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The Three Santas of Slovenia

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Yugoslavia - A Christmas Story

Yugoslavia traded one empire for another, and swapped centers in the process. The slavine peoples decided to join a collection of six nations who identified themselves ethnically as southern or hugo slaves. After ar war two, it came a communist country led by a carismatic strong man named joseph braz better known as tito. Under tito, catholicism was suppressed and saint nicholas ak mclaush was banned. In rural areas, people would actually dress up as these demons and take the opportunity to torment local children.

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