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# The Holy Synod banned the New Year tree in 1916 amid anti-German feeling in the First World War
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-1916-godu-sviashchennyi-sinod-vvel-zapret-na-ispolzovanie-novogodnei-elki/
- Published: 2024-07-14T20:18:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:47:11.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Faith, Mores, Society

In 1916 the Holy Synod banned the New Year tree. A tradition that had come from Germany was swept up in the general anti-German hysteria of the First World War