You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch Maduro:
Christmas has come early in Venezuela, at least for the country’s embattled president Nicolás Maduro.
Maduro, who is at the centre of a widely contested election, announced on Monday he would move Christmas to Oct. 1.
“It’s September, and it already smells like Christmas,” he said during his weekly TV show, More with Maduro. “That’s why this year, as a way of paying tribute to you all, and in gratitude to you all, I’m going to decree an early Christmas for Oct. 1.”
“Christmas arrived for everyone, in peace, joy and security!” Maduro declared.
The premature holiday has been perceived by many Venezuelans as an attempt to win public favour and mask economic collapse amid political unrest in the country.
“Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy, family reunions, parties, presents,” José Ernesto Ruiz, a 57-year-old office worker, told the Associated Press. “Without money and with this political crisis, who can believe that there will be an early Christmas?”
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