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Austrian Protest Reframes Santa as Commercial Intruder
In Vienna a small Pro-Christkind movement protests American Santa Claus invading Austrian Christmas markets. The group insists on preserving Christ Child traditions and denounces Santa as a symbol of consumption, backed by part of the Archdiocese of Vienna, with Bishop Alois Rothgasser among its members.
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Vienna
Austria
Santa Claus
Nick
Santa
Phillip Tengg
Pro-Christkind
Pro-Christ Child
Innsbruck
Krampus
Christkind
Christ Child
Tengg
Germany
Switzerland
Lydia Krebs
Joseph Mohr
Atlanta
Prochristkind.org
Archdiocese of
Alois Rothgasser
Margit
Hammer
Horst Strauss