Zelensky: All Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on the same date
Zelensky's Christmas Greeting in 2025. Photo: OP
In the Christmas greeting, published on the President's website on the evening of December 24, 2025, Volodymyr Zelensky stated about the "unity" of Ukrainians, claiming that the country supposedly celebrates Christmas simultaneously, "as one big family".
"Ukrainians are together tonight – marking Christmas on the same date, as one big family," Zelensky's address says.
He stated that Christmas Eve is "a unique time, filled with a special spirit, with its own special magic for all of us," when families gather at one table. But then Zelensky warned of Russia's "attempts to take all of this away from us".
"But despite all the suffering that Russia has brought, it is not capable of occupying or bombing what matters most. That is our Ukrainian heart, our faith in one another, and our unity," said Ukraine's President in his Christmas greeting.
As the UOJ wrote earlier, Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree establishing a new professional holiday – Programmer's Day. Zelensky decided that the most suitable date for the new holiday is January 7 – the day when millions of citizens of Ukraine, believers of the UOC, continue to celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar.
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