❗️In Luhansk Oblast, the occupiers banned Santa's Day! (St. Nicholas Day)

According to the head of the Luhansk OVA, the celebration of St. Nicholas Day was banned in all educational institutions in the temporarily occupied city of Starobilsk.

"I said, it's a purely Ukrainian holiday, so you shouldn't prepare gifts for children. Instead, the children will be welcomed by Kish Babai from Tatarstan , who was given the so-called patronage of some occupied communities of the Luhansk region," the official explained.

Note: In Ukraine children wait for St. Nicholas to come and to put a present under their pillows provided that the children were good during the year. Children who behaved badly may expect to find a twig or a piece of coal under their pillows.

The American Santa Claus, as well as the British Father Christmas, derive from Saint Nicholas.