krisimasi nomba ca kulaitwa icimuti ca Mwaka Upya! E co, kanshi kwali ukwaluka kukalamba mu Soviet Union. Mu nshita ya kuti balesefya Krisimasi, batendeke ukusefya Umwaka Upya.

Inshita ya Krisimasi yaishileba ngo bushiku ubuli bonse ubwa mwikalwe umo tabalecita ifya mapepo. Icimuti ca Mwaka Upya baleciyemfya, ne fibekobeko ifyalelanga ubuyantanshi bwa Soviet Union. Ulupapulo lwa mu Russia ulwa Vokrug Sveta (Icalo Conse) lwalondolola ukuti: “Calyanguka ukwishiba ifyo imikalile ya ciKomyunisiti yali kale nga twalolesha fye pa fintu balekobeka ku cimuti ca Mwaka Upya pa myaka yonse iya kuteka kwa Soviet Union. Ifyo balebomfya pa kuyemfya, tululu, utumabwe twa menshi makasa, no mukate uwa bulungana. Fimbi ifyo balebomfya pa kuyemfya icimuti fintu balepanga ifyalemoneka kwati cikwakwa ca kufulilako icani, basando na tutarakita. Mu kulekelesha, baishilepyanikapo ifipasho fya bashimaini, abasambilila ifya ntanda, ifyela balebomfya pa kwimba amafuta, amaroketi, na tumotoka twa mabatili uto balebomfya pa mweshi.”