Thanks for the information. It was unbearable; I've now switched to the very fine Radio Bulgaria.
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Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест
...For what is Father Christmas being banned for?
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It seems to be because he's an 'English-language invention'.The banning seems at least partly to be another bout of anti Americanism;
A Vienna city hall spokesman confirmed: "There are rules governing what stallholders can do and one of them is to agree not to use the image of santa as a condition of being able to trade there. "Santa is an English language creation, people who want to see him should go to America where I am sure Coca Cola will be happy to oblige."
Ironically, it seems that the only Santas that
can be seen are the ones on the stickers and placards of the 'Ban Santa' protestors!