Celia’s Forbidden Christmas

Celia Cruz decorating her arbolito de Navidad 🎄 Did you know that between the late 1960s until the late 1990s, any Christmas displays in public or in homes were banned across Cuba. The then Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, rejected any religious celebrations and holidays. Christmas was not made a public holiday until the 1998 in honor of the Pope visiting Cuba. Although the holiday was banned, some still celebrated but in secret.