The author describes a Slavic Christmas, but what gives it its strength? Years of persecution? Repeated invasions by Mongols, Napoleon, the Kaiser, Hitler, Stalin, and now Putin? People who were forged like steel: Heated, cooled, heated again, hammered again and again, until they became even stronger. Learn how to make a strong knife with repeated heating, cooling, hammering. Then look at the Slavic Santa, Ded Moroz or Grandfather Frost. Unlike our Santa, he’s slim and tough. Don’t mess with him. Maybe our religion, not just our holiday, could use a bit of his toughness just now.
