ADULTS take the adage "Christmas comes but once a year" as an excuse to splurge on gifts. For children, it is a warning of the limits of Utopia. The tots would no doubt be angered to learn that in some places it is not true. This year Ukraine recognised December 25th as an official holiday, along with the traditional Orthodox Christmas on January 7th. It thus became the world's fifth country with two Christmases, joining Belarus, Eritrea, Lebanon and Moldova.
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