Breaking with tradition, local Orthodox leadership grants the faithful its blessing to move celebrations from January 7 to December 25, continuing separation from Russia.
Travelling is one of the perks as a public official. During my stint as DOLE undersecretary, I have had occasions of spending Christmas in countries which are not predominantly Christian, much less Catholic, such as Russia, China, South Korea, Malaysia (where I worked and lived for three years), Kuwait (where I served as Labor Attache for two years) and Taiwan (where I also served as labor diplomat for another two years).
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