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2 unusual facts about Young Pioneers' Christmas


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Young Pioneers' Christmas, a second 1978 made-for-TV film based on the novel

Young Pioneers' Christmas

Young Pioneers' Christmas is a made for television Christmas movie, released in 1976, loosely based on the novel Young Pioneers by Rose Wilder Lane.


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Published by Volk und Wissen until 1950, and then by Verlag Junge Welt, it was the voice of the Free German Youth, targeting Young Pioneers and primary school pupils of the grades 1 to 3.

Alexander Ney

From 1965 to 1967, Ney taught sculpture to children at the House of Young Pioneers in Leningrad.

Anatoly Slivko

In 1961, Slivko witnessed a gruesome traffic accident in which a boy in his early teens who was wearing a Young Pioneers (Soviet equivalent of the Scouts) uniform was killed.

Boogie Woogie Santa Claus

It has since been recorded by many other artists, including The Brian Setzer Orchestra for their 2002 album Boogie Woogie Christmas and Colin James for 2007's Colin James & The Little Big Band: Christmas.

Camille Winbush

In 2002, Winbush recorded "One Small Voice" featuring singers Myra & Taylor Momsen and "The Night Before Christmas Song" for the compilation album School's Out! Christmas.

Chris Trousdale

Trousdale recorded the songs "Kissless Christmas" and "Wild Christmas" for the School's Out! Christmas album.

Don Andrews

Vilim remained at the orphanage and was a member of the Communist Young Pioneers in post-war Communist-ruled Yugoslavia.

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

It is a Dr. Demento Christmas staple, and is currently available on Dr. Demento's The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time Vol. 6: Christmas.

Israel–Niger relations

The Israeli government also helped in the founding of the Young Pioneers of Niger, a national youth and civil group.

Krasny Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

In 1972 a stela with the bas-relief of the girl and pages from her diary was built on Tanya's grave for means earned by Young Pioneers and members of the Komsomol from the Shatkovsky District.

Lynsey Bartilson

Bartilson recorded "This Christmas I Will Give My Love to You" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" for School's Out! Christmas.

Merry F %$in' Christmas

Since the holiday season of 2005, Comedy Central has periodically aired Denis Leary's Merry F#%$in' Christmas, an hour-long (with commercials) Christmas special featuring Leary and several celebrity guests, including Charlie Murphy, Carmen Electra, William Shatner, and the Barenaked Ladies.

Pavlik Morozov

The most popular account of the story is as follows: born to poor peasants in Gerasimovka, a small village 350 kilometers north-east of Yekaterinburg (then known as Sverdlovsk), Morozov was a dedicated communist who led the Young Pioneers at his school, and a supporter of Stalin's collectivization of farms.

Scouting and Guiding in Armenia

and continued until 1922 when Scouting was officially banned and the Young Pioneers became the official state youth organization in Armenia.

The Animals' Christmas

The Animals' Christmas tells the story of the Nativity of Jesus from the perspective of the animals present.

Timurite movement

The Timurite movement or Timur movement (Тимуровское движение) was an altruistic youth volunteering movement in the Soviet Union promoted via mass youth organizations of Little Octobrists and Young Pioneers.

Twisted Issues

Twisted Issues is a 1988 splatter film billed as a 'psycho-punk splatter-comedy,' It featured Gainesville, Florida punk bands such as Psychic Violents, Young Pioneers, Mutley Chix, Doldrums, Just Demi-gods, Cindy Brady's Lisp, Officer Friendly, and the Smegmas, as well as local speed metal band Hellwitch avante gard incidental music by The Bill Perry Orchestra.

U.S. Christmas

Split with Scott Kelly Three Baron Eye / The Traveling Sun (7") (2013, Domestic Genocide Records)

After Neurosis guitarist/vocalist Scott Kelly heard their debut album Salt The Wound, he signed the band to Neurot Recordings, the label he owns with fellow Neurosis members.

Where Are You, Christmas?

In 2008, the song was performed by Kaitlyn Maher in a live show at The White House, at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on December 4, 2008 which was attended by President George W. Bush.

Young Pioneers

an alternative translation of Tomorrow's Pioneers, a controversial children's show on the Hamas television station Al-Aqsa TV

Pioneer movement, a name for various Communist youth organizations; for example, the Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union


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