Nicolás Maduro “advanced” Christmas this year in Venezuela, which according to the questioned president, would begin on October 1.
In an intervention last week on your television program With Maduro +the Chavista hierarchy indicated that it will “apply the formula of other years” in which he ordered the Christmas celebrations to incur up to two months before the usual.
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“We are going to apply the formula of other years that has done very well for the economy, for culture, for joy, for happiness, (…) Since October 1 Christmas starts in Venezuela,” Maduro shouted.
“Again this year Christmas starts on October 1 with joy, commerce, activity, culture, carol, bagpipes, hallacas,” he added.
This practice of Chavismo has been recurring in recent years. Maduro had already decreed an early start of Christmas in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2024; Always in the midst of political and social tensions, as this year it happens with the military deployment of the United States in the Caribbeanin an anti -narcotics operation that has been widely criticized by the Venezuelan regime.
Until now, the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) has not issued any statement on Maduro’s statements. However, when the same thing happened in 2024, the episcopate He published a statement stating that this Christian party “should not be used for propaganda purposes, or particular politicians.”
“Christmas is a universal celebration that commemorates the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. The way and time of its celebration compete to the ecclesiastical authority, which ensures the true spirit and meaning of this event of spiritual and historical wealth, since it marks the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ,” said the CEV.
Likewise, the bishops ratified that Christmas is a time “of reflection, peace and love, and must be respected as such. ”
The Church in Venezuela recalled that Christmas time begins on December 25 and ends on the day of the epiphany of the Lord, every January 6.
Andrés Henríquez
I was born in Caracas in 1996. I am a writer for ACI Press and correspondent of EWTN since 2023. Since then, I cover events of the Catholic Church in Venezuela, Latin America and the world. I have more than 6 years of experience in bilingual media. In addition, in Venezuela I have worked from various fields for freedom and respect for fundamental rights in the country. I am a member of the Regnum Christi Federation since 2014.