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Christmas Radio Fairytale between 1961 and 1977

Publication at Faculty of Humanities |
2019

Abstract

The aim of my paper is to analyze the Christmas fairy tale namely the program Goodnight, Children, at Czechoslovak Radio from 1961 till 1977. In my study I will answer the question whether the socialist image of Christmas in Czechoslovakia was reflected in Christmas radio bedtime stories.

Christmas programs and fairy tales were given a great deal of attention of KSČ, Christmas should represent holidays that were deprived of a religious dimension. They were presented as a family tradition, whose main symbols were Christmas carp, tree and presents.